How to Increase Shoulder Mobility for Climbers

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You're developing your niche audience. Good job.

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Thank you!

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If this channel was a stock and subscribers were the value, I’d be buying as much as I can, climbing getting bigger and bigger and it’s hard to imagine this channel not blowing up, as always good vid

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Thank you for the support!! We definitely appreciate it.

[@WEEDVIENNA89]

Man your Channel is Gold! I got a shoulder injury for 9 months now and im finally seeing an end, your videos helped me a lot, also for prepartion for the future, I hope your channel gets big and i think it will be. Problem is most People need to get injured to look for videos like this like me but climbing is getting bigger and bigger in the world and this means more injuries. Thank you and greetings from Austria.

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That's true! Well, as you said, climbing is growing so much, Emile and I are stoked that this library will be out there for climbers to help recover from their injuries! Thanks for your support and comment! It is absolutely appreciated.

[@martinma216]

Great Video! I have been doing a lot of these stretches already from research. But seeing this video, I'm glad to see him on the right track.

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Awesome! That is a good feeling right? It's always fun reading new research and learning new techniques to employ... but it also feels good reading research and knowing that you're on the right track already :)

[@texaninvasian]

It’s crazy watching this video from just a few months ago how much your presentation has improved. This video is very well edited but the actually story telling is lacking despite the information and clarity being on point. I seriously hope you continue to succeed, y’all are doing great stuff

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Thank you! We are always striving to improve wherever we can. Thanks for the support!

[@joji_okami]

Super sweet vid y'all

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Thanks, Joji! :D

[@tylervelasquez5639]

totally adding these to my warmups! I hate when my rotators aren't ready for a big dynamic move or dyno in general. great vid!

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Same! Glad it was helpful :)

[@maizalima2493]

I absolutely love your videos and love the short ones too

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Glad to hear you're enjoying both forms!

[@RossPotts]

Definitely need to remember this one! I just injured my shoulder and the lack of range is freaking me out!

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Sorry to hear that! Hopefully you heal up soon!

[@RossPotts]

@@HoopersBeta thx. It’s just something I’ve found I need to expect and work harder to avoid since I’m over 50.

[@bobrobe7121]

Thank you, Lewis Spears

[@Vehshya]

Commenting to help with engagement! Great video as always!

[@josephbrodsky372]

Hey man, I had a kind of unrelated question: is doing weighted pullups with the weight around your waist bad for your back (i.e. weight hanging off your harness), since youre stretching it in an unnatural way? I understand that it's important to build up slowly, but even so I've heard of people getting back injuries from this and I wanted to be super careful. Thanks!

[@HoopersBeta]

Their injury may be coming from adding too much weight too quickly and performing an aberrant motion during the lift as a result. It likely isn't the weight hanging there itself, but more likely the movement they are performing. They may also have an excessive anterior tilt due to tightness in muscles such as the iliopsoas or rectus femoris which may make them more prone to an injury in that manner. Good question!

[@gespinal0301]

Dope video as always!!

[@shanewane7997]

Hey Hooper, this is somewhat on topic with this video except it is my hip. About 8 years ago I injured a muscle in my hip from overuse in running. The Doctor at the time believed it was the tensor fascia latae. The question now is essentially I have full extension flexibility in my hip, but contraction, like deep squats or bringing my knee all the way to my chest is painful. Almost like a pinching. I understand how to stretch for something that needs to be extended further, but do not know what can be done about a lack of full contraction flexibility. Thank you for your time and for all you have shown us.

[@HoopersBeta]

Tough! Some of that can be worked through, especially if it is a simple capsular restriction. If the pinching is due to femoral acetabular impingement, though, you may not be able to work through this. Only x-rays can confirm that, though. If it is capsular, doing a child's pose stretch can help!

[@scrappyclimber]

For the algorithm

[@joleylight300]

I have hypermobile shoulders which has led to an unforeseen “injury”? What can people with hypermobile shoulders do to prevent injuries? Mine is possibly a floating shoulder or stretched labrum. Labrum does appear to have torn but the support is not what it should be during external rotation and slides out of socket, possibly. I am seeing a pt and believe surgery is very avoidable. But this may help others. Thanks for everything you and your team do. It has me me tremendously.

[@HoopersBeta]

Yes, if you do have more or too much mobility, the key can be increasing stability, i.e. strength :) strengthening the rotator cuff and the surrounding muscles and you can still make great progress!

[@joleylight300]

@@HoopersBeta Thanks so much for the information and quality of videos this channel provides. I hope all climbers find this and use the knowledge provided here!

[@joshmoskowitz2466]

Hi Hooper, Awesome channel! On the deltoid and posterior capsule stretch, you mention to reduce intensity if pinching occurs. I was just wondering if this pinching indicates any specific issues, when also experiencing some pain while doing a 90 degree external rotation exercise. Can shoulder exercises help with this pinching issue? Can taking some time off climbing also help? Thank you

[@janabelikova8291]

Great job, thanks!

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Thank you!

[@fakerjhun316]

Thanks for the video. Might finally take the plunge and get a foam roller. Any opinions on using a bar to help stretch? I am in the weird position where I am still hypermobile even with a shoulder injury knocking ~15°+ off my bad shoulder and find a stretching bar to be incredible.

[@silentdiscretion2657]

As someone who can easily reach every part of my back with my hands without aid from the other. I don't think I'll need this one lol but great video anyway. I've been doing some of these stretches my whole life, and didn't even realize they were proper stretches. I just did them cause they felt good :P

[@HoopersBeta]

Nice! Glad you're intuition led you to some good stretches :)

[@ole7282]

Ok, I get the hypo- vs hyper shoulder mobility distinction, but what do you call someone like me - with no shoulder mobility?

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Too swole

[@SethPierceClimbing]

Hooper in a tank top #nsfw Love the info, can't wait to implement!

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haha #nsfw

[@MiguelClimbs]

No wonder I'm not sending my proj, shoulders aren't mobile enough!

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Time to work! Need to have that shoulder mobility and stability to send the proj :)

[@t-love8751]

Psyched to get mobile Hoop!

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Yew!

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[@siccodewilt1]

Whaaaat I just noticed I wasn't subscribed? Did I unsub by accident? Was I never subscribed? I don't know. All I know if seen a whole lot of your videos :D

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Hah! We are glad you're subbed now, at least! Welcome, officially, to the fam.

[@Mattomune]

Excuse me, I learned the capsule stretch in P.E., thank you very much.

[@HoopersBeta]

hah that's fair. Alternate name: The P.E. stretch.