Rehab Hero

View Original

Abduction Wall Slide

ABDUCTION WALL SLIDE

This is a resisted range of motion exercise that uses friction as a resistance. Place a towel between your hands and the wall and stand so that you are facing parallel to the wall. Compress the towel and slide your hand up and down within a tolerable range of motion.

Muscles Involved:

  • Rotator Cuff

  • Lateral Deltoid

Related Conditions:

  • Rotator Cuff Tendinitis / Rotator Cuff Tear

  • Subacromial Impingement / Shoulder Impingement

  • Dynamic Shoulder Instability

  • AC Joint Sprain

  • Osteolysis of the Distal Clavicle

Exercise Equipment:

Click to buy

Related Exercises

See this gallery in the original post