Exercises for Shoulder Flexibility: Pendulum Exercise

Improving your flexibility can reduce pain. Stretching exercises also can help increase your range of pain-free motion. Breathe normally when you exercise. And try to use smooth, fluid movements.

Follow any special instructions you are given. If you feel pain, stop the exercise. If the pain continues after stopping, call your healthcare provider.

Here are the steps for the pendulum exercise: 

• Lean over with your good arm supported on a table or chair.

• Relax the arm on the painful side, letting it hang straight down.

• Slowly begin to swing the relaxed arm. Move it in a small circle, gradually making it bigger if you can. Then reverse the direction. Next, move it backward and forward. Finally, move it side to side.