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Mobility Specific Movements: YTWL

Instructions

On a bench at a 45 degree angle from the floor, position chest down with arms straight out, set the shoulders down and back while keeping the head down.  First raise the arms straight into the Y position in front of the body, after returning the arms to the original position, raise the arms into the T position to the side of the body.  Returning to the original starting position, flex the elbows to 90 degrees and raise arms into a W position keeping the wrist in line with the biceps. Finally, L is performed by keeping the elbows flexed to 90 degrees and bringing the upper arm in-line with the shoulder followed by external rotation of the shoulder. Common Error is not keeping the shoulders set throughout the entire movement sequence.

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