gojeta25 wanted to know:
Hi. I messed up my shoulder and my doctor told me to strengthen it with isometric exercises. Ive found a bunch on this site:
Hi. I messed up my shoulder and my doctor told me to strengthen it with isometric exercises. Ive found a bunch on this site:
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00067
please take a look at it and tell me if i am supposed to exert force when doing these exercises or if i should just calmly do it without any force at all. I’m not sure, but i think i should use force because using no force doesnt give me any pain at all. Also, will this heal the muscle in my shoulder?
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Hi gojeta25,
I’m a Physical Therapist and will answer your question about isometric exercises. First of all, these isometric exercises should not cause any pain at all. There shouldn’t be any exerted force – think of just holding the position, meaning just contract the muscle. There should be no actual movement in the muscle. Isometric exercises for your shoulder will help strengthen without any pain. This will give time for your shoulder to heal but will keep and build muscle strength as well as endurance.
My mom has told me about Isometric exercises and she was told that regarding them you hold the position for several minutes instead of constant movement. I would recommend calling your physical therapist back to ask for further clarification of the instructions on these exercises.
can you do legs on the iso 7 o4r is it primarily upper body