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Lean over with your good arm supported on a table or chair.
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Relax your arm on the injured side, letting it hang straight down.
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Slowly move the injured arm in a small circle, gradually making it bigger if you can. Then reverse the direction. Next, move it backward and forward. Finally, move it side to side.
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Do each arm movement 20 times in each direction.
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Stand facing a wall so your fingers can just touch it.
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Slowly walk the fingers of your injured arm up the wall as high as you can without pain.
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Hold for 5 to 10 seconds. Then slowly walk your fingers back down.
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Repeat 10 times, trying to reach higher each time.
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Lie on your stomach on a table or bed with your affected arm hanging over the side. Hold a 1-pound weight in your hand.
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Keeping your elbow straight, lift the weight slowly by squeezing your shoulder blade toward the opposite side as far as possible. Then slowly return to the starting position.
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Repeat 10 times.
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Loop a resistance band around a doorknob, holding on to both ends.
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Stand with your unaffected arm facing the doorknob. Hold the resistance band in the hand of your affected arm, with your elbow bent and at your side. Place a rolled hand towel between your elbow and your side.
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Squeezing the towel against your side, slowly rotate your arm outward. Then return to the starting position.
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Repeat 10 times.
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Loop a resistance band around a doorknob, holding on to both ends.
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Stand facing the doorknob. Hold the resistance band in the hand of your affected arm, with your elbow bent and at your side.
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Keeping your elbow close to your side, slowly pull your elbow straight back. Then return to the starting position.
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Repeat 10 times.