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Low Trap Strengthing

• Seated mid-row, one arm DB row, seated reverse flyes (posterior deltoid)

• External rotation with cable/tubing, seated reverse flyes, seated dumbbell side raises (once medically cleared and at least 4 months tissue healing)

• Tricep press downs and barbell bicep curls

• Core strengthening exercises that are safe include; standing trunk rotation with cable/tubing, diagonal with cable tandem in place lunge, planks, planks with a ball, trunk rotation with a forward lunge.

Exercises that are contraindicated include with rationale:

• Seated dumbbell shoulder press (creates excessive load to the medial deltoid).

• Lat pull-downs behind the head (at end or range places the greatest stress on all glenohumeral ligaments as well as on the labrum).

• Barbell squats (places compressive and loading forces on the surgical graft.

• Upright row (at end of range-shoulder is maximally internally rotated which places stress on all glenohumeral ligaments, labrum, and connective tissue).

• Supine dumbbell pullovers (places greatest stress on the anterior capsule and joint).