Rehab progression, Madrid (2026)

08/10/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

Indoor football athlete, hams graft… PS: The video is sped up 2-4x!

1. One of the first variations when it comes to starting decel./landing drills. Make it look natural, and see the difference. Then, work on that!

2. Great for both flexion and extension (TKE) quads strengthening. Holding something for stability and better quads activity consequently…

3. Calf raises progression shouldn’t be avoided during the most rehab stages…

4. Ecc. in this position is very useful because that is where hams pulls happen during sprinting.

5. Almost all the lower limb muscles working here! Great for athletes and sharing forces between the lower limb joints in general. Combined with negative calf raises (great for calves and Achilles).

6. Stabilizing knee with the secondary task (not thinking about the knee joint = very useful).

7. Distal hams slow strengthening, where the tendon was taken for the graft.

8. Same here, but more dynamic…

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

07/10/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

He is a recreational surfer, feeling pain while paddling. During assessment, he felt pain with horizontal ABD, as well as with the “putting jacket on” type of movement… It might be supraspinatus, and infraspinatus issues, as well as subacromial bursitis. The rehab goal is increasing ABD and horizontal ABD capacity, rotator cuff strength, as well as shoulder stability PS: The video is sped up 2-7x!

1. Subscap with IR, supraspinatus when lifting arm, and posterior cuff with pressing (including serratus ant.), preventing anterior ball dislocation. Basically, all the cuff muscles are working in each movement, just different contraction type…

2. Not squeezing scaps back (engaging posterior cuff with delts). Intentionally holding DB to increase supraspinatus activity when it comes to the scaption movement. PS: Scaps need to retract a bit, which is useful for training its stabilizers as well…

3. Triceps activation and relatively extended elbow - shoulder dynamic stability. Finding an angle that will not reproduce painful symptoms (the inclined position helps for sure, because it gives an extra stability).

4. Posterior cuff activation, all the cuff muscles dynamic stability, and serratus act. G forces help from the safety and stability standpoint. Lifting at least 90deg as delts help GH joint stability (helping supraspinatus at least).

5. Side laying position ER is the best exercise for infraspinatus (delts “switched off”). Great posterior cuff (at least) dynamic stability when it comes to the pressing var.

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

06/10/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

This is her 2nd right ACLR. The first one was 8 years ago, it was a hams graft. Now, they decided patellar tendon graft, which is a stronger one, but quad recuperation will be very long. It was a classic knee twist injury. She also injured both meniscus (and they repaired it too). During initial assessment, she had full knee extension, but very limited knee flexion (which makes sense). Pretty good patellar mobility… PS: The video is sped up 2-4x!

1. Flexing from the knee joint, while keeping hips straight (great quads loading). Be careful about an excessive knee flexion because the graft can be strained. This one puts great load on quads when we fully extend the band as we pull the band!

2. Negative calf raises is one of the best choices for calf complex strength (including Achilles).

3. SS position will put lots of strain on the quads because of the extended hips. But, we need to try our best, as this position is very “functional”!

4. Starting with skipping is common in this stage. Mixing with balance to dynamically stabilize the knee.

5. When we extend torso-hips, re**us femoris works better (better when patellar tendon graft is taken). When we flex it, hams have greater strength. In short, switching and looking for stronger positions is very useful. PS: We didn’t fully extending knee in this one, as we wanted to wait a bit more… This one might be the most important one for this stage, considering the graft site.

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

05/10/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

Late stage ACLR rehab (this was in the beginning of that stage) requires a good plyometric and COD progression, including strength maintenance (I posted about him before, find the videos in my feed if interested). I didn’t show many things here, including football stuff (moves with and without a ball, including jumps), which is a must as well. PS: The video is sped-up 2-4x!

1. Important to stay upright and load quads. The first step towards COD-specific stuff. It doesn’t fatigue you much, so it can be in the beginning or between 2 harder exercises…

2. Great to train deeper knee flexion under load, including a bit of plyo as well! This is where so many rehabs fail…

3. Sprint-specific position where we perform both ecc. & conc. work. Many hams tears happen exactly during fast transition from ecc. to conc. contraction (e.g. sprint).

4. Negatives are best when it comes to calf and tendon strength. Better with straight knee. We know how strong calves are important for healthy knees.

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

04/10/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

It was a classic distal radial bone fracture, after a ski fall. Focus: Grip F., supination - worse than pronation (improving both though); Wrist extension - worse than flexion (improving both though); Wrist F in general… PS: The video is sped-up 2-5x!

1. Wrist flexors and triceps activation, plus forearm IR coupling with passive wrist extension. Decreasing wrist height over time.

2. Posterior chain activation with mobility. Serratus ant. activation as well! Controlled full ROM is important here…

3. Straight elbows is the goal, but not many patients will be able to do it in the beginning. Increase ROM and speed over time.

4. Resisting (dynamically) ABD-ADD is the main goal here, as well as reaching as much ROM as tolerable. Put something between torso and elbow to stabilize the arm (forearm movement only).

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

03/10/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

The “subacromial syndrome” is a safe and lazy diagnosis. In other words, “we don’t know what’s going on”. It’s just bursitis and(or) supraspinatus issues in most cases. Especially in his case, as tears are common in his age (but only the big ones giving symptoms in most cases, so we cannot be fully sure if symptoms are coming from that, btw all his muscles are very weak)… Holding umbrella longer time was painful, holding glass of water painful in the begias well. The main goal: Back to gym - strength! Now, after 2 months of rehab, he is feeling much better. PS: The video is sped up 3-6x!

