Wall Slides
Improves shoulder and upper-back mobility and posture.
What it helps
Improves shoulder and upper-back mobility and trains the posture that keeps your neck and shoulders comfortable.
How to do it
- Stand with your back, head, and arms against a wall.
- Slowly slide your arms up overhead, keeping contact with the wall.
- Lower slowly back down.
Tips
- Keep your low back and head gently against the wall.
- Only go as high as stays comfortable.
Commonly done as 2 sets of 10, daily.
Where this appears in recovery
Wall Slides is part of 9 recovery programs, typically at the early recovery (weeks 2–6), strength & function (weeks 6–12) and strengthen (weeks 8–12) stages. Each program shows how it fits alongside the other movements:
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) exercise guide
- Cervical Laminectomy exercise guide
- Cervical Microdiscectomy (Posterior) exercise guide
- Cervical Disc Replacement exercise guide
- Cervical Strain exercise guide
- Neck Pain exercise guide
- Cervical Radiculopathy exercise guide
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis exercise guide
- Cervical Spondylosis exercise guide
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These are general exercise guides, not a personal prescription. The repetitions and frequency shown are what's commonly used — your own surgeon or therapist may advise something different, and their guidance comes first.