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Last updated Monday, October 09, 2006

Scapular muscle exercises

What are some exercises to strengthen the scapular muscles in an unstable shoulder?

The scapular muscles are strengthened and trained as shown below.

Supine press

• Two hands (view diagram or movie)
• One hand (view movie)
• Inclined press (view movie)
• Sitting press (view movie)

Shoulder shrugs to strengthen trapezius

• Shoulder shrug (view diagram or movie)

Other important strengthening exercises

• Rhomboids movie
• Flies movie
• Stiff arm pull movie
• Table push ups movie

Coordination exercises

• Balance movie
• Two hand catch movie

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