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This post will focus on reinforcing exercises used to improve strength and mobility in the arms behind back movement pattern.
The arms behind back movement is an expression of thoracic spine extension and rotation, as well as shoulder internal rotation and extension ranges of motion. We use this movement for things in everyday life such as grabbing our seat belts or washing our backs!
This post is a continuation of our blog series on our full body assessment. If you haven’t already, visit our blog page to learn more about how we assess and treat other movements in the body.
For any given movement pattern, our treatment approach follows 4 primary steps:
- Assessment
Techniques used to test ranges of motion and find the root causes of limitations
- Reset
Hands on treatment techniques used to improve & restore limited range of motion
- Reinforce
Exercises or self treatments that help maintain the gains made from the reset techniques.
- Reload
Exercises that develop strength, resilience, and coordination for the desired movement pattern.
3 reinforce exercises to improve your arms behind back movement:
1) Active internal rotation
2) Dowel extension
3) Thread the needle
What's next?
Reinforce exercises are a great way to maintain your mobility and strength gains for the arms behind back movement. The next step is to progress to more difficult reloading exercises so you can take your neck extension to the next level.
Stay tuned for the next post in the series: Arms Behind Back Reload
