Shoulder

These exercise videos were created by the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative (CCGI) to provide the best evidence-informed exercises to help improve shoulder injury or dysfunction.


Shoulder Stretches


Posterior Shoulder Stretch

This stretch targets the back of your shoulder.


Chest (Pectoralis) Stretch

This stretch focuses on the front of your shoulder and into your chest. Try it at different angles to the door frame to target different muscle fibers. This will allow you to find the spot that needs it the most.


Towel Stretch

A towel can be used with this shoulder stretch to assist.


Sleeper Stretch

This stretch will focus on the back of your shoulder and into your armpit.


Triceps Stretch

This stretch focuses on the back of your upper arm and into your shoulder.


Shoulder Blade Stretch

This stretch targets between the shoulder blades primarily, but also into the backs of your shoulders.


Shoulder Mobility Exercises

These exercises are great to keep your shoulder moving and to improve range of motion.


Broomstick Exercises

This exercise is great to get your injured shoulder to move in ranges it would not be able to reach on its own.


Pendulum Swings

This exercise allows traction into the shoulder joint with the movements, which will help improve shoulder mobility.


Table Wipes

This exercise will not only help with shoulder mobility, but will also provide a nice stretch to the back of the shoulder and into the armpit.


Shoulder Blade Mobility

This mobility exercises is beneficial as the shoulder blade is a very important component of the shoulder's ability to move.


Shoulder Strengthening Exercises

These exercises will help to rehabilitate your shoulder to restore normal function and prevent future injuries.


Isometric Shoulder Exercises

These exercises are a great way to start re-strengthening your shoulder after injury, as they do not require any shoulder movements.


Shoulder Internal Rotation

This exercise targets the deep, stabilizing shoulder muscles called the rotator cuff.


Shoulder External Rotation

This exercise also targets the rotator cuff muscles.


Eccentric Full Can

This exercise also targets the rotator cuff muscles.


Advanced Empty Can

This exercise combines a few movements to strengthen multiple stabilizing muscles of the shoulder.


Shoulder Abduction

This is a great shoulder strengthening exercise, as long as it does not cause much pain.


Front Shoulder Raise

Another great strengthening exercise when the shoulder feels ready.


Alternating Shoulder Press

This is a great shoulder exercise, but only to be done when you are able to do activities overhead again.


Anterior Shoulder and Chest Strengthening

This exercise targets the muscles of your chest (pectoralis) and front of your shoulder.


Shoulder Flexion (Laying)

This exercise is great to do once you have your full forward shoulder range of motion back.


Shoulder Blade Retractions

This exercise targets the back of your shoulder and between your shoulder blades. It is also an excellent exercise to help with neck and back posture.


Biceps Strengthening

This exercises focuses on the front of your upper arm and shoulder.


Shoulder Blade Strengthening

This exercise targets the deep muscles around your shoulder blade.


Straight Arm Pull Downs

This resistance band exercise will target the muscles in the back of your shoulder and arm.


Low Row

A great exercise with a resistance band to target the muscles of the shoulder blades.


Standing 3-Way Arm Raises

This exercises uses three different angles for arm raises to target the different muscle fibers of the shoulders.


Field Goal Exercise

This exercise is more advanced but focuses on the muscles on the back of your shoulder and around the shoulder blades. It is a great exercise to help improve posture.


Push Up Plus

This variation of the push up focuses on your shoulder blade strength and mobility.