subject: Shoulder Pain - Get Rid of Shoulder and Scapular Pain With These 3 Simple Exercises [print this page] Shoulder Pain - Get Rid of Shoulder and Scapular Pain With These 3 Simple Exercises
Do you have nagging shoulder pain that just won't seem to leave you alone? Does it really seem to flare up when you spend long periods of time in front of your computer or driving in your van or truck?
If so, you're not alone! After low back pain, shoulder soreness is one of the most common every day injuries facing people today, and it can be downright depressing putting up with it on a daily basis with seemingly no end in sight.
If you suffer from this problem, I have great news for you! You can easily cure (or at least greatly reduce) your shoulder pain with just a few simple drills.
Today, I want to share with you 3 very simple exercises that can help alleviate your soreness. You see, the most likely cause of your shoulder soreness (unless you have had major trauma or serious injury to that area, in which case you should first seek out a qualified therapist or doctor) is an imbalance of the muscles surrounding the shoulder joint. Today, we spend so much time sitting hunched over in front of a computer (like you're doing right now - sit up straight!) or sitting all tense and bunched up in our cars that we end up constantly activating the muscles at the front of our shoulders and chest while at the same time neglecting the muscles on the back side of our bodies - the rear shoulders, the upper back and the mid-back.
The 3 exercises I'm about to show you will activate all of those key neglected areas which will cause your muscles to readjust how they pull on your should bones and tendons, thereby reducing your pain. Easy, isn't it!
Are you ready for the exercises? Here they are:
1 Scap Pushups:
Start in a traditional pushup position. From here, you're going to do a pushup WITHOUT moving your elbows. In other words, you're going to keep your arms absolutely straight and just move at your shoulder blades - pinching them together and then pulling them apart.
2)Scap Wall Slides:
Stand against a wall with your feet about 6 inches away from the wall and your butt, upper back and head all resting against the wall. Put your arms out to the side and bend your elbows so that you're in a 'stick up' position and then press your arms, elbows and hands against the wall too. Next, while keeping all of the above body parts in contact with the wall, slide your elbows down and in to your waist, putting emphasis on pinching your shoulder blades together. You should feel a tension between them as you do this. Return to the starting position and repeat.
3) Hand-To-Hand Touches:
Get in a pushup position with your hands resting on a table. Without excessively rotating your torso, lift up your right hand and bring it over to touch your left hand. Return to the starting position and then bring your left hand over to touch your right. Keep alternating back and forth.
It's that easy! Doing short micro workout bursts of these 3 exercises back to back will do wonders for helping alleviate your shoulder pain.
