After only 10 repetitions of each exercise, there is a significant and distinct ‘burn’ in your shoulders and scapular region from the workout provided and can be modified as needed for each patient.

Crossover has become a staple in our rehab programs for shoulder, thoracic, and cervical patients because of the large variety of exercises it provides, and regions of the body involved with the activity. Due to the variety of movements and resistances it provides, I can choose exercises that provide the most relevant transition to activities patients have difficulty with. As a PT, I have incorporated the use of crossover for a majority of my patients with cervical, shoulder, and upper thoracic pathologies. In this way, it provides patients of all categories a more efficient strengthening program and ‘test’ for which activities they have improved at or continue to experience difficulty and/or pain. The key component that makes crossover symmetry stand out from other strengthening products and programs is it was engineered to target “ functional movement patterns” () versus isolating specific muscles. There are 4 key programs used in our clinic: Activation, Activation+, Recovery, and Strength designed to target specific components of rehab or general shoulder exercise.Ĭrossover symmetry uses various resistance bands of weights from 3 to 40 lbs for shoulder strengthening. Through the ‘X’ pattern created by the resistance bands, crossover symmetry provides a rotational stability component in addition to the targeted movement pattern for exercise. It uses the ideas of strengthening the shoulder through movement patterns, rather than isolating and targeting specific shoulder and scapular muscles. Crossover symmetry provides shoulder strengthening in multi-plane patterns, rather than the more-often used single plane.

Crossover symmetry bands