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Shoulder Spirals

  1. Perform Standing Stabilization with right arm finger tip length from wall.
  2. Once you have this position maintained raise right arm sideways to shoulder height keeping shoulders down and back.
  3. Palm faces wall, middle finger points straight up. Lean into the wall and ground the knuckles of the thumb and first finger into the wall.
  4. Upper arm rotates up (turning the eye of the elbow up), lower arm rotates down and tractions wrist as shoulder blade drops down and back again.
  5. Recheck chest, ribcage, pubic bone, abs, gluts and legs.
  6. Head back, chin in, nose points forward.
  7. Chest comes up to chin, neck back and in, ribcage stays back towards spine.
  8. Push thumb, first finger and base of palm into wall as shoulders stay down and back.
  9. Recheck head, chest, ribcage, pubic bone, abs, gluts and legs. Hold.
  10. Deep breathe in and hold. Exhale and relax, returning arm to side.
  11. Repeat with left arm.