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Weak Scapular Muscles make the P90X workout harder: The Solution
Here it is: the fix for shoulder blade/scapular weakness on one side that makes progressing your P90X workout, or any upper body workout for that matter, harder.
If you follow the above links you will see how to strengthening one-sided shoulder girdle problems. When the shoulder girdle is weak, it can cause winging. If it is just a little weak, like it is with this lady, then you may have headaches, because of the stretch to the upper trapezius. You might also develop rotator cuff impingement due to this problem.
How do you develop shoulder blade weakness? Usually it hppens because you might have an arm injury, which can make your muscle weak as they try to protect you and stop you from using an injured body part. Other causes can be prolonged computer use in which your arms and shoulder are held in the shoulder forward position.
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Stronger hip = no pain in the knee
Look today at how this patient's hip strength and knee alignment have improved. This video below was taken yesterday, She is much stronger and now has no pain.
Cheers and Happy Strong Hip!
Weak Hips Cause Knee Pain
It is an odd thing, and it doesn't really make sense, but it's true that weak hips can cause knee pain. "How is that?" you may wonder.
Look at this video taken about a week ago. This patient had a a new hip put in, so she is weak on her right (left side of the video). Watch her step down, and you will see her right hip shifts to the outside, and her right thigh and knee roll in. Because her right thigh rolls in her kneecap is tugged to the outside of its normal groove causing knee pain.
Check back tomorrow to see if her hip gets stronger and her knee pain goes away!
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We have a rebounder at Comstock PT
Enjoy the video below. Funny ending! :)
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UPPER EXTREMITY PLYOMETRICS (wait til the end 😂)
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Plyos are a mainstay exercise for athletes in the mid-to-late stages of rehab for upper or lower extremity injuries (or can also be used for prevention)😏. They begin to prepare the affected structures and tissues to tolerate forces and stress more closely related to sport. For the #thrower 🥎⚾️, we like to use these as a precursor before interval throwing programs.
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There are many ways of accomplishing this, but here we show how to use a rebounder/trampoline to achieve dynamic shoulder plyos.
1️⃣ Chest pass
2️⃣ Diagonals
3️⃣ Overhead chop
4️⃣ 0° IR
5️⃣ 90° IR
6️⃣ 0° ER
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All incorporate a controlled concentric to eccentric phase and have the added bonus of adjusting to an external object. What others do you like??
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🔹Swanik et al. The effect of shoulder plyometric training on amortization time and upper extremity kinematics. JSR. 2016.
🔹 Wright, et al. Exercise prescription for overhead athletes with shoulder pathology: a systematic review with best evidence synthesis. BJSM. 2018.
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www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/well/move/dog-owners-get-more-exercise.html Time to get a dog?
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