Say Goodbye to Shoulder Pain: Unlocking the Top 4 Shoulder Restrictions

[@gmbfit]

Test out your shoulder issues with today's video and then follow up with a daily shoulder routine here! 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZicZputZraAo7s

[@maximo5737]

My situation is, while I workout my shoulders. I used my left shoulder more from playing instruments then my right side. So when I workout, my left side make noise and I have to stretch it more and there is an imbalance when lift OVERHEAD press. what recommendations do you have.

[@gmbfit]

Literally all humans have imbalances. Is it causing problems? Our recommendations: gmb.io/muscular-imbalance/

[@jbedosky1]

Great video. Outstanding material as always. Just completed Elements and will go through it again. One issue I have is popping in my shoulder. Most of the time not painful but there is residual achiness when I perform workouts that involve heavy shoulder work, usually when the shoulder work involves bending the elbows. Straight arm work doesn't affect it as much. I had an MRI that shows arthritic changes but doc says that surgery is not indicated. I had a superficial cortisone injection and was told to come back for a deeper one if the first doesn't work. The first didn't really work. I have been putting off going back, hoping that with straight arm work doing Elements, yoga, qigong and other martial arts (like baguazhang and hsing-i) will help. Any thoughts? I'm not looking for medical advice and know you have to be careful. I don't do anything that anyone tells me to do without researching it and coming to my own decision. Thank you for all of your great work.

[@gmbfit]

Maybe send us an email, and we can help you troubleshoot a bit.

[@lalelu_n.g.]

Thank you 🙏

[@gmbfit]

you're welcome :)

[@tc-3]

Gold Medal Content, as always. I've been enjoying my third run through Elements lately, and can vouch for the animal movements shown at the end. I have a question about the quadruped shoulder circles at 2:46. In the video, it seems like the shoulders are staying over the hands throughout the movement, while the body moves around. Usually, I see them performed differently, i.e. body is staying fixed, and movement is coming solely from the shoulders. Either way feels nice on my shoulders, but I am interested are there any specific benefits to performing the exercise in a certain way? Thank you!

[@gmbfit]

Try it and compare for yourself ;)

[@tc-3]

@@gmbfit I did, hence the "either way feels nice on my shoulders" in my original post. But yeah, nothing prevents me from exploring both variations. However, I do find it easier to coordinate my movements when I preform the exercise in the way shown in the video.

[@gmbfit]

We generally lean towards whole-body coordinated movements. You may have legitimate reasons to do otherwise, in which case I'm not gonna tell you to stop what's already working. But we recommend what we're showing, which is why we show ;) The best way to really understand it is to try it again, and again, and keep exploring it. There's very little profit in attempting precise technical explanations.

[@district5rookie]

i can't get my left arm over head easily because i have a giant knot in my trap. It's been causing chronic pain for a long time.

[@33Jenesis]

Have you tried kneading it using a tennis ball (on the floor)?

[@district5rookie]

@@33Jenesis yeah i've tried everything. tennis ball, lacrosse ball, foam roller, tens device.

[@gmbfit]

Work at it gradually and consistently. It didn't develop in a few days, so it'll take time to loosen up. It's worth the effort :)

[@begin2dig]

thank you very much - perhaps not super common as not a pattern mentioned - imagine taking off a jacket or sweater - so shoulder horizontal abduction (with elbow flexion), add some extension (the reach back keeping arm bent to get jacket off shoulder) - and that just hits a pain response in the middle delt area -- any thoughts much appreciated - and thanks for the mobilizations and the supporting Deep Article. Really - ths stuff takes time and care - much obliged

[@gmbfit]

Right on - there's no shortage of ranges in which the shoulder can get restricted (bummer...).

[@begin2dig]

@@gmbfit forgive me - i was wondering what you might suggest as a way to redress/address this backwards reach issue - not covered in your vid - apologies if that's asking too much - just missed something about extension/abduction. domo.

[@gmbfit]

It shouldn't be surprising that I recommend our Mobility program: gmb.io/mobility/ :)

[@begin2dig]

@@gmbfit got it - doing it :)

[@gmbfit]

@@begin2dig Slick. So that should really address most of this holistically within the context of the movement practice. If you get stuck or need more help anytime, just email us :)