BANDED SHOULDER LATERAL GLIDE

The banded shoulder lateral glide exercise is a band assisted glenohumeral joint mobilization exercise. Start by anchoring a band to a stable object and lie down on your back (on a bench or on the floor, keep the band anchoring to body height when lying down on the floor). Loop the free end of the band around your upper arm. Raise the arm to 90 degrees shoulder flexion and hold it in place with your opposite arm. While keeping the target shoulder as relaxed as possible, gently pull your elbow inwards and hold for up to 2 second. Slowly let the band pull the arm back out and repeat as required.

Structures involved:

• glenohumeral joint

Related conditions:

• Frozen shoulder / adhesive capsulitis

• posterior capsule impingement

• shoulder impingement / subacromial impingement

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