Episode 153/365: Olympic Lifiting Mobility

January 23, 2011
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Hey Mwodies,

Today’s piece is about improving the thoracic spine, traps, and shoulder IR.
These are areas typically off the radar of the overhead athlete.
Try and collect 2 min of contract/relax in the more muscle based pieces, and 2-3 min working the more joint/boney pieces.

Part 1

Part 2

Kstar

6 Responses to “Episode 153/365: Olympic Lifiting Mobility”

imagnusx January 23, 2011 Reply

For the MWODer flying solo, I have a feeling that the last IR stretch could be accomplished by using the Rotater:

http://therotater.com/wp/

I got one and found that the hand-behind-the-back position was the only position in which I got a good IR stretch (personally). I bet it's going to be even better when using a band to keep the shoulder in place. The band might help with other stretches using it too.

I don't mean for this to be an advertisement, but rather just another item to consider throwing in your pain basket.
John January 24, 2011 Reply

Kelly,

Thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to provide PT for my left shoulder. I have had a MRI which shows I have a full thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon with 2.5cm of retraction. Please let me know how I should limit my Crossfit workouts.

Looking Forward…
John Schumacher
Very Alive January 26, 2011 Reply

Kelly,

I have an athlete who dislocated a shoulder and tore his labrum. As a football player he did little to rehab and has continued lifting on it. Now he finds his arm tracking laterally on front raises and externally rotating on bicep curls. Any thoughts on whats causing the disfunction and how to attack it?

Cheers

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