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Start with these tests and get back to me with the results: www.precisionmovement.coach/shoulder-impingement-test/ I would take a break from any movement/exercise that provokes pain.
Only thing is, I don't really know what/how the words 'protract', 'rotate', or 'retract' mean exactly to the movement of the scapula... That is, the specific movements and directions... I know what the words themselves mean, but not entirely sure of the reference points for where those movements are... I think I need to see it in diagram form to be sure I get it.
LISTEN TO THIS MAN. I'm going through his shoulder videos and he knows EXACTLY what he's talking about. There is SOOO MUCH rubbish out there on RUclips - but not this. I have been researching shoulder exercises for 12 months because I had a really bad shoulder injury from a moped crash. I have seen more specialists (doctors, osteopaths, physios, etc) than I can count, so I know when someone knows what they're talking about. Eric knows exactly what he's talking about. Here's why: 1. He's 100% right about NOT using anti-inflammatory drugs/painkillers in the long-term whilst still trying to do these exercises. That's something I did at the beginning and I regret it so much. They block the necessary pain signals your brain needs to prevent you from doing certain movements so your shoulder can recover. They give you a false sense of hope, and then you over-work your injury and do more damage to it. Avoid long-term use of them and instead work on rehab exercises that you can manage, and slowly scale them up to include harder exercises as you build strength. 2. He's right about avoiding the bullshit RUclips advice about "always have your shoulders pinched back and down" (or in other words retracted and depressed). I swear to God, this advice is in EVERY video about shoulder rehab exercises. IT IS BAD ADVICE. Not only does it ENCOURAGE impingement (which is NOT what you want), it also takes your serratus anterior out of the movement you're doing (again, NOT what you want). The serratus anterior is KEY to shoulder stability and strengthening it will help you feel less shoulder pain. If you don't want to take this advice from Eric then take it from me, because I had been doing the whole "pinching the shoulders back and down" for MONTHS before I realised that it WASN'T DOING ME ANY GOOD. When I started strengthening the serratus anterior, I noticed huge progress. LISTEN TO ERIC. 3. He talks about "reprogramming" the muscle. I haven't seen a SINGLE person on RUclips talk about this, and it's FUNDAMENTAL. If you have had a shoulder injury for a long time, your body may compensate for it by recruiting the use of other muscles. Therefore, your brain can actually FORGET how to engage key muscles involved in moving the shoulder (like the serratus anterior). If this happens, you have to "reprogram" and re-educate your muscles to engage those key muscles. BUT NO ONE ELSE TALKS ABOUT THIS. Eric is the ONLY person I've heard on RUclips talk about this, and it's SO IMPORTANT. I could go on, but this comment is already long enough. The bottom line is LISTEN TO THIS MAN BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
Good stuff brother. Thank you for taking the time to relay your experience with this in detail. I've been dealing with a left shoulder impingement for 30 years & hoping I can finally figure this out & get it back to normal.
So after I did some research and asking around, I finally find the answer for my own question. In order to keep your shoulder healthy, the key is to keep it stable during movement, and apply to every scenario, not only over head movements. To keep it stable, all you have to do it’s to activate you mid trap and stick you chest out or simply just keep a good posture during every exercise! Don’ over do it either, just keep it stable and it will be good. This way, the shoulder blade will be up right for maximum room and move freely up and down stably. It’s a shame that there are a lot of misinformation and incomplete answers out there to misguide people.
I do like his explanations compared with other video clips out there. Others may have fancier videos and super-fit muscle people for models (or themselves), but they don't explain it like Eric does. I'm working on his suggestions and I hope to see good results soon. I hurt my right shoulder playing volleyball with beginners (I'm an advanced player) and I went all out "just for the heck it" in trying to spike/blast a very badly set ball. It has been 1.5 years. Hard lesson learned. What now makes all this shoulder impingement worse for me is my desk job... on a computer all day long for 8 hours. It causes me now to sit in bad postures (without me realizing it) and my constant holding a mouse and typing on keyboards keeps me from getting ahead on other "rehab" exercises I've been doing. I guess that once you hurt something badly, it is more susceptible to more mechanical imbalance and pain. But I'm glad I found this guy. Thanks, Eric! Thank you very much!
Thank you. So many people on youtube talks about how it relates to people sitting at computers and stuff. Finally a video directed at people who exercise.
@@PrecisionMovementCoach sir i was doing wide arm push ups and after 4th pushups (i am 13 year old) my muscle backside of shoulder cracked accidentally and when ever I am applying any weight to that part I am getting that pain again and i can't use that hand to push my body up it , I can't stay on that arm I can move it properly but can't apply wait on it please help Here I am getting pain where he had put that cloth -> ruclips.net/user/shorts4qcwbHxjtJU?feature=share
I had shoulder impingment and watched this clip 2.5 years ago, I followed the instructions everyday and my shoulder impingment was cured. I haven't had a the problem for over a year now. So this works. Feel good and trust and just do it. Thanks
As per your instruction I have impingement and only after 24 hours no pain... 95% better thanks to your stretches. Thank you! I aggravated the shoulder from steering a boat for 12 years. Left hand always on the wheel up to 8 hours each shift. That did me in and other captains. I'll continue the stretches and hopefully it'll even get better.
This guy's not the most entertaining speaker on 'Tube, but he really knows his stuff and provides simple exercises that address very painful mobility issues.
im not even the type to comment on things but this dude knows what hes talkin about. been dealin with this for over a year now and bro solved the problem in 10 minutes
@Precision Movement you are a life saver thanks a lot. I had Impingement and visited 3 different doctors and didn't fix the problem. finally here I am and just watching this video my pain is gone.
