SHOULDER PRESS AND SHRUG

This is a modified shoulder press exercise that adds in an end range shrug to recruit the Upper Trapezius muscle. We want to recruit this muscle when it is tight because strengthening a muscle increases a muscle’s tolerance to stretch - helping with decreasing muscle tension. In this instance, we do not want to ‘keep the shoulders down and back’. This exercise is ideally performed with light weights only (<50% 1 RM or RPE).

Muscles Involved:

• Upper Trapezius

• Deltoids

• Rotator Cuff

Related Conditions

• Upper Trapezius Strain

• Neck Pain

• Headaches

• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)

• Brachial Plexopathy

• First Rib Dysfunction

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