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When Shoulder Pain is Dominant, but Not the Driver!

When Shoulder Pain is Dominant, but Not the Driver!

by Erica and Susan | Jun 15, 2023 | Shoulder Pain

Shoulder pain, like any other joint can present as primary pain and be the #1 reason a client may seek help!  In many cases, treating the apparent joint dysfunction (because it checks all of the boxes) may not result in optimal outcomes.  Join the...
From Neck Pain to Shoulder Pain: Unraveling the Links Between the Two

From Neck Pain to Shoulder Pain: Unraveling the Links Between the Two

by Erica and Susan | Jun 1, 2023 | Shoulder Pain

Does stretching work when a muscle is over-recruited?  Not if you don’t change the movement pattern.  This is an excellent follow-up to episode #162, showing how you clinically reason through another weightlifting injury.  Join Susan and Erica as...
Unique Release Positions for the Shoulder: Positioning for Optimal Results

Unique Release Positions for the Shoulder: Positioning for Optimal Results

by Erica and Susan | May 25, 2023 | Shoulder Pain

The purpose of release is to train. Remember that.  Long gone are the passive release positions for patients.  Think about the connections in the regions of the body to each other and then design a position that engages those long vectors connecting one region of...
Shoulder and Arm Pain – What is Really the Driver?

Shoulder and Arm Pain – What is Really the Driver?

by Erica and Susan | Oct 13, 2022 | Shoulder Pain

In this episode, Susan and Erica discuss how very old drivers can present in a novel situation as well as why new driver will appear if compensatory patterns are allowed to become dominant. Susan’s patient in this episode came to her with shoulder pain which quickly...
Exercise Progression for the Tough to Treat Shoulder

Exercise Progression for the Tough to Treat Shoulder

by Erica and Susan | Aug 25, 2022 | Shoulder Pain

The shoulder can be tough to treat at times, right?  It consists of many regions of the body and in order to design an exercise progression that gets results, you must: *Down train the old dominant strategy first*Be innovative with release positions to tease out...
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