Great video! In fact, I injured my shoulder precisely because I had a trainer insist on getting my shoulder blades and down and back. Very, very bad. So I'm you pointed out this very common trainer fallacy.
Been trying to figure out how I actually hurt my shoulder for years since I just woke up feeling wrong one day and haven't felt right since. I swear if it's just because of all these RUclips boys telling me to pin my shoulders down and back I'm gonna be pissed. I knew it always felt wrong, smdh...
I’ve had shoulder impingement for years, and I’ve never heard of the foam block technique for my back until today. Almost instant relief! Thank you so much!
I just wanted to personally thank you for this video, as well as others. My hobby is rock climbing, and I strained my shoulder. With your videos, I was able to diagnose it as an impingement and take the proper rest and recovery steps to get back in the gym. I am now cycling through your videos to learn about my knee pain, shoulder mobility, and really anything and everything else that I can learn. Again, thank you so much!
I’ve had a horrible double shoulder impingement for over six weeks now. Nothing has worked. I just did ten of the shrug exercises and it’s now gone. Mate, you’re a god as far as I’m concerned 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤩
your tips are incredibly effective! the last time i suffered this type of injury (5 or 6 years ago), i literally could not lift my arm sideways past a 45% angle and it took 9 months to heal. i don't know how I did it last time, and it felt like the same injury this time (and I don't know how it happened this time either). But after 3 or 4 days of applying your tips, i've got 95%-100% mobility back. from the bottom of my heart, thank you!
6 years healing from an injury and finally getting back into the gym, what happens, shoulders tucked back and down during a strong flex and Tension caused a shoulder impingement. I was overly concerned about my form perfection of full flex under weight, this will set me back another full year before I can be Bodybuilding again. Nonetheless, I'll use the time healing wisely and better organize my nutrition interactions. Power Training will have to wait. Take care of yourself, you know, have patience because a one year easygoing fix on impingement inflammation exercises can heal your injury faster than continuing the power training routine, power train with an impingement of the shoulders and you'll be looking at three years of learning the hard way through.
@@xtraterastrielrede5513 Please give an update. Also, what did you mean when you typed: "Hypertrophy cured"? Is that the "impingement inflammation" that you mentioned previously? How did you cure it?
I had an impingement in my shoulder/trap area, and after doing these exercises it's all but completely gone. It took about 3-4 days of doing them every morning before work but even after the first day it was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much.
Eric - this is awesome. My only thing, wish I saw this 3 weeks ago when I first injured myself. After seeing a physio and chiro, they had me doing wall angels all day. The inflammation got so bad after a week I couldnt move. Seeing this, its obvious I didnt rest enough but they both told me to carry on working out immediately. No fluff here just good advice thanks so much.
bro this is awesome - thankyou been lifting overhead the wrong way and i;m like an exact case stufy of what your talking about - just followed you and already my shoulder feels more relaxed and better
Thanks Eric, great video! Appreciate your time spent acquiring this knowledge and putting it into an instructional video! Years of hard work, time and money. You are generous to share this wisdom with everyone!
Can u please do a series or a video about proper queuing and tips that protects the shoulder when lifting heavy weights. For example push exercises, pull exercises, overhead exercises ... Etc We really appreciate you helping us with these amazing videos ❤️
I work construction, as a Rigger, and I can't thank you enough for making it so simple and easy to understand what I've been doing wrong. Then showing how not only to repair my back and shoulder but also making it stronger. Cheers!
Wow. Watched the "AC vs. Impingement diagnosis" video and then this. I've been looking for an answer for my shoulder issue for months. The "shoulders down and back" is exactly the cue I would use for overhead pressing, and it's exactly the thing that has led me here. Thank the heavens I found this. You are the shit. Thank you thank you.
So, I've been having impingement issues for awhile now. I literally just did a impingement test 2 minutes before this video, and had that classic impingement pain I know all too well. I did the exercise at 7:38, but instead of going all the way back down to my hands at my sides, I just held my arms up like he does here and did 5 overhead shrugs. Did the impingement test after one set, and lo and behold no pain! I will definitely be sticking to this exercise because it seems to work flawlessly. Wow. Thanks so much for this!
Oh my god I was in exactly your situation when I read your comment so I did the same thing and same outcome, no more pain or clicking! This is like magic, amazing video
@@RJRbamm It works wonders doesn't it? Also, over the weekend I did this exercise a few times and what I found helps out even more is doing the exercise with a very light weight in your hands while you do the overhead shrugs, since it has a little more resistance to it (very light weight, though) I used a 5 pound dumbell in each hands, but you can use much lighter if need be, while doing them. Wish you all the best! Here's to our recovery. :)
I've had impingement for over 10 years and I've lost all the muscle in my shoudler. I don't even know where to begin trying to address it. Pain relief, massage, ice/heat do nothing to reduce the pain, so I struggle with exercises. The pain causes me to sleep badly and has had a massive negative impact on my life. Out of all the videos I've seen over the years, this one seems to actually have a chance of helping me. I'm going to follow your advice and see how I fair :)
Thank you for addressing the squeezing of the scapulae down and back. It’s amazing how many people use that cue not knowing how it aggravates the joint and doesn’t allow the upward rotation of the scapulae.
Not gonna lie, I started doing some as your spoke and yooooooooooo I was feeling relieve. Thank you! I’ve been dealing with this for 4 years. I still have the problem but I definitely felt relief
Hey Coach, thank you for this video. I always feel pain while and after sleeping. Any advice on decreasing the acute pain or can I prevent this by changing my sleeping position?
