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blade set isometric - beginner Trunk exercise
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blade set isometric

isometric scapular retraction exercise with hands clasped, pulling apart while maintaining hand contact to activate mid-back muscles.

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, thoracic spine
Muscles
trapezius, posterior deltoid, rhomboids
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
resisted, isometric

How it is done

Stand, bend the elbows to 90 degrees with clasp the hands. Squeeze the blades back and down by pull the hands away from each other without unclasp the hands. Release the pull to starting position and repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.