Serratus Anterior Exercises

This post is intended for rehab professionals.

I stopped recommending the push-up plus a few years back, after hearing it was associated with shoulder impingement.  I was only able to find one study which found that a wall push-up plus the scapula was placed in a position potentially associated with shoulder impingement.  Please get in touch if you have any research on the topic that I missed.

Does protraction of the scapula cause the same issue with the dynamic hug?

This blog shows that the contraction levels of the serratus anterior are similar with all these exercises.  I recommend scaption with external