STOP Torturing Your Rotator Cuff (Do This Instead) Redefining Strength
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Zinaustro
Thanks, your videos are very helpful. I have medial deltoid pain daily when I wake up (I sleep on my side with a wedge under my thorax to try to give my broad shoulders room. The pain is only on my left side (I'm right-handed) and is most easily reproduced when I rotate my wrist (as in pouring water from a glass beyond 90d. It was strongly triggered during the Active Foam Roller Star Stretch in this video, hence this comment. It's not from trauma. I have a stressful desk job and often catch myself hunching shoulders and breathing shallowly. I've been trying to release my delts, pecs, traps, supraspinatus, lats, and scalenes, but nothing seems to help. Any ideas? Thanks for your great work!
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Thanks, your videos are very helpful. I have medial deltoid pain daily when I wake up (I sleep on my side with a wedge under my thorax to try to give my broad shoulders room. The pain is only on my left side (I'm right-handed) and is most easily reproduced when I rotate my wrist (as in pouring water from a glass beyond 90d. It was strongly triggered during the Active Foam Roller Star Stretch in this video, hence this comment. It's not from trauma. I have a stressful desk job and often catch myself hunching shoulders and breathing shallowly. I've been trying to release my delts, pecs, traps, supraspinatus, lats, and scalenes, but nothing seems to help. Any ideas? Thanks for your great work!
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Rooibaard
That last exercise that you show is very important, the angle that your hand was positioned. Stay away from barbells when doing shoulders and chest. Free weights much better, because you don't have to rotate so much like with barbells to complete the exercise. When using barbells you rotate so much and your arm becomes loose from your body and your chest muscles don't engage to protect your rotator cuff.
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That last exercise that you show is very important, the angle that your hand was positioned. Stay away from barbells when doing shoulders and chest. Free weights much better, because you don't have to rotate so much like with barbells to complete the exercise. When using barbells you rotate so much and your arm becomes loose from your body and your chest muscles don't engage to protect your rotator cuff.
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Joe
Once you tear your cuff, its over. I can attest personally that surgery is a waste of time and I've lost over half of my previous strength. It's true i haven't gone back to the gym even after surgery but thats because it is still painful to do certain exercises. I wish i neverhad the procedure. But i had to get off the pain killers. 4 yrs later, something as simple as push ups are a huge task.
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Once you tear your cuff, its over. I can attest personally that surgery is a waste of time and I've lost over half of my previous strength. It's true i haven't gone back to the gym even after surgery but thats because it is still painful to do certain exercises. I wish i neverhad the procedure. But i had to get off the pain killers. 4 yrs later, something as simple as push ups are a huge task.
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goggles789
So, I have a potentially dumb question, so please forgive my ignorance. If the rotator cuff gets over-used, what happens if you just stop the activity that bothers it for a while to let it heal? Why is the solution to target the muscle with more movements if it's over-worked? Or are these movements supposed to be used as a preventative measure? Again, I apologize for my dumb question.
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So, I have a potentially dumb question, so please forgive my ignorance. If the rotator cuff gets over-used, what happens if you just stop the activity that bothers it for a while to let it heal? Why is the solution to target the muscle with more movements if it's over-worked? Or are these movements supposed to be used as a preventative measure? Again, I apologize for my dumb question.
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Rick
Hi. You mentioned performing these exercises for 30 to 45 seconds. How many reps would that amount of time translate to? Would that be over 20 reps? Or, would that be less than 30 reps? I prefer counting repetitions rather than using time as a factor to execute an exercise. Thank you for your time.
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Hi. You mentioned performing these exercises for 30 to 45 seconds. How many reps would that amount of time translate to? Would that be over 20 reps? Or, would that be less than 30 reps? I prefer counting repetitions rather than using time as a factor to execute an exercise. Thank you for your time.
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Pearl
Your teaching of the anatomy with pictures and your demonstrations are much appreciated & needed. I-ve often over worked mine to develop my delts faster. I will move your video to the too of my list to warm up those muscles. By the way, your delts look impressive. I love your outfit too.
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Your teaching of the anatomy with pictures and your demonstrations are much appreciated & needed. I-ve often over worked mine to develop my delts faster. I will move your video to the too of my list to warm up those muscles. By the way, your delts look impressive. I love your outfit too.
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Carolyn
Hi, could I ask you: how do you have such excellent definition of lean muscle and no visible fat in your physique (very hard to achieve for us females vs the guys? Do you use any hormone therapies or medications/supplements to achieve this or is it just by training and diet? Thanks!
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Hi, could I ask you: how do you have such excellent definition of lean muscle and no visible fat in your physique (very hard to achieve for us females vs the guys? Do you use any hormone therapies or medications/supplements to achieve this or is it just by training and diet? Thanks!
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Nicola
I think this is what I need. Can barely weight bare any more on R side (ie for rotating plank) and R scapula crunches and feels it-s tracking wrong when I do a chest press-? Does the L side also need building up in some way because of the tendency of the R to do all the work?
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I think this is what I need. Can barely weight bare any more on R side (ie for rotating plank) and R scapula crunches and feels it-s tracking wrong when I do a chest press-? Does the L side also need building up in some way because of the tendency of the R to do all the work?
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YouTubeName
Are these exercises suitable for those with an existing shoulder injury? I am currently recovering from shoulder impingement syndrome and frozen shoulder. It has improved (much less pain than a few months ago, but I still have limited range of motion in that shoulder.
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Are these exercises suitable for those with an existing shoulder injury? I am currently recovering from shoulder impingement syndrome and frozen shoulder. It has improved (much less pain than a few months ago, but I still have limited range of motion in that shoulder.
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Ewoks
A little off topic, but did you life in the south for a short while or as an infant maybe? I'm not a linguist or anything, but I thought I noticed some intonations that hint to the southern states.
Good video - the best rehabilitation is PRE-hab!
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A little off topic, but did you life in the south for a short while or as an infant maybe? I'm not a linguist or anything, but I thought I noticed some intonations that hint to the southern states.
Good video - the best rehabilitation is PRE-hab!
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