You are welcome! Where exactly is your pain? You might be able to address it by modifying your sleeping position if you wake up and notice that you are in pain. Test that out but get back to me with more details so that I can help you to figure out what's going on.
@@PrecisionMovementCoach Thank you for your quick response. I Feel the pain directly in the shoulder where I have an impingement. Right after waking up the mobility is also worse than during the day. Unfortunately that's the shoulder I'm sleeping on.
this guy is fantastic !.... everything he says makes a ton of sense....he really has ground down to the nub of the issues and has solution. i now class him as my very best friend...and give him great thanks for sharing such wisdom. thank you my friend.
I appreciate this video and the one you mentioned so much. I got more from a couple 15 minute youtube videos than I did from my ortho Dr in 4 visits and a costly MRI. I've been dealing with shoulder impingement/bursitis for 3 months straight and didn't know what movements to avoid or what exactly was going on this whole time. Thank you.
Great info .I've been dealing with shoulder pain for years, this is very helpful. Should use a skeletal model of the shoulder as well to better explain.Shoulders are pretty complicated.
I love how you explain in the very beginning not to be doing these things when you’re still in pain that whole first section was excellent and so was the rest but thank you for taking the time out to do this for us
@@alexcooldad30 can you repeat the tests here and list the results? www.precisionmovement.coach/shoulder-impingement-test/ I'm thinking that you have more of an AC joint issue and want to get a more clear idea of what is going on. - Coach Joshua, Team PM
I've been a wheelchair user for 30 years. My shoulders always hurt. Add resistant exercises and martial arts every day: they get battered. This routine has really helped
Nice work! Thanks so much for taking the time to let us know that. We are here for you if you ever need more advice or assistance :) - Coach Joshua, Team PM
You are simply AMAZING! Thank you! 15 years working load at a grocery store lifting 2000 pounds (seriously) de-palletizing and stocking 5 days a week, my shoulders hurt always. Did your test on the other video...impingement. At 8:35 on this video and I can reach over my head already. Thank You!
@@AjaxJG LOL, sorry I didn't mean all at once. 3 pallets with #600_#800 each. Taking all those boxes of the pallets, stack and sort by department. Then stocking it. Repetitive lifting.
I’m having shoulder impingement from 2 months now. i’ve tried many videos of youtube and it only got worse , but you give me hopes now, thanks sir, i hope i’ll hit gym soon again 🫡
Dude, that self massage felt so good. I been to a therapist and they couldn’t do what the wall could. I’m gonna look so weird rolling up against the wall all the time now!!!
7:16 is crazy to me, I’ve been injuring my shoulders constantly (never been anything super serious as they have healed within a month and I’m able to go back to bench pressing), whole time I was doing what I thought was correct to prevent shoulder injuries, come to find out it’s what has been hurting my shoulders this whole time 🤦🏽♂️ God bless you brother for this video! Thank you! Very well May have saved my shoulders from surgery, currently injured but feels super minor but now I know 💯
Thank you so much for this I didn't even know what I was suffering from until I started researching and you video came up .. I done the testing of knowing if it's impingement or socket and it proves that it's muscle impingement. Thank you kindly for this awesome video and time you spent teaching those of us in pain but were not sure what is it that was the problem. Appreciate it Sir
You've helped me address my knee issue, now I'm looking for some relief for my shoulders. Both have been worked on. One, I had to have a tenodesis procedure, that sucked. It seemed to come out of nowhere, the other one I had a horrible impingement that ended up needing surgery which helped for several years but now is plaguing me again. Life is great as long as one can get past the pain of it. Kinda crazy sometimes, as it seems like I'm playing a pinball game with all my body parts, don't quite know which one needs the action over the other. LOL
Trying these tonight! My impingement (presumably) is very painful, I'm hoping this is my problem and that these help! Can't wait to see the results. You're awesome!
@@PrecisionMovementCoach I tried one stretch just for the hell of it (arms up while shrugging your shoulders) and it helped IMMEDIATELY. Very painful at first but I eased into it and after several shrugs the pain eased from like an 8 or 9 to a 2 or 3. I could cry. I subscribed, I really cannot thank you enough. I'm super impressed and absolutely astonished at how spot on these videos are. Please keep it up!! The pain has been debilitating for 3 years now, I'm 28 and really didn't want to live the rest of my life like this. If I was a dog my owners would put me out of my misery, it's just not a good quality of life, man. I can't believe it took me so long to find this video but I'm glad I did. Take care, and thanks again!
Finally someone that knows what their talking about.. I’ve worked out since I was thirteen.. now I’m 56. Just retired ..had shoulder surgery,,, Mumford procedure... now my shoulder only has 30 percent ,, movement been doing therapy but no go. Thoughts?
I feel your pain, literally. Mumford is a garbage procedure. I had it twice on my right shoulder. Completely ruined my shoulder (at best, it's 50%.) These surgeons lie and it's disgusting. Fortunately, research is slowly coming out discrediting these worthless procedures (they'll do their damnest to keep their cash cow procedures alive). Unfortunately, we're screwed, lol. There are procedures now that can 'reverse' the Mumford by using hip bone autograft and a clavicle plating...but that's an ordeal and risky in its own right). Hopefully more people like Eric keep putting out quality vids. Before surgery, My PT prescribed basic chest stretches and cuff exercises ...worthless. After surgery, PT prescribed same exercises, worthless. No mention of anything Eric touches on in this video. I do these exercises now and they feel good. The only problem is that due to the surgeries, the base anatomy isn't there to actually benefit from any exercise. You need your AC joint as it connects your shoulder to your clavicle and FIRMLY stabilizes it. Without the joint, the shoulder is complete unstable mess and no exercise will help.
