My MOST common upper body rehab exercises: Ys Ts and Ws featuring legendary bodybuilding coach, coach Omar.
I have never been a fan of giving general, cookie cutter exercises to patients. Even with that mindset, these three exercises have worked wonders for so many patients with shoulder pain and cervical neck pain.
Many bodybuilders and physique athletes inside of our gym present with rounded forward shoulders. This is just not an aesthetic concept but rather a position that potentially puts athletes who lift heavily and compromised positions.
Forward shoulders that are internally rotated tend have glenohumeral joints that have more space in the front than the back.
Too often we see elite physique athletes with shoulders resembling that of an unkempt monkey
The capsule will get stretched in the front and tighter in the back. This can lead to pain with overhead activities and weakness with external rotation.
This is why it is so important to work on semi-prone or prone exercises that challenge the posterior shoulder and upper back like these. They help with external rotation strength, thoracic spine and cervical spine posture, as well as rhomboid in middle trap strength. These all help with improving scapular and go to humeral mobility and mechanics!
Do you have Shoulder pain? DM me today we can get it looked at immediately!