Shrugging Off Stiffness: 5 Simple Exercises for Maximum Shoulder Health

Stiff, painful shoulders can bring you constant pain and decrease your overall quality of life. These exercises can help keep shoulders happy.

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Tight, painful shoulders are the bane of many. Shoulder issues are sufficiently concerning that I always give my patients warm-up exercises before they engage in more strenuous activities, even when they don’t initially complain of shoulder problems.

It’s easy to aggravate your shoulders, and harder to get them to calm down. Your shoulders are complex joints capable of a wide range of movement, and because of this, shoulder pain can worsen as we grow older.

5 Exercises for Shoulder Health

The following exercises can help you keep your shoulders tuned and toned, potentially avoid shoulder pain, and improve your quality of life. They are subtle movements that involve internal and external rotation and light circular movements.