My FAVORITE Serratus Anterior Exercises for Shoulder and Neck Pain

By dpope2020

November 10, 2023

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My FAVORITE Serratus Anterior Exercises for Shoulder and Neck Pain

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In today's video we go over My FAVORITE Serratus Anterior Exercises for Shoulder and Neck Pain: 

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 0:56 - Exercise #1: Serratus Punch
  • 1:12 - Exercise #2: The Push-up "Plus"
  • 1:43 - Exercise #3: Scaption
  • 2:30 - Exercise #4: The Dynamic Hug
  • 2:57 - Exercise #5: Plank Plus
  • 3:36 - Exercise #6: Sholder Tap
  • 4:07 - Exercise #7: Forward and Backwards Crawl Variations
  • 5:33 - Exercise #8: The Push-up with the band
  • 6:19 - Exercise #9: Push Up with a Single Arm "Plus"
  • 6:45 - Exercise #10: Landmine Press
  • 7:53 - Conclusion 
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Keep your serratus sharp,

- Dan Pope DPT,OCS,CSCS

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References: 

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