What a fantastic video tutorial! For the first time in my search for enlightenment, education and remedial action to fix my shoulder issues (about 8 years!) In the end I wasn’t sure if impingement of hips or shoulders was a real thing, but finally I’ve found this tutorial which lays it all out clearly. I also now realize I need to add strengthening exercises my shoulders and back, as well as correct and retrain movement patterns, to prevent injury to rotator cuff injury. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice.
Thank you so much for these. I was watching these today and was doing the lifting the arms, shrug and then bring them down and I could feel a big change in the pain level. I am sure going to try all these exercises and the ones you added as inserts. Thanks again.
I really like the way you educated us about shoulder impingement and various treatments. Your approach is workable and I like the long term approach to keeping shoulders as strong and as pain free as possible. Thank you!
this was so helpful! I just painted my whole house and we have really tall ceilings and my right shoulder has been messed up for days quick google search of what was wrong and I found this video and these exercises already helped so much!
And here CrossFit tells us to roll our shoulders down and squeeze before lifting overhead. No wonder I have only one arm right now. Terrible aching pain in the shoulder capsule for weeks now. Thank you! Will certainly try these 🤦♀️
Until I had X-rays, I thought I had frozen shoulder, but now I know I have SIS. Thank you so much for this video. Wish you all the best in 2021 and beyond.
Had gotten pain from volleyball about 9 months ago, than took a break due to COVID. This Saturday I had tryouts and I started playing, hitting, and serving than the pain came back. Especially today.
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having shoulder impingement am I still able to train on the punch bag without causing more damage ?
Start with these tests and get back to me with the results: www.precisionmovement.coach/shoulder-impingement-test/
I would take a break from any movement/exercise that provokes pain.
I have both shoulder impingement and L5 disk bulge, can I still do these activities?
Only thing is, I don't really know what/how the words 'protract', 'rotate', or 'retract' mean exactly to the movement of the scapula... That is, the specific movements and directions... I know what the words themselves mean, but not entirely sure of the reference points for where those movements are... I think I need to see it in diagram form to be sure I get it.
@@kennikuhlmann-clark9860 let me know if this helps:
www.physio-pedia.com/Scapula
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
LISTEN TO THIS MAN. I'm going through his shoulder videos and he knows EXACTLY what he's talking about. There is SOOO MUCH rubbish out there on RUclips - but not this. I have been researching shoulder exercises for 12 months because I had a really bad shoulder injury from a moped crash. I have seen more specialists (doctors, osteopaths, physios, etc) than I can count, so I know when someone knows what they're talking about. Eric knows exactly what he's talking about. Here's why:
1. He's 100% right about NOT using anti-inflammatory drugs/painkillers in the long-term whilst still trying to do these exercises. That's something I did at the beginning and I regret it so much. They block the necessary pain signals your brain needs to prevent you from doing certain movements so your shoulder can recover. They give you a false sense of hope, and then you over-work your injury and do more damage to it. Avoid long-term use of them and instead work on rehab exercises that you can manage, and slowly scale them up to include harder exercises as you build strength.
2. He's right about avoiding the bullshit RUclips advice about "always have your shoulders pinched back and down" (or in other words retracted and depressed). I swear to God, this advice is in EVERY video about shoulder rehab exercises. IT IS BAD ADVICE. Not only does it ENCOURAGE impingement (which is NOT what you want), it also takes your serratus anterior out of the movement you're doing (again, NOT what you want). The serratus anterior is KEY to shoulder stability and strengthening it will help you feel less shoulder pain. If you don't want to take this advice from Eric then take it from me, because I had been doing the whole "pinching the shoulders back and down" for MONTHS before I realised that it WASN'T DOING ME ANY GOOD. When I started strengthening the serratus anterior, I noticed huge progress. LISTEN TO ERIC.
3. He talks about "reprogramming" the muscle. I haven't seen a SINGLE person on RUclips talk about this, and it's FUNDAMENTAL. If you have had a shoulder injury for a long time, your body may compensate for it by recruiting the use of other muscles. Therefore, your brain can actually FORGET how to engage key muscles involved in moving the shoulder (like the serratus anterior). If this happens, you have to "reprogram" and re-educate your muscles to engage those key muscles. BUT NO ONE ELSE TALKS ABOUT THIS. Eric is the ONLY person I've heard on RUclips talk about this, and it's SO IMPORTANT.
I could go on, but this comment is already long enough. The bottom line is LISTEN TO THIS MAN BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
Could you provide more details about when to and not to pinch shoulders back and down during excercises?
Good stuff brother. Thank you for taking the time to relay your experience with this in detail. I've been dealing with a left shoulder impingement for 30 years & hoping I can finally figure this out & get it back to normal.
Thank you so much for this info !!
So after I did some research and asking around, I finally find the answer for my own question. In order to keep your shoulder healthy, the key is to keep it stable during movement, and apply to every scenario, not only over head movements. To keep it stable, all you have to do it’s to activate you mid trap and stick you chest out or simply just keep a good posture during every exercise! Don’ over do it either, just keep it stable and it will be good. This way, the shoulder blade will be up right for maximum room and move freely up and down stably. It’s a shame that there are a lot of misinformation and incomplete answers out there to misguide people.
