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Shoulder pain is one of the most common ailments that derail a good workout. Most often, a few shoulder stretches are all that is needed to not just correct the issue but prevent it from occurring in the first place. That said, not many know how to properly stretch their shoulder to help stop shoulder pain from killing their workouts. In this video, I show you one of the most common shoulder maladies that causes discomfort when lifting and how to assess whether you are suffering from it so that you can fix it.
The shoulder joint is wrapped tightly by a fibrous structure called a capsule. The shoulder capsule has a posterior portion that is responsible for providing integrity and support to the humerus within the ball and socket. When the muscles surrounding the shoulder get tight (in particular the rotator cuff) those muscles have a tendency to push the head of the humerus forward in the shoulder joint. Once there, the capsule can begin to adaptively shorten which leads to much more chronic and serious changes in the joint.
To prevent shoulder capsule shrinking and tightness, you must have a way to stretch this structure out. First however, you need to determine whether or not the tightness you feel is from the capsule or from another muscle or muscles in and around the shoulder.
I show you a posterior capsule test that will help you to figure out what you are dealing with. Lie on your back with your arm fully internally rotated. Be sure that you are internally rotating the arm at the shoulder and not just pronating your forearm. From there, hold your arm perpendicular to the ground at ninety degrees and make sure that your back doesn’t roll and your shoulder blade does not lose contact with the ground.
Try to bring your arm across your chest. If you can get the outside of your elbow to cross your chest midline then you likely don’t have a tight posterior capsule and instead are dealing with either a tight posterior delt or lat. Stretches can be seen for those in future videos here on our channel.
The sleeper stretch as shown in this video is great for stretching out the posterior shoulder capsule and helping you to restore normal mobility within the shoulder joint. Be sure not to crank on your arm too much during this stretch and aim to complete it a few times each week for 45-60 seconds each time until you get up to 70 degrees of internal rotation back to your shoulder and can almost touch the ground with the fingers on the affected side.
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Thank you so much!
Nice!!
This is magical
If this works I buy everything you sell
I have the mobility but when I do the stretch I get a lot of pain, anyone got any tips?
I wonder if anyone can help. I can’t do any push movements without my right arm hurting. I couldn’t even lift the bar without it hurting. Can’t do any dumbell bench press, shoulder press or chest press… pull ups hurt, but chin ups don’t hurt. Any ideas guys?
Jeff has best practical usable advice around. He thinks n acts like a scientist, utility driven.
I'm coming back to this video after watching it all those years ago! Great advice never gets old, though (unlike my tight shoulders!). Thanks a million, Jeff.
Everytime i screw up i come to your channel
This stretch has given me my left shoulder back. I can get my shirt on pain free again. Thanks Jeff.
brooo, that felt fuckin great!!! thanks!!
Amazing stretch
Aye yes very good you c×nt, it was your workout videos that caused my pain in the first place
Always very informative Jeff! Much appreciated
This workouts are so boring!
Introduce some more effective workouts with weights
Ty for this video I’ve been dealing with this for awhile Ty
Ive been battling a shoulder impingememt for 18 months. This is the first time i feel like im getting to the root of the problem. My bad shoulder had about 40 degrees less flexibility than the " good" shoulder. Thank you!
Immediate improvement after the stretch! This man knows his stuff! Thank you!
Is this stretch supposed to hurt? I stretch alot & this doesnt feel like stretching moreso just pain, does this just not work for my body?
Can you please speed up more
??Way humans sounding like Maschines??
Thank You so much Jeff! That was a special movement for my issue!
Thanks jeff. I've been trying to Massage this away at different massage centers but none explained this to be my problem. Now i think I know why
Been training my entire life. I have learned so much from your videos. So informative and no gym-bro crap. Thank you.
No one is going to beat me with a Kamura in 6 months after doing this stretch every day.
wow that really works
You opened my eyes to pain in that area. Great demonstration