Important Shoulder Pain Information | Day #24 WellFit 365

Shoulder pain information to help you prevent injury.

In this video, I cover some basic statistics and advice around shoulder pain for you to consider.

Be sure to stay tuned in coming episodes, as I delve deeper into which exercises you SHOULD be doing to strengthen your shoulders and also which exercises you SHOULDN’T be doing that can cause you harm.

– Shoulder injuries are the most common injuries associated with the resistance trained population

– Research shows that 36% of all injuries associated with strength training occur at the shoulder joint

– This figure continues to rise as people begin to lift free weights rather than machines and with the emergence of crossfit and other high intensity training styles.

– Many people have a large focus on developing the size and strength of the big outer muscles of the shoulder, the front, medial and rear deltoids as these are the ones that people can see and they are often misguided that if these muscles are strong then their shoulder is strong.

– However they have neglected the internal musculature of the shoulder which is called your rotator cuff. This is made up of supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis (SITS)

– Imbalances are very common as the pec major, front delt and upper trap become very strong and internal and external rotation of the shoulder are affected as well as having weak scapula muscles.

– Strengthening the rotor cuff can help you improve strength on many of your other big lifts such as bench press, rows or pull ups.

– Decreases likelihood of dislocations and subluxations and overuse injuries.

– Overdeveloped internal rotators cause the poor posture and rounding of the shoulders we see with a lot of men. Also strengthening the external rotators can help correct forward thoracic tilt.

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