Slizzardman On Shoulder Repair

I feel as if I am making progress in bringing my left arm and shoulder back to something approaching optimal function with some focused work everyday. I remembered after I saw the video below on biceps strengthening that Slizzardman had also posted an interesting video for shoulder repair and rehab, so here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnAsnVNh0C0

This video focuses on the stretching component of dysfunctional shoulder posture correction. In plain English, this video will teach you the optimal stretches used to correct bad shoulder posture. By correcting posture you eliminate the impingement conditions that lead to shoulder problems in nearly all cases.







I have used this system to correct over 30 shoulders in the past 8 months, not including my own. Some are over the internet, many are in the gym. None are solicited, I have the reputation of knowing how the body works and being able to correct things very simply and effectively. This ability comes from literally an entire lifetime of reading and practicing on myself as I got injured throughout my athletic training career. These particular shoulder stretches were first shown to me by Coach Sommer of gymnasticbodies.com at his May Seminar out in Arizona and are much more effective than the wall or doorway versions of these stretches.






My knowledge of this subject (postural correction) was greatly enhanced by my discovery of Pete Egoscue's book "Pain Free." I HIGHLY recommend that everyone own a copy of this book and read it. It is in plain English with no medical language, very easy to read and understand. It is 14 dollars and can save you from months of rehab and the associated costs, not to mention more catastrophic injury later in life.






Once posture is corrected, THEN I absolutely advocate working on specific strengthening exercises for rotator cuff muscles and some stretches.






Note: I am not suggesting that protocols given for specific conditions are bad, because they are not. What is bad is not correcting the entire shoulder girdle.






When correcting shoulder problems you must fix the underlying conditions FIRST, which are nearly always postural in nature. For example, if you are throwing up because you are eating rotten meat you should get rid of the bad meat, not load up on Pepto.






Most of the time rotator cuff problems disappear on their own without specific treatment if you correct shoulder position and exercise execution. I cover the basics here.






Sometimes there are things like bone spurs that need to be removed, but when there is no such anatomical deformity (this does not include type 2 or 3 acromion, which does not have to lead to shoulder issues) the focus must be on restoring a healthy posture. Correct exercise selections can still hurt you when you perform them with bad posture. This will be covered in more detail in part 3.