Posterior Glide Shoulder Press

POSTERIOR GLIDE SHOULDER PRESS

The posterior glide shoulder press is an exercise used to improve joint centration during the shoulder press exercise. Start by looping a light monster band around the front of your shoulder with the other end looped around a stable object behind you. Be sure to have the band on the arm aspect of the shoulder joint. Step forwards to add tension to the band and allow it to gently pull your shoulder back. Hold a weight and complete a shoulder press.

Structures involved:

• rotator cuff

  • supraspinatus

• deltoid

• trapezius

• glenohumeral joint capsule

Related conditions:

• dynamic shoulder instability

• shoulder impingement

• rotator cuff tendinitis

• proximal biceps tendinitis

• biceps pulley irritation

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