Keep Your Shoulders Strong With These 3 Exercises
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.
1) While keeping your arms straight, pull both of your arms out to your sides, to form the letter “T” with your body.
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.
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.
Neck pain is all too common, and it’s really no surprise why. Just look at what the neck does. It rotates, bends, twists, and turns in all kinds of directions enabling us to move with coordination and skill. But with more moving parts comes an increased risk of injury. Necks are vulnerable to overuse, whiplash, and postural type injuries. But they don’t have to be. Physical therapy is a proven treatment strategy to help those dealing with acute or chronic neck pain.
The good news is that a healthy neck can be just a physical therapy visit away. A little knowledge and a good strategy can go a long way to avoiding long term neck problems and even surgery. Physical therapists are experts in human movement and are skilled evaluators. Physical therapists can tell you “why” your neck hurts, and provide you the tools needed to prevent serious neck problems.