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Are you sure you’re in the scapular plane?
From an upcoming, much longer, post detailing my visit to Stanford University’s Clinical Anatomy Lab, where I worked with cadavers: Two common ways people go about alleviating shoulder pain is 1) Pulling the shoulders down and back and 2) Working the arms in the scapular plane. I’ve indirectly covered why the “Down and back” cue […]
A quick way to work on scapular winging
December 4, 2013
In Musings on scapular winging there was a comment exchange where I had trouble getting through to the person the importance not just of proper exercises, but not letting the scapula(e) wing during the day. If you let your scapula wing for 23 hours, 1 hour of exercise is unlikely to get the job done. For […]
A day with Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains
October 8, 2013
I recently went to a conference where Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains was presenting. I’ve written about him in my posts on tennis elbow, the importance of direction in manual therapy, stretching the IT band and hamstrings. I listened to him for 7 hours, so, I took a ton of notes. – Background This was not a personal training / physical therapy / […]
A progression to lifting your arms overhead pain free
September 5, 2013
The most common complaint of those with shoulder pain is a limited ability to lift their arm(s) up. One of the ways I disagree with many in approaching this ailment is I don’t avoid lifting the arm overhead; I embrace it. You won’t get your arms over your head by only working them under your […]
Example of improving a low shoulder
August 18, 2013
I’ve written about the problems of a low shoulder here, here, here, and here. I wanted to give a quick example of someone who corrected this issue. Here is Neal when he first started with me: And ~6 weeks later: That’s a fantastic change. Great job Neal. Keep up the good work. – Train with me. I […]
Musings on scapular winging: Anatomy (muscular and nerve), causes, and exercise considerations
July 25, 2013
I’m going to reference Scapular winging: anatomical review, diagnosis, and treatments often. – Anatomy of scapular winging (muscular) Serratus anterior Of course, we have to start with this muscle. The serratus anterior protracts and upwardly rotates the scapula. Let’s use a nice quote from the paper to get more specific. Pictures and bolding from me: “The serratus […]
The remote client process
June 20, 2013
Due to my current load, right now I am not taking on new clients. I will update this page when I’m able to take new people on again. Sorry! – Here is a good look at the system / process I use. I suppose this is also my “pitch.” The first step of the process […]
How many reps and sets to correct muscular imbalances?
June 20, 2013
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Before delving in, do not come away from this post thinking it’s as simple as “I need to work my glutes, X amount of sets and reps is optimal, that’s all I need to do in order to correct my imbalance.” That approach completely ignores what exercise you’re doing, your form, how much stimulus one […]
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