Anterior deltoid retraining video

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This is a video

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for anterior deltoid retraining exercises, these are for people

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that are being recommended to do these exercises by their physiotherapist

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or their healthcare professional looking after them.

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Anterior deltoid

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retraining exercises are usually recommended for people

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who have had a significant rotator cuff tear, so a large tear.

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And the idea around the exercises is to strengthen

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another muscle group, your deltoid muscle to compensate for this deficit.

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So I'm going through explaining the exercises now.

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So for the exercise, you need to be able to lie down

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on your bed, or on your sofa at

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home.

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To start with level one, you try and lift

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your arm up to the ceiling.

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Now, for some people, that's too difficult,

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the arm’s too weak, or it's too painful, in which case

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use your other arm to help lift that arm up.

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And then the aim of the exercise

is to get the whole of the arm

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up to the ceiling, on it’s own, and do small movements

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in a circular direction,

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or forwards and backwards and side to side.

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Just be careful the movement’s not coming from your wrist, that I’m

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demonstrating now, you want the movement to be coming from your shoulder,

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and you want to keep doing this

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as long as you can manage within

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pain that's tolerable and not significant

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and until the arm feels tired.

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And if you’re aiming to manage a couple of minutes doing this exercise,

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then you're ready to move onto the next level.

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So for the next level, you would hold on to a light weight,

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so that’s a one to two kilogram weight.

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And if you haven’t got a dumbbell at home, you can use a tin of beans

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or something like that.

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And it's the same actions, you are holding the arm in this position

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and then doing that small range of movement, in circular,

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as well

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as forwards, backwards and side to side.

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And the same thing, within pain that’s tolerable,

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and working until the arm feels tired, building

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until you can manage that for a few minutes.

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Then you’re ready to move onto the next level.

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So for this you need to be in a reclined position,

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and start without the weight,

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moving the arm in that same movement pattern,

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progressing to the weight.

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And once you can achieve this

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level you’re ready for the final level, in sitting, or standing,

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doing the same movement.