| Your shoulders are one of those joints that absorb a | | | | a nagging shoulder injury because I did not do these |
| lot of shock and also enable us to maximize the usage | | | | mobility movements (e.g. shouder rotations) when I |
| of our upper body and our arms. If we are not careful, | | | | was doing a lot of pull-ups and push-ups. |
| we can easily injure them because we: | | | | Shoulder rotations are done the following way: |
| 1) overuse and strain them | | | | * Start off with your legs firmly planted and your arms |
| 2) do not perform movements to decompress and to | | | | stretched out above you. Your body is straight. |
| increase their mobility. | | | | * Now, move your arms in a counter-clockwise |
| What are the advantages of increased mobility in our | | | | direction at the same time. Keep your elbows straight. |
| shouders? Increased mobility in our shoulders will allow | | | | Your shoulders will feel the rotation. Get into a smooth |
| our joints to maximize and optimize their range of | | | | timing. |
| motion. This will reduce the chances of wear and tear | | | | * After about 10 rotations, you can then do single |
| on our shoulders. Also, our joints including our shoulders | | | | rotations. These are done like you are swimming |
| need to practice their mobility without any resistance. | | | | forward-like your right arm is following your left arm. |
| The tendons, muscles, ligaments, and nerves around | | | | Feel you shoulder joints being "lubricated" by this |
| our shoulders need to be conditioned to be mobile and | | | | movements. |
| agile. | | | | * You will notice that your shoulders may tire. Then, |
| One of the best movements to increase the mobility in | | | | you should coordinate your breathing accordingly. Do |
| our shoulders is the shoulder rotations. It is a simple | | | | this entire routine for about a minute. |
| movement but it is effective in increasing the range of | | | | Take care of your shoulders and they will take care |
| motion in our shoulders. We need to do this movement | | | | of you. This ballistic stretch on your shoulders will |
| every so often especially if we do a lot of push-ups, | | | | increase the range of motion in your shoulders. |
| pull-ups, shoulder presses, etc. Personally, I experienced | | | | |