External and internal rotation mean moving your arm out to the side, and behind your back, respectively. Raising your hand up in the air may be described as flexion (up straight in front of you), abduction (up to the side), or elevation (in between) since motion of the shoulder blade (scapula) on the chest wall is essential to raise the arm, some prefer the word scaption. Shoulder specialists use specific to describe planes of motion. Obviously, shoulder physical therapy is much more complex, and may also incorporate massage, exercises for improved coordination, and may other modalities mastered by professional physical therapists. Strengthening is typically recommended once motion has been restored to some extent. Motion may need to be maintained, restored, or improved. Protection is mostly achieved by use of shoulder slings or immobilizers and avoidance of certain active motions. In very basic terms, shoulder physical therapy may be condensed in three separate buckets: Protection, Motion and Strengthening.

The value of physical therapy exercises for the shoulder joint cannot be overemphasized.

Shoulder surgeons soon realized that physical therapy exercises were effective in improving many shoulder conditions, and also paramount after surgery. Physical therapy continued to develop in the twentieth century to aid with the management of both poliomyelitis and World War I and II injuries. Ling (Sweden) first promoted the formal use of gymnastic exercises for better health. Physical therapy evolved from gymnastics (from Greek, γυμνασία – to exercise naked). Although physical therapists provide invaluable help to millions of individuals across the globe, if access to a professional is limited, many of the exercises for shoulder physical therapy may be learned and practiced by any of you,… provided access to adequate educational material! A little bit of history Likewise, physical therapy is essential to optimize the outcome of shoulder surgery.

Conditions involving the shoulder joint benefit tremendously from physical therapy. Physical therapy (or physiotherapy) literally means “attempted remediation of a health problem that is related to the body (as opposed to the mind).” It involves the use of exercises, assistive devices and other methods (such as massage or electrotherapy) for the preservation, enhancement or restoration of movement and physical function.

Isometric exercises for shoulder