Anyone with ANY shoulder pain should check their posterior capsule. If the shoulder joint becomes tight and contracted it pushes the shoulder forward in its socket, leading to things like shoulder impingement, bursitis and rotator cuff tendinopathy. (The Teres Minor and Infraspinatus often get tight and contracted too, so all three need to be checked and released.) So, here’s the best way to check your posterior capsule mobility and the best posterior capsule stretches to help prevent shoulder dysfunction.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Posterior Shoulder Capsule Test
1:23 Sleeper Stretch
1:54 Myofascial Release Of The Posterior Capsule
2:26 Active Myofascial Release
2:57 How To Reduce The Intensity
3:17 Cautions
THE BEST PHYSICAL THERAPY SHOULDER STRETCHES:
Rotator Cuff exercises are not the only thing you have to do if you have sore shoulders! Posterior Capsule contraction is a huge part of many shoulder problems. So, shoulder stretches like the Sleeper Stretch are crucial if you want to improve. But you can go one better. (Or two, in this case) Using a tennis ball to do a myofascial release of the Posterior capsule, Teres minor, and Infraspinatus while you’re doing a Sleeper Stretch motion enhances the benefit dramatically. And actively using those muscles as you mobilise your shoulder makes this one of the best shoulder mobility stretches you can do.
WHAT OTHER SHOULDER MOBILITY EXERCISES DO YOU NEED?
If your shoulder blade doesn’t rotate up properly all the movement has to happen in the shoulder. This is a massive cause of shoulder impingement. So, strengthening the muscles that upwardly rotate the shoulder blade is the most important thing you can do for shoulder flexion mobility. So, make sure you check out this video… https://youtu.be/9JN6dTBAyIU
And a tight Pec Minor tilts the shoulder blade forward reducing space inside the shoulder joint too. A lot of people have tight Pec Minor muscles without knowing it so check out how to sort that out in exercise 1 of this video… https://youtu.be/dBa0QMTGTVc
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