Shoulder Injuries: You must contact your physician for advice about exercise and how it relates to your injury prior to continuing. The program automatically eliminates all primary shoulder exercises. A primary shoulder exercise is any exercise specifically for the shoulder musculature. For Example: Shoulder Press would be eliminated.

A secondary shoulder exercise is any exercise that involves the shoulder joint and associated musculature but is not specifically a shoulder exercise. For Example: Biceps Curls. It is important to modify the secondary shoulder exercises to ensure that your shoulder does not become more severely injured.

Helpful Tips:

• You must contact your physician or health care professional for instruction on how to modify your exercises to decrease pain in your shoulder. Diagnosis of your shoulder problem to determine the exact cause of your pain is necessary.
• Keep the exercises pain free.
• Use decreased weight
• Do not work through bad pain. Bad pain is any sharp shooting pain that you have when you are exercising. Your body is sending you a signal to stop what you are doing and modify your activity to eliminate the bad pain.

 

Chest Muscle Injuries : You must contact your physician about exercise and how it relates to your injury prior to continuing. The program automatically eliminates all primary chest exercises if you report that you have a chest injury. A primary chest exercise is any chest exercise that is specific for the chest muscles. For Example: Push-Ups

A secondary chest exercise is an exercise specific for another muscle group but involves the chest muscles indirectly. For Example: Triceps Dips. It is important to modify the secondary chest exercises to ensure that your chest muscles do not become more severely injured.

Helpful Tips:

• You must contact your physician or health care professional for instruction on how to
• Modify your exercises to decrease pain in your chest muscles. Diagnosis of your chest muscle problem to determine the exact cause of your pain is necessary.
• Keep the exercises pain free.
• Use decreased weight
• Do not work through bad pain. Bad pain is any sharp shooting pain that you have when you are exercising. Your body is sending you a signal to stop what you are doing and modify your activity to eliminate the bad pain.

 

Bicep Injuries: You must contact your physician about exercise and how it relates to your injury prior to continuing. The program will automatically eliminate all primary bicep muscle exercises. A primary bicep muscle exercise is any exercise specifically designed for the bicep muscles. For example: bicep curls

A secondary bicep muscle exercise is an exercise specific to another muscle group but involves the bicep muscle indirectly. For example: Lat Pull Downs. It is important to modify the secondary bicep exercises to ensure that your bicep muscles do not become more severely injured.

Helpful Tips:

• You must contact your physician or health care professional for instruction on how to modify your exercises to decrease pain in your biceps muscles, elbow joint or forearm flexor attachment. Diagnosis of your injury to determine the exact cause of your pain is necessary.
• Keep the exercises pain free.
• Use decreased weight
• Do not work through bad pain. Bad pain is any sharp shooting pain that you have when you are exercising. Your body is sending you a signal to stop what you are doing and modify your activity to eliminate the bad pain.

 

Tricep Injuries:

You must contact your physician about exercise and how it relates to your injury prior to continuing. The program will automatically eliminate all primary triceps muscle exercises. A primary triceps muscle exercise is any exercise specifically designed for the triceps muscles. For example: triceps extension.

A secondary triceps muscle exercise is an exercise specific to another muscle group but involves the triceps muscle indirectly. For example: Chest Press. It is important to modify the secondary triceps exercises to ensure that your triceps muscles do not become more severely injured.

Helpful Tips:

• You must contact your physician or health care professional for instruction on how to modify your exercises to decrease pain in your triceps muscles. Diagnosis of your injury to determine the exact cause of your pain is necessary.
• Keep the exercises pain free.
• Use decreased weight
• Do not work through bad pain. Bad pain is any sharp shooting pain that you have when you are exercising. Your body is sending you a signal to stop what you are doing and modify your activity to eliminate the bad pain

 

Upper Leg (Quads, Hamstrings, Knees or Hip)

You must contact your physician about exercise and how it relates to your injury prior to continuing. The program will automatically eliminate all primary upper leg exercises. A primary upper leg muscle exercise is any exercise specifically designed for the upper leg. For example: Knee Extensions

A secondary upper leg muscles exercise is an exercise specific to another muscle group but involves the upper leg muscles indirectly. For example: Alternating arms and legs on ball. It is important to modify the secondary upper leg exercises to ensure that your upper leg does not become more severely injured.

Helpful Tips:

• You must contact your physician or health care professional for instruction on how to modify your exercises to decrease pain in your upper leg. Diagnosis of your injury to determine the exact cause of your pain is necessary.
• Keep the exercises pain free.
• Use decreased weight
• Do not work through bad pain. Bad pain is any sharp shooting pain that you have when you are exercising. Your body is sending you a signal to stop what you are doing and modify your activity in some way.

 

Calves and Ankles

You must contact your physician about exercise and how it relates to your injury prior to continuing. The program will automatically eliminate all primary calve and ankle exercises. A primary calve and ankle exercise is any exercise specifically designed for the calve and ankle. For example: Toe Raises

A secondary calve and ankle exercise is any exercise specific to another muscle group but involves the calve and ankle indirectly. For example: Squats. It is important to modify the secondary calve and ankle exercises to ensure that your calve and ankle does not become more severely injured.

Helpful Tips:

• You must contact your physician or health care professional for instruction on how to modify your exercises to decrease pain in your calve and ankle. Diagnosis of your injury to determine the exact cause of your pain is necessary.
• Keep the exercises pain free.
• Use decreased weight
• Do not work through bad pain. Bad pain is any sharp shooting pain that you have when you are exercising. Your body is sending you a signal to stop what you are doing and modify your activity to eliminate the bad pain.

 

Back Any Area:

You must contact your physician about exercise and how it relates to your injury prior to continuing. The program will automatically eliminate all primary back exercises. A primary back exercise is any exercise specifically designed for the back. For example: Lat Pull Downs

A secondary back exercise is any exercise specific to another muscle group but involves the back indirectly. For example: Squats. It is important to modify the secondary back exercises to ensure that your back does not become more severely injured.

Helpful Tips:

• You must contact your physician or health care professional for instruction on how to modify your exercises to decrease pain in your back. Diagnosis of your injury to determine the exact cause of your pain is necessary.
• Keep the exercises pain free.
• Use decreased weight
• Do not work through bad pain. Bad pain is any sharp shooting pain that you have when you are exercising. Your body is sending you a signal to stop what you are doing and modify your activity to eliminate the bad pain.

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