Wall Shoulder Stretch | Illustrated Exercise Guide

Primary muscles: Shoulders
Secondary muscles: Chest
Equipment: No equipment

Wall Shoulder Stretch Instructions

1. Place both hands on a wall and walk your feet back until your arms are straight and form a 90-degree angle with your body.
2. Start bending from the hips until you feel the stretch in your shoulders.
3. Hold this stretch for 15 to 30 seconds.

Proper Form And Breathing Pattern

Breathe out as bend from the hips and stretch, keep your neck relaxed, set your shoulder blades back and keep your shoulders away from the neck.

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Exercise Benefits

The wall shoulder stretch helps relieve tension, loosens your shoulders, and increases flexibility. This stretch improves functional range of motion and reduces the risk of shoulder injury.

Wall Shoulder Stretch Demonstration

Intensity And Duration

Hold the stretch for 15 to 30 seconds and, if you’re feeling stiff, pair this stretch with shoulder rolls, big arm circles, arm swings and neck rolls.

Calories Burned

To calculate the number of calories burned doing this wall shoulder stretch, enter your weight and the duration of the exercise:

Related Static Stretches

Try these other static stretches to help your body relax and reduce stress and tension in your muscles:
Child’s pose
Ab stretch
Obliques stretch
Back stretch

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