Press ups on a Wall

This exercise is push ups on a wall and its aim is to strengthen the upper body muscles.

Standing roughly 1 meter away from a wall, place both hands onto the wall 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 wall. 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 you need to perform.

To make this exercise easier you could try performing the exercise closer to the wall or with a reduced range of movement, or to make it more challenging you could try a push up against a table. We have a video for this last exercise in our playlist, or you can view it here: