This collection of videos focuses on the complexity of the shoulder joint, which is a common area for instability and injury. Learn how to strengthen shoulder musculature and improve overall shoulder mechanics with sound cueing and modifications. Video topics include free weight training, elastic resistance, therapeutic exercises, and various fusion formats
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that retract (move the shoulder blades together) the shoulder blades and help keep an upright posture. These include the rhomboids, middle trapezius, and other associated shoulder muscles. A Yoga strap an...
If you are plagued with chronic pain and inflammation of the neck and shoulder region, these exercises can be done from any chair with no equipment as an alternative to passive stretching. Instead, the focus is muscle activation and strength. Discover ways to evaluate your weaknesses and balanc...
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that protract (move the shoulder blades apart) and move the arms across the body. These include the pectorals and associated shoulder muscles
Weakness in these areas can affect our respiration, our should...
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that upwardly rotate and protract (move the shoulder blades apart) the shoulder and help you move your arm over your head without pain using a Yoga block and either dumbbells or a wall.
Weakness in these a...
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that extend the shoulder and help you maintain an overall upright posture using a TheraBand and a mini ball.
You will notice it is easier shoulder blades together and keep the chest lifted when these are s...
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that externally rotate the shoulder to keep the rotator cuff healthier and maintain an overall better upright posture using a Yoga strap and mini ball.
You will notice it is easier to retract / draw the sh...
If you need a quick boost, this 15-minute bodyweight workout will help strengthen muscles that depress the shoulder to keep tension out of your neck and help you raise your arms overhead more efficiently using a Yoga strap and mini ball. Weakness in these areas can cause shoulder impingement, mak...
This FIS Muscle Focus workout targets the shoulder joint. The FIS Method is based on sound exercise mechanics that is kinder to your joints while giving you great results! This strength training routine targets the muscles that flex, extend, abduct, adduct and rotate the shoulder. This routine...
This routine uses various Yoga Therapy techniques designed to improve strength in the muscles that cross the shoulder, rib cage, pelvis, and spine. You will learn about the importance of isometric resistance training is to shoulder health.
This routine begins with an exploration of shoulder an...
Having a shoulder injury can be extremely painful and can interfere with many of our daily functions. The ideal scenario is to keep muscles strong and balanced so that injuries can be avoided entirely. In this video, practice many shoulder exercises designed to improve scapular mobility and ove...
It is often difficult to know what to do with our shoulders if we are dealing with loss of function and pain. This video will give you an array of exercises that can be options for you. Some of the primary motions in the shoulder include elevation, depression, retraction, and protraction. The ...
Learn about the anatomy of the rotator cuff and shoulder complex and its relevance to core strength. Lauren will use a theraband and weighted dumbbells to help you to strengthen the shoulder, improve posture, and avoid shoulder injury
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Using the Yoga Block and Pilates Ring, experience strengthening isometric therapeutic exercises designed to target shoulder and trunk muscles for improved strength and mobility. Get better posture and a stronger core!
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This workout will show you how to properly use dumbbells to strengthen shoulder muscles while avoiding injury. Common motions of the shoulder are abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, rotation. These are created as the clavicle, shoulder blade, and upper arm bones move upon each other with ...
This circuit format barre workout can be done with any support, including a wall or chair. Practice segments of specific back and shoulder strengthening exercises using body weight and/or the theraband as well as standing barre hip exercise segments. Muscles that cross the hip are directly att...
Neck and shoulder pain is very common for many individuals. Many people regularly engage in stretching, massage, and traction techniques to release tension. However any modality that we use to increase range of motion can also potentially weaken muscles if the stretcch violates active range of ...
In this video, learn several strengthening routines for deltoids, trapezius, rhomboids, biceps and triceps for upper body toning. Shoulder and arm combos are designed to be complimentary and effective so that you can move through the routine comfortably. Learn several important training cues to...
We are so excited to bring you our 200th video!! I thought it would be great to begin the next hundred videos to come with a strength workout! This workout is designed to strengthen muscles of the back, shoulders, and biceps using a combination of free weights and elastic tubing. Experience s...
Get ready to strengthen the arms and shoulders using dumbbells and the stability ball. Experience sequences that include a bicep, triceps, and shoulder exercise that logically fit together. The ball will add instability to the core muscles so that you get even more strengthening! Be able to tr...
Shoulder impingement syndrome occurs as a result of chronic, repeated compression of the structures attaching to the scapula. These include the long head of the biceps tendon, the bursa, rotator cuff, or the ligaments in the shoulder. This impingement causes pain and movement problems in many ra...