How to do functional exercises for the shoulder joint

Whether it is frozen shoulder or rotator cuff injury, most of the functional exercises are needed to improve blood circulation, reduce muscle adhesions and alleviate discomfort symptoms. It is recommended that the patient draws a line on the wall after climbing to a certain height every day, and progresses a bit every day until reaching the normal range. 2. 3. Combing method: Patients can alternately touch their forehead, top of the head, behind the occiput and behind the ears with both hands and go around the head longitudinally, just like combing the hair, practicing 10-20 times each time, 3-5 times a day. 4. You can use equipment that can stretch the muscles around the shoulder joint, so as to increase the range of motion of the shoulder joint. 2. Passive range of motion exercise: 1. Passive forward bending supination: The patient lies flat on his back and uses his healthy hand to lift the affected limb up to the maximum angle possible, maintaining the angle for 2 minutes without exerting force on the affected limb. 2. Pendulum exercise: The patient bends at 90°, with the affected upper limb hanging down, holds the affected wrist with the healthy hand, and the healthy hand pushes and pulls the affected forearm, making the affected elbow joint row in circles, 20 circles counterclockwise and 20 circles clockwise. The patient stands with the healthy hand behind the head and the affected limb behind the back, holding the ends of a towel in both hands. The affected hand is pulled upward by the towel in the healthy hand, and the affected limb does not exert any force to reach the maximum limit. 4. Passive lateral external rotation: the patient lies flat, the affected elbow joint is pressed against the body side, flexed at 90°, the healthy hand is held against the palm of the affected hand with a wooden stick, and the affected hand is pushed outward by all means, and the affected elbow joint is maintained against the body side, and this action is maintained for 2 minutes. In addition, exercises for the shoulder joint can also be done for anterior internal retraction, passive external booth external rotation, isometric exercises, isotonic exercises, abduction and pulling, and resistance internal rotation. After the mobility of the shoulder joint is restored to normal, some muscle strength exercises should be performed, such as exercising the deltoid muscle, which is the main muscle of shoulder joint abduction. Gradually recover.