Hey John,

It would be great to get some details on what your doing in physical therapy. What are the exercises? -Pablo

Literally dozens of exercises and also frequent electro/ultrasound therapy.

Some of what I do (most of these I do at home as well as at the rehab center): lots of light dumbbell exercises designed to strengthen the shoulder and core; I ride a "shoulder bike" (don't know the official name); I do all kinds of exercises using big rubber stretchy bands; I dribble and throw balls (usually on one foot); I do wall and Swiss-ball pushups; I perform lots of posture and balance exercises.

It would be impossible to explain everything in this post, but one day (hopefully soon!) I plan to create a section on my web page that details everything I've done, complete with pictures and maybe even a few videos.



Hey John,

It would be great to get some details on what your doing in physical therapy. What are the exercises? -Pablo

Yay, for swiss ball push-ups, claps, alligator walks, and planche holds!

John,

Thanks for the info on your physical therapy. A section devoted to this on the website would be amazing, particularly if it included photos and videos.

My right shoulder has always been very sensitive. The causes of which I think are connected to a few things:

1. Poor posture. Which I think in my case results from a lack of core stability, some inflexible muscles and maybe from some overly flexible ones.
2. Hours a day of guitar practice (where my right shoulder is very inwardly rotated.)
3. Overtraining with weights.


I've worked up a routine that seems to not be too injurious to my shoulder. I only do upper body exercises twice a week. Once for chest/shoulders/triceps, and once for back/biceps. I use dumbells almost exclusiveley except for some cable work. At the end of these workouts I do the rotator cuff routine out of 'The 7 minute rotator cuff solution' and stretch. A few times a week I also do paul chek's video, Swiss Ball Exercises for better abs, buns, and back, which is great. I'm beginning to think Paul Chek may be a genius, at least for functional exercises using the swiss ball. I would encourage everyone the check this guy out. Also if I feel anything starting to get painful I go nuts with the jack knobber doing trigger point therapy on my chest and shoulders (the jack knobber is a small plastic massager).

I'm always interested in how people are able to work through shoulder injuries so I'd lover to hear more about your therapy. Any insights in how to protect the shoulders and improve posture would be invaluable. Thanks. -Pablo