https://youtu.be/qUhnFRMUz3M If you’re a climber, lifter, or just generally have tight lats, this is my absolute favorite stretch. To start off, I like to move into a slightly side bent child’s pose. Often, people will feel a stretch just rocking back into this position. However, a way to crank this up even more is to …
How to Fix Low Back Pain When Sleeping on Your Back? DO You NEED to fix your sleeping posture? Here’s a couple positions that might help with your sleeping posture! A lot of interventions in physical therapy involve trying to fix posture – but this doesn’t always improve how you feel in terms of back …
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How to Fix Shoulder Pain With Bench Press? Have a stiff or painful shoulder or a shoulder injury? This is one way we as physical therapists can assess your strength and modify bench press so you can still perform your favorite lift without shoulder pain! Overcoming Isometrics When it comes to tendon injuries we often …
https://youtu.be/1FaIeTvU9Is 1/2 Kneeling Windmill This is one of my favorite exercises to do when working someone with shoulder pain back into lifting overhead. It combines overhead stability with trunk movement, making it all about coordination as well as strength. Lots of times we focus heavily on the starting positions when trying to lift. However, it’s …
https://youtu.be/1SSGqBunOSQ Having trouble with lifting your arm overhead? Maybe you are getting some extra stiffness compared to normal? Here is one quick self-massage method that we as physical therapists give to clients from time to time. We like using a lacrosse ball, as it is stiffer than a tennis ball 🎾 and seems more pinpointed …
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https://youtu.be/swzlw0CGgT4 How to Test Your Shoulder Mobility and Eliminate Tight or Stiff Shoulders! The Appley Scratch Test Here is one quick mobility screen/test we do in physical therapy, and this gives us a general idea of how limited you are in terms of mobility from side to side. Often patients with shoulder pain complain of …
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Does Deadlifting Cause Back Pain? The deadlift exercise often times gets a bad rap if you go into the doctor’s office for back pain. But should this exercise be feared when it comes to preventing back pain? In reality, deadlifting (usually dosage or how much volume you are doing) can be considered as a factor …
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5-Step Progression to Relieve Lower Back Pain and Pick Up Things From the Floor Pain Free Again! Low Back Pain Can Be Tricky at Times! Many people struggle to “flex” their spine when they have low back pain, meaning they avoid bending over to pick up something from the floor. This can be really challenging, …
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https://youtu.be/x9XmT0BRgFI 🦵Hamstring Sliders 🔥 Hamstring sliders are one of my favorite accessory exercises because of how easy they are to progress/regress. This video shows a simple example of how you can progress this exercise- working from a double leg curl- through a single leg eccentric- to a full single leg curl. Not my finest work …
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Train Your Hamstrings – Help Fix Knee Pain Hamstrings play a huge role in our athletic performance. Strong hamstrings can make us powerful and fast when sprinting, or can keep us on the wall while climbing. On the other hand, weak hamstrings can leave us performing suboptimally and set us up for an increased risk …
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