Fix Shoulder Pain While Sleeping On Side - 3 Exercises

Summary by Krater

An orthopedic exercise specialist demonstrates three exercises designed to alleviate and prevent shoulder pain experienced when sleeping on one's side.

From the video

Answers: How do I stop my shoulder from hurting when I sleep on my side?

• shoulder pain relief
• side sleeping shoulder pain
• rotator cuff strengthening
• posterior shoulder exercises
• scapular retraction

Exercises

• reverse fly · bench · 10 to 20 reps
• happy cat · bench · 10 to 20 reps
• bent-over row · bench · 3 sets of 15 to 20 reps

What it concludes

• Side sleeping shoulder pain is often caused by atrophy of the posterior shoulder muscles and pressure on the humerus.
• Doing reverse fly, happy cat, and bent-over row exercises strengthens posterior shoulder muscles to alleviate side sleeping shoulder pain.
• Exercising every other day is recommended when starting out to allow muscles to recover safely.