Drawing the Sword - Rotator Cuff Strengthening Exercise
Exercise Overview
Drawing the Sword is a diagonal shoulder strengthening exercise used to improve rotator cuff activation, especially external rotation, while also training scapular control. It is commonly prescribed in rehabilitation for shoulder instability, impingement-related symptoms, and return to overhead activity.
Muscles Involved
InfraspinatusTeres minorSupraspinatusPosterior deltoidMiddle trapeziusLower trapeziusRhomboidsSerratus anterior
Related Conditions
Rotator cuff tendinopathyShoulder impingement syndromeGlenohumeral instabilityPost-operative rotator cuff rehabilitationScapular dyskinesisShoulder pain with overhead activity
