This exercise is push ups on the floor and its aim is to strengthen the upper body muscles.
Start with your hands placed on the floor roughly shoulder width apart, and with your elbows locked out straight. Keeping your ankles, hips and shoulders in a straight line, slowly lower yourself so your chest moves towards the floor. When you have your elbows bent to roughly 90 degrees, push up back to the start position with your elbows straight.
Follow the advice in your rehab programme for the suggested number of reps and sets you need to perform.
To make this exercise easier you could try performing the exercise on your knees, or perhaps trying to do this movement against a table - we have a video of this exercise on our playlist. To make it more challenging you could try increasing the number of reps performed, or by taking longer to perform each repetition.
EXERCISES 🎦
🎥 Press Ups on a Table
🎥 Press Ups on a Wall
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