Back to wall shoulder Flexion (Exercise Classification: beginner)
Equipment: wall
- Start standing with your back resting against a wall
- Walk your feet out so that the wall is supporting your low back and your thighs do not feel like they are working to hold your up
- Place your feet roughly hip distance apart.
- Breathing normally through your nose, start with your arms down at your side and your thumbs facing the ceiling in a “thumbs up” position
- Keeping your elbows straight and your low back on the wall, raise your arms in front of you moving them overhead. The movement should come from your shoulders.
- Once they are above you, take a deep breath in through your nose as you reach up like you were trying to make yourself tall and touch then ceiling.
- Then gently and slowly exhale through pursed lips as if blowing through a straw as you bring your arms back down to your sides.
- Repeat 5-10 repetitions.