I do like his explanations compared with other video clips out there. Others may have fancier videos and super-fit muscle people for models (or themselves), but they don't explain it like Eric does. I'm working on his suggestions and I hope to see good results soon. I hurt my right shoulder playing volleyball with beginners (I'm an advanced player) and I went all out "just for the heck it" in trying to spike/blast a very badly set ball. It has been 1.5 years. Hard lesson learned. What now makes all this shoulder impingement worse for me is my desk job... on a computer all day long for 8 hours. It causes me now to sit in bad postures (without me realizing it) and my constant holding a mouse and typing on keyboards keeps me from getting ahead on other "rehab" exercises I've been doing. I guess that once you hurt something badly, it is more susceptible to more mechanical imbalance and pain. But I'm glad I found this guy. Thanks, Eric! Thank you very much!
Thank you. So many people on youtube talks about how it relates to people sitting at computers and stuff. Finally a video directed at people who exercise.
Glad that you appreciate the material.
Well I don’t do gym stuff but do have ridiculous impingement pain at the moment, but still find the exercises useful.
@@PrecisionMovementCoach sir i was doing wide arm push ups and after 4th pushups (i am 13 year old) my muscle backside of shoulder cracked accidentally and when ever I am applying any weight to that part I am getting that pain again and i can't use that hand to push my body up it , I can't stay on that arm I can move it properly but can't apply wait on it please help
Here I am getting pain where he had put that cloth ->
ruclips.net/user/shorts4qcwbHxjtJU?feature=share
(And stuff....)
I had shoulder impingment and watched this clip 2.5 years ago, I followed the instructions everyday and my shoulder impingment was cured. I haven't had a the problem for over a year now. So this works. Feel good and trust and just do it. Thanks
Thanks so much for trying it out and for letting us know about your progress.
We love reading stories like that :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
As per your instruction I have impingement and only after 24 hours no pain... 95% better thanks to your stretches. Thank you! I aggravated the shoulder from steering a boat for 12 years. Left hand always on the wheel up to 8 hours each shift. That did me in and other captains. I'll continue the stretches and hopefully it'll even get better.
Good stuff!
This guy's not the most entertaining speaker on 'Tube, but he really knows his stuff and provides simple exercises that address very painful mobility issues.
Thanks. I think. ;-)
im not even the type to comment on things but this dude knows what hes talkin about. been dealin with this for over a year now and bro solved the problem in 10 minutes
Thanks for sharing :)
@Precision Movement you are a life saver thanks a lot. I had Impingement and visited 3 different doctors and didn't fix the problem. finally here I am and just watching this video my pain is gone.
Yay!
Great video! In fact, I injured my shoulder precisely because I had a trainer insist on getting my shoulder blades and down and back. Very, very bad. So I'm you pointed out this very common trainer fallacy.
Been trying to figure out how I actually hurt my shoulder for years since I just woke up feeling wrong one day and haven't felt right since. I swear if it's just because of all these RUclips boys telling me to pin my shoulders down and back I'm gonna be pissed. I knew it always felt wrong, smdh...
while doin wich movement ?
same but with bench press
Literally the same
I’ve had shoulder impingement for years, and I’ve never heard of the foam block technique for my back until today. Almost instant relief! Thank you so much!
That is great to read!
Keep up the good work :)
It's a "yoga block "
Does frequent shoulder dislocation cause shoulder impingement?? can anyone tell me.
Wow Ian impressed. Have had impingement for two years but no one ever told med this. I feel like I have discovered a gold mine with your channel! ❤
Thanks for watching :)
I just wanted to personally thank you for this video, as well as others. My hobby is rock climbing, and I strained my shoulder. With your videos, I was able to diagnose it as an impingement and take the proper rest and recovery steps to get back in the gym. I am now cycling through your videos to learn about my knee pain, shoulder mobility, and really anything and everything else that I can learn. Again, thank you so much!
Wonderful!
I’ve had a horrible double shoulder impingement for over six weeks now. Nothing has worked. I just did ten of the shrug exercises and it’s now gone. Mate, you’re a god as far as I’m concerned 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤩
Awesome!
Eric, spot on again ! You made me fix my tennis elbow in 4 weeks and now my shoulder impingement is gone.
That's awesome...I'm glad that I could help.
Hey man nice to hear, did you train this every day? and how many sets
your tips are incredibly effective! the last time i suffered this type of injury (5 or 6 years ago), i literally could not lift my arm sideways past a 45% angle and it took 9 months to heal. i don't know how I did it last time, and it felt like the same injury this time (and I don't know how it happened this time either). But after 3 or 4 days of applying your tips, i've got 95%-100% mobility back. from the bottom of my heart,
thank you!
I'm so glad that my material was helpful.
6 years healing from an injury and finally getting back into the gym, what happens, shoulders tucked back and down during a strong flex and Tension caused a shoulder impingement. I was overly concerned about my form perfection of full flex under weight, this will set me back another full year before I can be Bodybuilding again. Nonetheless, I'll use the time healing wisely and better organize my nutrition interactions. Power Training will have to wait. Take care of yourself, you know, have patience because a one year easygoing fix on impingement inflammation exercises can heal your injury faster than continuing the power training routine, power train with an impingement of the shoulders and you'll be looking at three years of learning the hard way through.
Hypertrophy cured. Notice time the line. Three months to grow new muscle fibers and repair tendon.
@@xtraterastrielrede5513 Please give an update. Also, what did you mean when you typed: "Hypertrophy cured"? Is that the "impingement inflammation" that you mentioned previously? How did you cure it?
I had an impingement in my shoulder/trap area, and after doing these exercises it's all but completely gone. It took about 3-4 days of doing them every morning before work but even after the first day it was incredibly helpful.
Thank you so much.
Yay!
That is so great to read.
Thanks for sharing :)
- Coach Joshua, Team PM
Eric - this is awesome. My only thing, wish I saw this 3 weeks ago when I first injured myself. After seeing a physio and chiro, they had me doing wall angels all day. The inflammation got so bad after a week I couldnt move. Seeing this, its obvious I didnt rest enough but they both told me to carry on working out immediately. No fluff here just good advice thanks so much.