1. Infraspinatus is a very underrated muscle for shoulder health (it’s one of the most important stabilizers, to say the least). Put something to squeeze between elbows for better activity (switching delts off). This position worked best for him, as side laying was uncomfortable…

2. A good choice for lifting arms, if we want a bit more safe and less painful variation (semi-closed kinetic chain). Sagittal plane first, as it’s less painful in most cases…

3. Very safe and comfy position to start dynamic stability with! Put something between torso and elbow to stabilize better…

4. A great classic choice for posterior cuff if we lift elbows 45deg+. Just adjust the angle if painful.

5. Adjust the ROM if hurting too much. Grip helps increasing cuff activity. Less BW over the legs and charge arms more over time!

6. Great and safe assisted ER-IR strengthening. Press with elbow against bed to activate posterior cuff and stabilize the position better. Great for both strength and mobility, like the most exercises above anyways… DB press is also very safe and useful for cuff and serratus ant…

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

01/10/2026

👉🏻 This program is for you if you have:
1. Rotator cuff tear (partial or full thickness - if surgery isn’t needed);
2. Shoulder instability/laxity;
3. Rotator cuff tendinopathy (either of the 4 muscles, any type);
4. Any type of labrum tear/issue (if surgery isn’t needed, as well as post-op);
5. Biceps (long head) issues;
6. Sub-acromial pain (e.g. bursitis, external/internal “impingement syndrome”…);
*7. Your shoulder health is currently not compromised, but you want to build “bulletproof” shoulders - step by step (including athletic population).

PS: This program is also for physical therapists and rehab specialists, if they want well-structured active rehab plan & program for their own clients/patients.

The program is made of 4 main phases (including the post-op phase if surgery has been done), with prescribed progressive exercises in each:
1. MOBILITY & ISOLATED STRENGTH - building the base;
2. BUILDING STABILITY;
3. COMPLEX - MULTIJOINT STRENGTH;
4. REACTIVE STRENGTH & PLYOMETRICS.
There are clear criteria that need to be met after each phase before starting the next one.

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

29/09/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

Basically, he had a labrum lesion, and the long head biceps tendinitis (a typical instability presentation, which means rotator cuff work was the primary goal). The video is sped up 2-3x!

1. Spinal stabilization against wall isolates shoulder muscles better. Posterior cuff, supraspinatus, and proximal biceps (the second var.) are the MAIN goal here!

2. Dynamic stability while stretching particularly posterior shoulder capsule (killing “birds 2 with 1 stone”) is a great mix that many programs miss. Plus posterior cuff strength on top of that (actually, “killing 3 birds”).

3. Great for dynamic stability, and serratus ant. activation (both protraction and upward rotation)! Great and safe CKC one!

4. The entire arm posterior chain, including serratus and dynamic stability - an extremely underrated one. G force helps stability, even though it’s an OKC one…

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

28/09/2026

⭐️ Learn common sense active rehab phases of different lesions/issues in the human body! I am showing REAL PATIENTS WITH REAL ISSUES, AND THE REAL SOLUTIONS-RESULTS! Remember that I am showing only ONE PART of their current program!

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

She is a very tense (rigid) person that ends up having both lower back and cervical issues (which is a normal consequence of being rigid all the time). She actually has cervical prostheses, and that’s one of the main reasons for her stiffness in the area (often subconscious). We also detected very weak upper limb musculature, which is often in relation with neck issues. She also operated right shoulder supraspinatus long time ago. Her goal is back to swimming and pilates. The main goal of our treatment was to increase arm strength, as well as upper trap strength, serratus ant., and shoulder in general (and mobility for sure). PS: The video is sped-up 2-3x!

1. The main focus was frontal plane rib cage movement, besides shoulder and scapular moves… Head-rib cage variability!

2. The main goal was serratus ant. (touching my hand), and transverse rib cage move. Relaxing neck is important here! Head-rib cage variability!

3. The main goal was shoulder and neck strength (relaxing the right side of neck is easier in the shown example, because we have the left side activated).

4. The main goal was triceps strength (often neck tension comes from weak distal parts), and neck-rib cage variability (moving them in opposing directions, including scaps)!

5. The main goal was neck strength with shoulder stability and head-rib cage variability.

6. The main goal was shoulder extensor strength and back mediastinum breathing (actually, 360deg rib cage breathing while keeping core tight)!

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

26/09/2026

‼️ If you’re a rehab specialist, always look at the person in front of you first, do a good assessment, and choose if these exercises can (and should) be applied!

🙋🏻‍♂️ RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHOSEN EXERCISES?

A shoulder flare-up is common, for many reasons (overload, trying something different, bad sleeping position, stress…). You just need to keep training, choosing exercises that will not provoke pain that much (mainly closed kinetic chain ones), and time will usually sort it out… PS: I often use isometrics because it’s safe, intense, and with similar hypertrophy effects as dynamic movements…

1. Modified inclinotion and ROM according to the symptoms. A great choice as it’s a complete movement that is rarely painful.

2. Modify elbow angle and intensity as it can provoke the shoulder further. The best in the beginning is not to separate elbow from torso that much and not to push against wall with high intensity.

3. Place an elbow higher up (45-90deg), as it engages posterior cuff more. The exercise is less painful because an arm has support! Relax neck and press against wall with tolerable intensity.

4. Great “analgesic” exercise for front-inner shoulder… People usually feel much better lifting arm overhead after doing this one…

5. The front-shoulder one that is very safe and stable, making co-contraction around the entire shoulder complex…

🙋🏻‍♂️ WHEN TO AVOID (or modify) SOME OF THESE?
If having 5+ out of 10 pain while performing the specific exercise.

📢 My friend, if you liked the post, I want you to share it with friend(s) who have aforementioned issues. Feel free to comment, suggest, or ask anything (I didn’t cover many things)!

Yours in progress⬆️on,
Luka

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