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Occupational Therapy Department
Thera-Band® Exercises for
Upper Body
This program is used to improve upper body strength and range of motion.
Many of the exercises focus on muscles of the shoulders, chest and upper back.
General instructions:
- Complete all exercises while seated in a chair with armrests unless
instructed otherwise by your therapist.
- Keep movements slow, smooth and controlled so that your muscles do the
work instead of the Thera-Band®.
- Repeat each exercise _______ times.
- Do ________times a day.
Exercise 1:
- Raise Thera-Band® to shoulders 2. Stretch Thera-Band® tight at shoulder level
Occupational Therapy Department Thera-Band® Exercises
Exercise 2:
- Raise Thera-Band® overhead 2. Stretch Thera-Band® tight overhead
Exercise 3:
- Place both hands near right hip 2. Keep left arm in place and raise right arm up
Occupational Therapy Department Thera-Band® Exercises
Exercise 6:
- Place both hands on left knee 2. Keep right hand in place and pull left hand up to left shoulder
Exercise 7:
- Place both hands on left shoulder 2. Place right hand in place and straighten left elbow in front of you
Occupational Therapy Department Thera-Band® Exercises
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Reviewers: Bethany Lee-Lehner, RN, MSN Tallat Nadeemullah, OT Clinical Specialist Edited by: Karelyn Munro, BA Patient Education by Michigan Medicine is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License. Last Revised 10/