Thanks for stopping by and good luck!
bro this is awesome - thankyou
been lifting overhead the wrong way and i;m like an exact case stufy of what your talking about - just followed you and already my shoulder feels more relaxed and better
I did the whole video best I could ,helped a lot immediately, thank you for information, feeling better already,will keep it going every day,😊
Thanks Eric, great video! Appreciate your time spent acquiring this knowledge and putting it into an instructional video! Years of hard work, time and money. You are generous to share this wisdom with everyone!
Thanks!
He's a Kinesiologist he of course has the certificated knowledge.
Those are great exercises, Eric. Thanks, i will forward your videos to my shoulder patients who i see for Dry Needling and Acupuncture....
Thanks!
Thank you. I'm a nurse, and I was struggling at work with this. This has helped so much!
Awesome!
Can u please do a series or a video about proper queuing and tips that protects the shoulder when lifting heavy weights.
For example push exercises, pull exercises, overhead exercises ... Etc
We really appreciate you helping us with these amazing videos ❤️
Thanks for the suggestion!
I work construction, as a Rigger, and I can't thank you enough for making it so simple and easy to understand what I've been doing wrong. Then showing how not only to repair my back and shoulder but also making it stronger. Cheers!
Glad to help!
Your channel is amazing.
Wow. Watched the "AC vs. Impingement diagnosis" video and then this. I've been looking for an answer for my shoulder issue for months. The "shoulders down and back" is exactly the cue I would use for overhead pressing, and it's exactly the thing that has led me here. Thank the heavens I found this. You are the shit. Thank you thank you.
Thanks for stropping by :)
So, I've been having impingement issues for awhile now. I literally just did a impingement test 2 minutes before this video, and had that classic impingement pain I know all too well. I did the exercise at 7:38, but instead of going all the way back down to my hands at my sides, I just held my arms up like he does here and did 5 overhead shrugs. Did the impingement test after one set, and lo and behold no pain! I will definitely be sticking to this exercise because it seems to work flawlessly. Wow. Thanks so much for this!
You are welcome!
Oh my god I was in exactly your situation when I read your comment so I did the same thing and same outcome, no more pain or clicking! This is like magic, amazing video
@@RJRbamm It works wonders doesn't it? Also, over the weekend I did this exercise a few times and what I found helps out even more is doing the exercise with a very light weight in your hands while you do the overhead shrugs, since it has a little more resistance to it (very light weight, though) I used a 5 pound dumbell in each hands, but you can use much lighter if need be, while doing them. Wish you all the best! Here's to our recovery. :)
I've had impingement for over 10 years and I've lost all the muscle in my shoudler. I don't even know where to begin trying to address it. Pain relief, massage, ice/heat do nothing to reduce the pain, so I struggle with exercises. The pain causes me to sleep badly and has had a massive negative impact on my life. Out of all the videos I've seen over the years, this one seems to actually have a chance of helping me. I'm going to follow your advice and see how I fair :)
Good stuff...please check out these tests and get back to me with the results:
www.precisionmovement.coach/shoulder-impingement-test/
This video was thorough and informative...thank you!
Thank you for addressing the squeezing of the scapulae down and back. It’s amazing how many people use that cue not knowing how it aggravates the joint and doesn’t allow the upward rotation of the scapulae.
You are welcome and thanks for following along!
New sub due to great information and explanations, thankyou.
same here
Not gonna lie, I started doing some as your spoke and yooooooooooo I was feeling relieve. Thank you! I’ve been dealing with this for 4 years. I still have the problem but I definitely felt relief
Nice!
These helped me almost immediately. Thank you!
It's my pleasure!
One of the best explanations I’ve seen so far thank you.
Wow, thanks!
Thanks a lot great video slowly recovering from shoulder impingement excruciating pain! Wow thanks for the video 👍
Happy to help!
Nice I’ll definitely have to try these to fix my impingement
You can do it!
This helped a lot
Awesome!
Thank you! Those exercises worked for me.
You're welcome!
6:00 awesome. So clearly explained, how erroneous movement patterns result in impigment.
Glad you picked up on that :)
Thank you so much for this video.
You are welcome.
THANK YOU does not go far enough....I am coping with this again and determined to use exercises to improve my condition.....in the longterm....
I'm happy to help!
Lots of great info! Thank you!
You are absolutely 100% correct about the scapula retraction, it got me in serious trouble! Thank you for the video and the channel.
You are welcome and thanks for following along :)
1:34 I was trying to blow that dirt on my screen.. Before I realise it was not my screen..
Gotcha!
Lolol right! 🤣🤣🤣
Love your videos, Master Wong. Always passing your videos on brother Wong.
I appreciate that!
Hey Coach, thank you for this video. I always feel pain while and after sleeping. Any advice on decreasing the acute pain or can I prevent this by changing my sleeping position?
You are welcome! Where exactly is your pain? You might be able to address it by modifying your sleeping position if you wake up and notice that you are in pain. Test that out but get back to me with more details so that I can help you to figure out what's going on.
@@PrecisionMovementCoach Thank you for your quick response. I Feel the pain directly in the shoulder where I have an impingement. Right after waking up the mobility is also worse than during the day. Unfortunately that's the shoulder I'm sleeping on.
Ok, keep working on the material in the video while trying NOT to sleep on that shoulder. Here's another article that will be useful to you.
this guy is fantastic !.... everything he says makes a ton of sense....he really has ground down to the nub of the issues and has solution.
i now class him as my very best friend...and give him great thanks for sharing such wisdom.
thank you my friend.
