Do you do any theraband strengthening exercises ?
It's often the balance of muscle groups that is the issue, rather than it being one specific muscle. Or is it radicular from your neck?
Mrs TT gets this bad - I think its from her hunch back keyboard/computer positioning.. She's had quite a bit of relief from acupuncture for this*
You need to "open up" your pecs. Do stretches for pectoralis minor
In my limited and personal experience the theraband exercises from UKC and hereI haven't been able to lie on my right side for months, but its starting to get a little better now so I can do it for slightly longer periods.
1. What kind of moves hurt? Post a video clip here of you performing your painful move, top off, from back, shoulder blades clearly visible. Ideally good and bad side performing mirror activities system board style. 2. What are you currently doing for exercises, stretches? What is 'physio'? 3. Anything helping (even a bit) other than massage and physio? 4. Read this and this and digest. Doing anything like the scapular stabilisation stuff here?
Your supraspinatus pain may not be your spraspinatus. the shoulder joint is complicated and a biomechanical nightmare and dysfunction is not normally related to one specific muscle. it's true shortened pectroalis minor/major can cause problems but scapula control is equally important. there seems to be over emphasis on strengthening the rotator cuff. however the rotator cuff is only there to ensure good biomechanical movement at the glenohumeral joint for that to happen the scapular must be controlled.
You need to "open up" your pecs. Do stretches for pectoralis minor and also theraband exercises will help.
you probably won't get pain on high load work due to you recruiting the large prime movers as opposed to the low threshold stabilisers. it's a timing issue not a strength issue. EMG of patients with pain have demonstrated that the low threshold stabilisers are slow to recruit during low load movement this causes uncontrolled movement at the joint or over recruitment of inappropriate muscles.
So The Wedge is to blame?!
I've just come back from a consultation with a shoulder expert following an MRI scan. Initially the consultant was concerned that I had a SLAP tear, but on examining the MRI scan he says he thinks I have internal shoulder impingement on my supraspinatus. I'm going to get physio - I'll report back on this thread if I get some useful exercises.
It's only been a few weeks but my posture has improved already, will post an update in a few weeks if anyones interested.
Quote from: JohnM on March 05, 2013, 04:07:42 pmYou need to "open up" your pecs. Do stretches for pectoralis minor Cheers - I'll look into it - is there one you do in a doorway ?
In my limited and personal experience the theraband exercises from UKC and here do help. I haven't been able to lie on my right side for months, but its starting to get a little better now so I can do it for slightly longer periods.