Rehabilitation

In the final part of this how to rehab your shoulder injury series, we take a look at the forgotten shoulder muscles, the long head of biceps and the long head of triceps. Both of these muscles have an influence on shoulder function that’s not usually considered in shoulder injury rehab programmes. We’ll also look […]

In part 3 of this shoulder injury rehab series, we look at how to integrate your scapula motion and rotator cuff work, into training pressing and pulling motions. So you’ve got your shoulder blade (scapula) moving a little better, and you’ve focussed on those deficits in your rotator cuff. Now it’s time to start challenging […]

In part 2 of this shoulder injury rehab series, we look at how to assess and improve the function of your rotator cuff muscles. In part 1 we discussed how to assess and address limits in scapula motion. During part 2 we move outwards from the scapula (shoulder blade) to the muscles of the rotator […]

In the first of this four part series, we take a detailed look at how to rehab your shoulder injury, starting with motion of the scapula. Firstly please note that I haven’t met you and I can’t see your shoulder. What I’m going to share is a thought process that will hopefully get you and […]

In this post we discuss why you should stop stretching your hip flexors and train them instead. Hip flexion is a motion that rarely gets much attention. Beyond a stretch at the beginning or end of an exercise session, the muscles responsible for it are largely neglected in terms of training. This is because they […]