Wow, thanks!
I thought I was doing things the right way, but it seems I need to do them the Wong way.
Yes!
I'm going through this right now and your video was very helpful for me to understand what I can do to treat it. Thank you.
Nice!
So happy that you found us.
We love hearing from people like you.
Keep us posted on your progress :)
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I appreciate this video and the one you mentioned so much. I got more from a couple 15 minute youtube videos than I did from my ortho Dr in 4 visits and a costly MRI. I've been dealing with shoulder impingement/bursitis for 3 months straight and didn't know what movements to avoid or what exactly was going on this whole time. Thank you.
Happy to help!
Super! The shoulder lift shrug really relieved it instantly
Awesome :)
Omg! Thank you. That exercise where you lift arms up and shrug, then arms down…..helped me right away with pain.
You're so welcome!
This video was extremely helpful me me in identifying and addressing my shoulder pain. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow...I was forcing my blades together and down and resisting natural movements of scapula...very good info...
Glad that it helped!
Thank you so much ! Solved recurring and nagging pain within 4 days. Real competence here and crystal clear videos. God bless you !
Glad it helped!
Really it's works. And I feel 90% relief from pain from 1st attempt. Thanks..
Nice job!
Great info .I've been dealing with shoulder pain for years, this is very helpful. Should use a skeletal model of the shoulder as well to better explain.Shoulders are pretty complicated.
Thanks for the feedback.
I love how you explain in the very beginning not to be doing these things when you’re still in pain that whole first section was excellent and so was the rest but thank you for taking the time out to do this for us
You are welcome!
I fell ice skating and my only issue is that I lost mobility when trying to put my hand behind my back.. not sure if this is an impigment
@@alexcooldad30 can you repeat the tests here and list the results?
www.precisionmovement.coach/shoulder-impingement-test/
I'm thinking that you have more of an AC joint issue and want to get a more clear idea of what is going on.
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I've been a wheelchair user for 30 years. My shoulders always hurt. Add resistant exercises and martial arts every day: they get battered. This routine has really helped
Nice work!
Thanks so much for taking the time to let us know that.
We are here for you if you ever need more advice or assistance :)
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Thank you. I will relax and just follow the massage until the pain is decreased. I will update
We eagerly await the results :)
This is the best video I've seen very well explained the root cause and the fix
Thanks!
Thanks for excellent advice trying to relieve a painful shoulder right now👍👍👍
You are welcome and consider doing this program:
www.precisionmovement.coach/shoulder-pain-solution-yt
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We really appreciate your time and knowledge on the subject.
Thank you!
We really appreciate you following along and leaving such a great comment :)
You are simply AMAZING! Thank you! 15 years working load at a grocery store lifting 2000 pounds (seriously) de-palletizing and stocking 5 days a week, my shoulders hurt always. Did your test on the other video...impingement. At 8:35 on this video and I can reach over my head already. Thank You!
Good stuff! We are so happy to read about your progress. Keep it up :)
Nobody can lift 2000 pounds at most you were lifting like 50 the pallet Jack does all the work for you 🤦♂️
@@AjaxJG LOL, sorry I didn't mean all at once. 3 pallets with #600_#800 each. Taking all those boxes of the pallets, stack and sort by department. Then stocking it. Repetitive lifting.
Thank you for your video. I have a dislocated scapula that I have been working on and almost have full rotation back. I'm glad I found your channel.
Thanks for following along.
I’m having shoulder impingement from 2 months now. i’ve tried many videos of youtube and it only got worse , but you give me hopes now, thanks sir, i hope i’ll hit gym soon again 🫡
Good luck!
Dude, that self massage felt so good. I been to a therapist and they couldn’t do what the wall could. I’m gonna look so weird rolling up against the wall all the time now!!!
Glad it helped!
7:16 is crazy to me, I’ve been injuring my shoulders constantly (never been anything super serious as they have healed within a month and I’m able to go back to bench pressing), whole time I was doing what I thought was correct to prevent shoulder injuries, come to find out it’s what has been hurting my shoulders this whole time 🤦🏽♂️ God bless you brother for this video! Thank you! Very well May have saved my shoulders from surgery, currently injured but feels super minor but now I know 💯
Yes!
We are so happy that you came to that realization.
Let us know if you ever need more assistance :)
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Man thanks for the hands above head and arms raised 👍🏻 it brings relief pretty fast 💪🏻
Great to hear!
Excellent, well-organized sequence with accurate information.
Excellent, well-organized sentence with greatly appreciated commentary.
Thank you so much for this I didn't even know what I was suffering from until I started researching and you video came up .. I done the testing of knowing if it's impingement or socket and it proves that it's muscle impingement. Thank you kindly for this awesome video and time you spent teaching those of us in pain but were not sure what is it that was the problem. Appreciate it Sir
You are welcome and thanks for trying it out :)
You've helped me address my knee issue, now I'm looking for some relief for my shoulders. Both have been worked on. One, I had to have a tenodesis procedure, that sucked. It seemed to come out of nowhere, the other one I had a horrible impingement that ended up needing surgery which helped for several years but now is plaguing me again. Life is great as long as one can get past the pain of it. Kinda crazy sometimes, as it seems like I'm playing a pinball game with all my body parts, don't quite know which one needs the action over the other. LOL
Thanks for trusting us for advice.
Email us at hey@pmcoach.pro if you want more advice :)
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Trying these tonight! My impingement (presumably) is very painful, I'm hoping this is my problem and that these help! Can't wait to see the results. You're awesome!
