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Shoulder Rehab Y
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Phase 5 · Strength and return · Session Y

Fast hands.
Steady joint.
Reflexes back.

Phase 5 opens with rhythmic stabilisation: small, quick, unpredictable loads that train the reflexes holding the joint centred.

  • Ysession
  • P5Return
  • 12:00on the clock
  • — donecompleted

Rhythmic stabilisation

Small, fast, unpredictable pushes on a held arm train the reflexes that keep the joint centred.

The cuff centres the joint

The rotator cuff does not lift the arm so much as hold the ball in the socket while the deltoid lifts it.

The capsular pattern

A truly stiff shoulder loses outward rotation first, then raising the arm to the side, then reaching behind the back.

Three couplets · two rounds · twelve minutes · a shoulder that reaches

A

Quick taps

Wall taps + wall stabilisation
A1

Wall hand taps

60 s · slow reps

Palm on the wall at shoulder height; tap the other hand around it fast without the arm moving.

Easier slower taps  ·  Harder arm higher

R1R2—
A2

Rhythmic stabilisation holds

5 × 10 s · ×2

Arm out against the wall; push in small quick pulses in every direction, arm still.

Easier gentler pulses  ·  Harder arm overhead

R1R2
B

Take the weight

Quadruped shifts + shoulder taps
B1

Quadruped weight shifts

60 s · slow reps

On all fours; shift the weight over one hand and back, shoulders stacked.

Easier smaller shift  ·  Harder lift the other hand

R1R2—
B2

Quadruped shoulder taps

12/side · ×2

On all fours, knees hovering; tap the opposite shoulder without the hips rocking.

Easier knees down  ·  Harder slower

R1R2
C

Reach far

Bear reach + prone snow angels
C1

Bear plank reach

60 s · slow reps

Knees hovering; reach one arm long in front and return without shifting the hips.

Easier knees down  ·  Harder hold two seconds

R1R2—
C2

Prone snow angels

12 reps · ×2

Face down, palms down; sweep the arms from the hips to overhead just off the floor.

Easier smaller sweep  ·  Harder slower

R1R2

The clock

Round 1settle in — 70%, perfect tracking
0:00A1 → A2
2:00B1 → B2
4:00C1 → C2
Round 2own it — beat Round 1 by quality
6:00A1 → A2
8:00B1 → B2
10:00C1 → C2

Each couplet: 60 s scored → the loading set → 10 s to move on. Done at 12:00.

How to run it

  1. Speed and control last: the shoulder must catch load, not just lift it.
  2. Every fast rep is judged on how it stops, not how it starts.
  3. Keep the pain rule for life: 4/10 during, settled by morning.
  4. Two sessions a week after session 30 — shoulders are maintained, not fixed.

Tick it off

MovementRound 1Round 2Best
A1Wall hand tapsslow reps in 60 s —
A2Rhythmic stabilisation holds5 × 10 s
B1Quadruped weight shiftsslow reps in 60 s —
B2Quadruped shoulder taps12/side
C1Bear plank reachslow reps in 60 s —
C2Prone snow angels12 reps
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