L10: TRADITIONAL PUSH-UP Teaching points

Lesson instructions:

Read the exercise instructions 
Watch the video
Read contraindications
Complete the MULTIPLE-CHOICE quiz

Contraindications 

• Early recovery phase of post rotator cuff surgery12 
• Recent shoulder dislocation/subluxation 
• Shoulder pain during or after the exercise (except those using the pain-monitoring model) 
• Pectoralis major or deltoid muscle strain 
• Recent ulna collateral ligament repair, radial head reconstruction or total elbow arthroplasty 63,74 
• Bench presser’s shoulder or a recent increase in the use of bench press or swimming 

*Caution should apply to patients already performing exercises that recruit the pectoralis muscles especially with high loads or poor technique.75 Addition of push-ups may contribute to overuse and in turn tendonopathies. We suggest prescribing a scapula-focused exercise regime and reduction in loads in these patients (refer to beginner exercises for the scapula).