Keep us posted on your progress :)
@@PrecisionMovementCoach I tried one stretch just for the hell of it (arms up while shrugging your shoulders) and it helped IMMEDIATELY. Very painful at first but I eased into it and after several shrugs the pain eased from like an 8 or 9 to a 2 or 3. I could cry. I subscribed, I really cannot thank you enough. I'm super impressed and absolutely astonished at how spot on these videos are. Please keep it up!! The pain has been debilitating for 3 years now, I'm 28 and really didn't want to live the rest of my life like this. If I was a dog my owners would put me out of my misery, it's just not a good quality of life, man. I can't believe it took me so long to find this video but I'm glad I did. Take care, and thanks again!
Finally someone that knows what their talking about.. I’ve worked out since I was thirteen.. now I’m 56. Just retired ..had shoulder surgery,,, Mumford procedure... now my shoulder only has 30 percent ,, movement been doing therapy but no go. Thoughts?
Are you in pain? What range-of-motion is limited?
I feel your pain, literally. Mumford is a garbage procedure. I had it twice on my right shoulder. Completely ruined my shoulder (at best, it's 50%.) These surgeons lie and it's disgusting. Fortunately, research is slowly coming out discrediting these worthless procedures (they'll do their damnest to keep their cash cow procedures alive). Unfortunately, we're screwed, lol. There are procedures now that can 'reverse' the Mumford by using hip bone autograft and a clavicle plating...but that's an ordeal and risky in its own right). Hopefully more people like Eric keep putting out quality vids. Before surgery, My PT prescribed basic chest stretches and cuff exercises ...worthless. After surgery, PT prescribed same exercises, worthless. No mention of anything Eric touches on in this video. I do these exercises now and they feel good. The only problem is that due to the surgeries, the base anatomy isn't there to actually benefit from any exercise. You need your AC joint as it connects your shoulder to your clavicle and FIRMLY stabilizes it. Without the joint, the shoulder is complete unstable mess and no exercise will help.
What a fantastic video tutorial! For the first time in my search for enlightenment, education and remedial action to fix my shoulder issues (about 8 years!) In the end I wasn’t sure if impingement of hips or shoulders was a real thing, but finally I’ve found this tutorial which lays it all out clearly. I also now realize I need to add strengthening exercises my shoulders and back, as well as correct and retrain movement patterns, to prevent injury to rotator cuff injury.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice.
Glad that it helped!
@@PrecisionMovementCoach A gift! 👌🏽
No better time to start than today. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. It is immensely appreciated good sir!!
You are welcome!
Thank you so much your topic really a big help in medicating my shoulder impingement. More power to your channel.
You are welcome and thanks for the support :)
Thank you so much for these. I was watching these today and was doing the lifting the arms, shrug and then bring them down and I could feel a big change in the pain level. I am sure going to try all these exercises and the ones you added as inserts. Thanks again.
You're so welcome!
After watching this video i understood why everytime i get shoulder pain after shoulder dumbbell press. Thank you so much.
My pleasure :)
I really like the way you educated us about shoulder impingement and various treatments. Your approach is workable and I like the long term approach to keeping shoulders as strong and as pain free as possible. Thank you!
You are welcome and thanks for following along!
@@PrecisionMovementCoach hie can l ask
@@beularwodzi9750 Hi! Do you have a question?
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Excellent, clear instructions and reasoning. I really appreciate your videos.
Glad you like them!
omg, has been doing the shoulder down locking exercises and I swear my impingement is only getting worst. gonna give this a try.
You got this!
Awesome, clear concise, thanks.
Im recovering from SIRVA, perfect next level recovery strategy.
Glad that you like it!
Thank you for this video sir. Keep safe!
You are welcome and thanks!
Thank you very much sir!!! Very informative...and VERY PRECISE to address and correct the problem...keep it up sir!!!
Will do!
Thank you for the video and the greater detail. I will put the moves into action to heal my ac joint problem. Peace to you.
And to you :)
This video fixed everything wrong with my shoulder! Thank you very much 😁
Great to hear!
Thanks for trying it out and letting us know :)
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this was so helpful! I just painted my whole house and we have really tall ceilings and my right shoulder has been messed up for days quick google search of what was wrong and I found this video and these exercises already helped so much!
You’re welcome! Hope the house turned out alright. I suck at painting - too impatient.
Thank you sir. Going to start working on this tonight
Perfect!
And here CrossFit tells us to roll our shoulders down and squeeze before lifting overhead. No wonder I have only one arm right now. Terrible aching pain in the shoulder capsule for weeks now. Thank you! Will certainly try these 🤦♀️
You got this!
Professional, precise and helpful. Thank You!
You are welcome and thanks!
Thank you, very helpful. More please.
You are welcome!
LOVE and trust your guidance as always.
I appreciate that!
Excellent video, thank you, this should help me so much! 😊
We hope so too!
Thank you for an easy to understand easy to follow exercise.
You are welcome!
Until I had X-rays, I thought I had frozen shoulder, but now I know I have SIS. Thank you so much for this video. Wish you all the best in 2021 and beyond.
Glad it was helpful!
EXCELLENT 100% valid information. Ty. 🇨🇦
Thanks!
You're so knowledgeable and helpful! Thank you! One suggestion: maybe update up your visual background on the video...
Thanks for the tip!
Had gotten pain from volleyball about 9 months ago, than took a break due to COVID. This Saturday I had tryouts and I started playing, hitting, and serving than the pain came back. Especially today.
Ouch...try out these assessments and get back to me with the results:
www.precisionmovement.coach/shoulder-impingement-test/
This guy has a relaxing voice
Thanks! It makes telling stories at bed time with my kids much more effective.