External rotation and retraction or pulling back of the shoulder blades are really important movement for shoulder health 🔑 Especially so in racket sports where you are doing repeated internal rotation when hitting shots…. Here’s a brilliant and simple exercise you can add to your corrective exercise routine to improve shoulder posture and health 🙌 #youthstrengthandconditioning #shoulderworkout #shoulderrehab #squash #squashfitness #youthsports #strengthtraining #injuryprevention #injurypreven

Cable external rotation Target muscles: infraspinatus, posterior deltoid & teres minor (shoulder external rotators, part of the rotator cuff) This exercise can: - improve shoulder stability and forward shoulder posture - reduce the risk of shoulder injury Left top (incorrect): - too much arm abduction (arm moving out to the side, away from the body) Bottom left (incorrect): - the line of resistance (gravity) is perpendicular to the line of action (movement). - this is external rotation however,

Shoulder pain? Massage can sometimes be very helpful. This massage targets 2 of 4 of your rotator cuff muscles(infraspinatus and teres minor), the latissimus dorsi, and teres major. For many of you, these muscles could use some strength as well. “External rotator cuff” exercises and lat exercises can drastically improve generalized shoulder pain for you. Doing this massage can help to temporarily improve mobility and reduce any cramping that may occur by doing your rotator cuff strengthening exe