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It still boggles the mind to see rehab and prehab shoulder programs including internal rotation exercises. The problem with this is the movements that cause a large portion of shoulder problems are swim strokes and throwing in which the athlete is repetitively internally rotating the shoulder in order to participate in their sport.
External rotation and scapular retraction are the opposing and stabilizing motions, that balance the shoulder musculature to off set the stress of the internal rotation produced by swimming and throwing.
External Rotation
Scapular Retraction
