The mid back needs to be addressed when dealing with shoulder pain because of how the shoulder blades and mid back work together for shoulder movement.
To begin improving your midback mobility for your shoulder pain, try these exercises!
Sore?
Want to improve your upper movement ability?
Do this routine
1. Band serratus opener (2x1 minute hold)
2. Chin-up dead hang (2x30-45 second hold
3. Barbell inverted row hold (2x30-45 second hold)
4. Thread the needle with kettle bell pull through (2x10)
5. T-spine rotation (2x12)
6. Blackburn (3x15)
🔥11 of my fav upper back/shoulder variations
1. Hurdle Y’s/W’s
2. “Around the worlds.”
3. Cuban press
4. Batwing face pull apart
5. Batwing Y to W
6. T handcuffs
7. Banded Y raise
8. Mini band Y Pull
9. Band snatch grip Y-press
10. Batwing Y raise
11. Band bottoms-up KB press
🤔 What’s the best way to train my adductors?
I was just asked this & it reminded me of this video I made
Here you go:
Here are 11 of my fav ways to train them
1. Banded copenhagen plank
2. Inside band step-up
3. Inside band Bulgarian
4. Partner pull slideouts
5. Cross-over step-up
6. Side lying band pulses
7. Landmine cross-over
8. Side plank w/ med ball squeeze
9. Slideout with plate pull
10. Swiss ball copenhagen plank
11. Slideout with band pull
4 prehab exercises | wish I had incorporated into my routine throughout my younger years. A little prehab goes a long way! 💪
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A simple mini band…
Can make for great accessory work for the upper back/cuff
All w/ a mini band
1. Prone band W pull
2. Shoulder around the world
3. Batwing face pull
4. Prone external rotation
5. Band Y pull iso
6. Prone Y raise
7. Band Y pull standard
8. Face pull
9. Chaos push-up
10. Scap push-up ISO
11. Prone W retraction
12. Standard push-up
13. Standing bottoms-up KB press
Here’s some new years variations on rotation & anti rotation work for endurance athletes.
Great ways to mix up your conditioning work, aim is to either control deliberate rotation or resist rotation dependant on the movement.
Great for the demands of swim, bike & run.
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I’m tired of hearing about patients who come in to rehab with complaints of shoulder pain when they reach there arm overhead.
Then proceed to pull on bands below 90° flexion 3x/week for 8 weeks.
So here’s 6 of my favorite exercises to help improve OH strength:
🗣 “This is a story of triumph, this is NOT a story of defeat!”
If you watch one thing today, make sure it’s this @EllieRobinsonGB interview.
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