DieselCrew.com - Shoulder Rehab - Swiss Ball Push-Ups

Here is another exercise to add to your Shoulder Rehab Protocol - Swiss Ball Push-Ups.

Re-stabilizing the shoulder and scapula by strengthening the serratus anterior with this closed kinetic chain exercise. Another benefit is the increased torso activation.

Greater instability can be obtained by deflating the swiss ball slightly.

A variation can be done by adding a "plus" to the movement similar to a push-up plus movement demonstrated in the Shoulder Rehab Protocol linked below.

Other variations include:
- placing feet on an elevated surface
- planks on the swiss ball for time and slowly progressing to these movements
- raising one leg
- utilizing a weight vest

Building strength in the musculature involved in scapulae stability (upper & lower traps, serratus anterior, rhomboids).

This exercise can be inserted into this Shoulder Rehab Protocol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ONHZmsFec

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• rehab
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• impingement
• health
• strength
• stability
• swiss
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• upper
• back

[UnknownProfilename]

i look like such a fool when im doing this at the gym! so hard, and it looks so stupid. haha

[BOCHIS123]

i looks easy but when u try u wont belive how hard it is....

[LuqmanNaq]

grip the ball like your trying to squeeze it (hands vertical. with a wider grip.

[Jrite]

same here i thought it wus gunna be hard but shit it wus intense i kouldnt do the shits.

[bP112]

good job. I get into the push up position holding the ball, and since i cant really push all the way up, i go half way and hold for as long as i can. Hopefully if ur having trouble u can use my advice

[queensdawg]

grip the ball wider.. keep hands wider now as close together

[lobsidedballs]

hey those are in my balance workout for wresteling. but they hurt ur wrist when u do like 3 sets of them got any advice?

[he2he]

yes, I did it and couldn't believe how hard it is.

[Iceman1800]

Looks hard for rehab work! I'll give them a try.