STEP 2

Sit on a chair with your arms outstretched behind your back with hands together. Lift your arms up and backwards so that the front of the shoulders becomes increasingly stretched. Hold the position for 20 seconds and relax for 20 seconds before repeating.

Sit on a chair with one hand on your head and the other holding the chair seat. Slowly draw your head to the side while resisting with the opposite arm so that the muscles on the side of the neck become increasingly stretched. Draw your head in different directions so that all the muscles around the neck are stretched. Hold the position for 20 seconds and relax for 20 seconds before repeating.

Stand in a doorframe. Press your arms against the frame so that the front of your shoulders become increasingly stretched. Move your arms up and down the doorframe so that different parts of your muscles are stretched. Hold the position for 20 seconds and relax for 20 seconds before repeating.

Stand with your hands together behind your back. Draw your shoulder blades together (imagine trying to hold a pencil between your shoulder blades). Hold the position for 10 seconds and rest for 10 seconds before repeating.

Stand with the injured arm in front of your body. With the opposite hand, press the elbow of the injured arm towards the opposite shoulder, so that the upper part of the arm and the outer shoulder experiences increased stretching. Hold the position for 20 seconds and relax for 20 seconds before repeating.

Sit on a chair holding the back of your hands under the lower part of the back. Press your elbows forwards and inwards so that the muscles on the back of the shoulder joint become increasingly stretched. Hold the position for 20 seconds and follow by pressing the elbows backwards so that increased stretching occurs on the front of the shoulder joint. Hold the position for 20 seconds.

Support with both hands against a wall. Move slowly towards the wall and push away again. The exercise is performed like standing push-ups.

Stand with the elastic under your foot. Hold the elastic with the injured arm and draw your shoulder upwards. The arm should be kept stretched in against your body the whole time.

Sit with the injured arm on a table with your hand on a cloth. Polish the tabletop backwards and forwards while applying slight pressure with your arm.

Stand at a table with both hands on a firm round cushion with elbows slightly bent. Apply slight pressure to the cushion and roll the cushion away from yourself so that the upper body bends in over the table. Roll the cushion back again to the starting position.

Stand with the injured arm against a wall with elbow bent. Press the arm against the wall and hold the pressure for 10 seconds. Rest for 10 seconds before repeating. Repeat the exercise 10 times.

Stand and bounce a ball on the floor backwards and forwards from the injured to the good hand.

Hold an elastic band with the injured arm, with the arm by your side and the elbow bent. Slowly draw the elastic towards yourself so that the elastic tightens. The elbow must be bent the whole time.

Stand holding the elastic with the upper arm against your body and elbow bent at 90 degrees. Twist your lower arm outwards so that the elastic is taut and draw your arm slowly back again. The elbow must be held against your body the whole time.

Stand holding the elastic with the upper arm against your body and elbow bent at 90 degrees. Twist your lower arm in over your stomach so that the elastic is taut and draw your arm slowly back again. The elbow must be held against your body the whole time.

Lie on your back with the injured arm raised upwards. Hold the elastic between your hands with the good arm against your chest. Stretch the injured arm further upwards so that the shoulder blade lifts from the floor.

Stand with the injured arm stretched down against your body. Move your arm out from your body to maximum 90 degrees.

Lie on your stomach on a bench or table with the injured arm hanging over the edge holding a weight or bottle. Slowly draw the hand up to the shoulder joint.

Kneel facing the wall with the injured arm on a table. The tabletop must be at shoulder height. Hold the elastic with the palm facing the wall and move your elbow up and down.

Kneel facing away from the wall with the injured arm on a table. The tabletop must be at shoulder height. Hold the elastic with the back of your hand facing the wall and move your elbow up and down.