Abduction Wall Slide - Rotator Cuff Beginner Exercise
Exercise Overview
Abduction Wall Slide is a beginner-level shoulder exercise designed to improve pain-limited shoulder elevation with wall support. It helps promote gentle rotator cuff activation, scapular control, and coordinated movement during shoulder abduction.
Muscles Involved
SupraspinatusInfraspinatusTeres minorSubscapularisMiddle deltoidSerratus anteriorUpper trapeziusLower trapezius
Related Conditions
Rotator cuff tendinopathyShoulder impingement syndromeSubacromial pain syndromeShoulder weaknessPost-operative shoulder rehabilitationScapular dyskinesis