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Mardi Gras Exercise – Prepare for the Ride of Your Life

posted on January 24th, 2012, by . Comments Off posted so far.

Mardi Gras is exactly 4 weeks away. For those of you riding in parades, it’s time to prepare. In addition to buying beads, booze, and fitting for costumes, you should be prepping your body for the ride.

Riding in a parade can be hard on the body. In particular, shoulders and backs can take a beating along the parade route. One of the most common post Mardi Gras injuries occurs in the shoulder. Packing, carrying, lifting, and throwing 1000′s of beads, cups,  and balls can leave your shoulder stiff and painful.

Try these four great exercises to prepare your shoulder for the throws of Mardi Gras:

Sportscord T’s:

Stand tall with one foot in front of the other. while keeping your elbows straight pull each band out to the side making a “T ” with your body.

Sportscord Y’s:

Stand tall with one foot in front of the other. While keeping your elbows straight pull each band up and out making a “Y ” with your body.

Sports cord W’s:

Stand tall with one foot in front of the other. This time pull the back of your hands up and out allowing your elbows to bend to 90 degrees. At the end of the movement each arm should represent each side of the “W”.

Sports cord crosses:

Stand tall with one foot in front of the other. While keeping your elbows straight pull one cord up and out and the other cord down and back. Be sure to stand up straight.

With Mardi Gras fast approaching, you should prepare now! For a better ride, less pain, and longer throws, start these great parade prep exercises today.

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Keep Your Shoulders Strong With These 3 Exercises

posted on September 20th, 2011, by . Comments Off posted so far.

Shoulders are incredibly mobile joints. And as such they are capable of amazing things like throwing a baseball, rowing a boat, and even lifting a child in the air. But with the mobility comes the vulnerability to pain and injury.

To work properly shoulders must stay strong. To keep them strong and healthy try these 3 great shoulder exercises:

Attach your tubing to a secure structure between waist and shoulder height. Start by standing tall in a staggered stance position. Hold both handles of the sportscord. Make sure to pinch your shoulder blades together and hold your stomach in for better form.

Exercise #1

1) While keeping your arms straight, pull both of your arms out to your sides, to form the letter “T” with your body.

Exercise #2

2) The next exercise is a “Y”. With the arms straight, pull the cords up and out to form the letter “Y” with your body.

Exercise #3

3) The third exercise is a “I”.  With the same stance pull both arms back and down by your sides to form the letter “I” with your body.

Repeat each exercise for 10-15 repetitions focusing on your posture, and slow controlled motion. You might start with 1-2 sets and 2-3 times per week.

There should be no pain with any of these exercises. If there is pain, you should stop the exercise. This is an indication that the resistance is too strong, your technique is bad or you have a shoulder problem and you should come in for a physical therapy consultation to find out more specifically what would help your shoulders.

For more information on shoulder exercises, please contact our office.

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