Mike Reinold

Fix Your Prone Y Trap Raise

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The shoulder Y, or the prone trap raise, is a great exercise for the lower trap. It’s one of my go to exercises for many people that need to work on scapular upward rotation and posterior tilt. It’s a double whammy.

But often times if people are weak in the low trap, they’ll flex their elbow a little bit to make the exercise easier.

Look at the pic in this post. Notice how the dumbbell is in the same place in space? The person often thinks they are doing the exercise well because they moved the weight from point A to point B. However, by flexing the arm, it lowers the angle of the arm and essentially becomes a retraction exercise for the middle trap, not the lower!

So straighten that arm prior to the start of the exercise and focus on performing the exercise in line with the lower trap to assure you get posterior tilt of the scapula.

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On this episode of the podcast:

1. What do you do when a patient feels worse the day after your treatments?
2. How do you develop your own continuing education plan?
3. What are our current thoughts on blood flow restriction training?

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