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From: Comprehensive corrective exercise program improves alignment, muscle activation and movement pattern of men with upper crossed syndrome: randomized controlled trial

Figure 3

The initial phase exercises: lay supine on the foam roll in three different arm abduction angles (exercise 1A-C), side-lying external rotation (exercise 2), side-lying forward flexion (exercise 3), standing diagonal flexion (exercise 4), and military press (exercise 5). Improvement phase exercises: side-lying external rotation with dumbbell (exercise 6), side-lying forward flexion with dumbbell (exercise 7), standing diagonal flexion with dumbbell (exercise 8), standing external rotation with Thera-band (exercise 9), standing diagonal flexion with Thera-band (exercise 10), abduction in sitting on a training ball (exercise 11), lying prone V, T, and W exercises (exercise 12), and abduction in standing on the balance board (exercise 13).

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