BANDED OVERHEAD PRESS

The banded overhead press is a shoulder stability exercise that uses a loop band. First start by looping a band around both of your wrists. Starting with your hands and wrist just above shoulder height and stacked directly above your elbows. Raise the arms overhead while maintaining tension in the band. Raise the arms until your elbows are fully extended. Lower your hands back down in front of you to starting position to complete a repetition. Keep the forearms aligned with your shoulders during this movement.

Structures involved:

• Rotator cuff

  • infraspinatus

  • teres minor

  • supraspinatus

• Glenohumeral joint

• Deltoids

• Upper Trapezius

Related conditions:

• Rotator cuff tear

• Shoulder instability

• AC joint sprain

• Rotator cuff tendinitis

• Rotator cuff strain

• Shoulder impingement

• Shoulder dislocation

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