Range of Motion Exercises
Neck: Flexion – chin to chest; Extension – return to neutral; Hyperextension – head back past
neutral; Lateral – tilt head side to side; Rotation – turn head to look left and right
Shoulder: Flexion – raise arm from side; Extension – return arm to neutral; Hyperextension –
arm back from neutral; Abduction – raise laterally away from body; Adduction – bring from
abducted position back to neutral; Circumduction – circle arm; External rotation – arm held out
from shoulder with elbow at 90-degree angle, start with fingers down and rotate arm upward;
Internal rotation – from externally rotated position back to fingers pointing down
