Shoulder Mobility Balancing Act (CAREFUL!!)

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Build muscle while keeping your shoulders healthy http://athleanx.com/x/big-muscles-safe-shoulders Shoulder mobility is an often misunderstood aspect of a training program. People rush out to try and mobilize their shoulder joints without understanding whether this is something they even need in the first place. When you realize just how unstable the average shoulder is based solely on the anatomy of the joint itself, it becomes obvious that not only are mobilization drills maybe not called for but they could be setting you up for more problems. In this video, I break down the anatomy of the shoulder joint and show you just how naturally unstable the joint is. When you understand this, you quickly grasp the need for doing more things to stabilize the area rather than mobilize it. To start, there are three aspects of the shoulder that help provide the stability in this otherwise hyper mobile joint. These are the labrum, the rotator cuff muscles and the shoulder capsular ligaments. Let’s start with the labrum. The head of the humerus sits very shallow in the glenoid or socket in your shoulder. Because of this anatomical setup, the ball doesn’t sit very stable and instead has a tendency to float and migrate within the shoulder joint if lacking strength and support. The labrum is in place to essentially deepen the socket and allow the ball to sit more deeply and snugly in the shoulder joint. It acts like a suction for the head of the humerus. That said, if you were

Published 2017-03-15 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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