Side-Lying Horizontal Abduction
Side-Lying Horizontal Abduction is a unilateral upper body and mobility exercise training the shoulder and scapula across the frontal plane, using Bodyweight.
- Laterality
- Unilateral
- Planes
- Frontal
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Primary joints
- Shoulder · Scapula
Demo video
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How to perform it
- 1Lie on your side with your top arm reaching toward the ceiling. Lift that arm off the ground in a horizontal abduction movement. This activates the posterior rotator cuff and lower trap from a side-lying gravity-assisted position.
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Training profile
Fascial lines
Plane of motion
Training intent
MobilityRehab
Motor Control
Stability
Strength
Power
Tissue LoadingPerformance
Highlighted rungs are where this movement lives on the rehab → performance continuum.
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