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One thing is for certain when it comes to surfing: everyone gets slammed once in a while.
We can all relate to getting hung up at the top and going over the falls, or flying off our board like Supermen after clipping a little wrinkle on the face of a wave, or getting hammered by the lip and hitting the water so fast and hard you have no time to adjust your body for a safe landing.
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The objective of this feature is to take you through a little schooling with regards to shoulder function -- and along the way, help you to better understand the principles which will allow your shoulders function at their best. The bonus is, the same things that make your upper extremities strong and functional with regards to paddling power and endurance, are the very same things that not only prevent injury to the shoulder, but to the middle/upper spine and neck as well. Just as Usain Bolt, the world-record-holder in the 100-yard sprint, is going to predictably have issues with his hips and legs, as a surfer, odds are that your shoulders are going to get taxed and take a beating. Learning methods of how best to take care of the muscles that support and stabilize your shoulders, as well as those who are likely to contribute to imbalance and other wear-and-tear related issues, just makes sense. So if and when you do get slammed, you have the best chance of minimizing the severity of the injury, which in turn limits your amount of time out of the water. Oftentimes the lightning-quick and violent interactions that occur in the split-second it takes your body to hit and penetrate the water is enough to strain muscles, tendons and sometimes even sprain the ligaments that make up the four joints the shoulder. Yep, I said four. You have the scapulothoractic joint (between your shoulder blades), the sternoclavicular joint between your sternum (top of chest) and clavicle (collarbone), the acromioclavicular joint (the boney bump on top of your shoulder), and the glenohumeral joint (connects the top of your arm to the shoulder.) The labrum, which helps form a shallow socket that keep the very unstable gleno-humeral joint aligned and stable -- visualize a golf ball trying to fit into a walnut shell. It is most stable when the muscles that surround it and the muscles that control the scapulae (shoulder blades) are doing their jobs to protect and provide alignment, movement, stability and strength while keeping the humerous (arm-bone) in perfect position within the socket. "As a surfer, odds are that your shoulders are going to get taxed and take a beating."
Another important visual: it's as though your body is like the sea lion who is balancing a ball (your arm) on the end of its nose. It has to adjust and be mobile enough to keep the ball in the middle no matter what or the ball (your arm) fails to stay in the middle and falls. Shoulder injuries are one of the top five most common injuries in surfing. They occur due to the unique anatomical design and engineering which leaves the joint vunerable and susceptible to trauma and irritation. The shoulder's ability to move freely in so many directions makes it super-functional, allowing us to do so many things like paddling, popping up, duck-diving, swimming, even reaching behind us to pull up the zipper on our wetsuits. Unfortunately, where there is much movement available in the body, there is much responsibility that comes with maintaining quality movement and stability -- especially in the surfer/athlete. Matt Griggs, surf and performance coach for Mick Fanning, weighs in on shoulder function: "Since shoulders are generally the place people think they are the strongest, they tend to do everything from there, even surf. This is, of course, wrong. Your shoulders are a part of a whole system called the human body that needs to work as one unit. If your shoulders are rigid and the load is compartmentalized to this point, you will move (and surf) in a disjointed manner. Plus rigid things tend to break easier! Next time you surf feel where your center is -- and allow your shoulders to rotate around it with correct posture. This will not only better avoid injury, but you will surf better." There are many types of shoulder injuries and most fit under one of two major categories: The first is the traumatic shoulder injury. This is a single incident trauma (dislocation, separation, ligament tear, avulsion fracture, scapular fracture) that occurs when outside forces exceed the physiological capabilities that the supportive structures around the joint working with the central nervous system (called the dynamic restraint system) can tolerate. Something has to give, tear or break. If your shoulders are not fit and stable throughout their full normal range of motion, you increase your chances of shoulder injury. Slouchers beware. An example would be getting pitched over the falls and landing hard with an arm outstretched in front of you, and with palm flat against the surface of the water. If this surfer has a tight chest and rounded shoulders, this limits his/her ability for the muscles to absorb the impact and forces of the water because they are overused and under stretched. When the outstretched arm hits the resistance of the water, something has to give; the ligaments that hold your bones together tear and BAM! -- a dislocation of the shoulder occurs, and you're out of the water for months. (This happened to Jamie Sterling and Brock Little at Waimea Bay this winter.) Since the muscles were tight and not able to act as elastic bungee cords and absorb the forces exerted on your body, the next thing to give way is the structures that make up the joint capsule (capsulolabral.) As orthopedic surgeon Ben Rubin states, the muscles can protect the joint from instability but the failure or tearing of structures is ligamentous or labral attachment. Research shows that by training for mobility, stability and then strength -- in this specific order -- we will improve function, performance and recovery from training, and/or injury, as most injuries are preventable or at minimum the severity of injury is largely preventable. And in my experience, this is especially true for the shoulder. That being said, it is appropriate for me to briefly describe another traumatic shoulder injury that occurs when a surfer bounces off the floor of the ocean after landing directly on the top of the shoulder causing a shoulder separation known as an A/C (acromio-clavicular) dislocation. Should you or someone you know suffer from a shoulder injury, Dr Warren Kramer, lifelong surfer and famous orthopedic surgeon to the superstars, states that "as a rule, should you have any questions regarding if or when you should see a qualified health care professional, especially after a trauma as described above -- go!" If you have ongoing severe limited movement with pain, weakness or numbness, difficulty squeezing a hand, cold and/or blue color in arm, hand or fingers, don't take any chances, have your injury examined and appropriate diagnostic studies performed to make sure anything serious is ruled out. To minimize the potentially severe effects of the injury, get to your sports doctor (hopefully he/she surfs and has a functional approach to medicine) ASAP. Once an accurate diagnosis is determined, you will have a much more real-world idea of how long it will take before you can get back into the water. When you have a traumatic injury that results in the above, seeing an experienced orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, especially functional sports medicine can result in a safer, quicker return to surfing. The other general category of shoulder injury is known as a "wear-and-tear" or a "continuous repetitive micro trauma" injury. Common wear-and-tear shoulder injuries seen in surfers include: rotator cuff strain, impingement syndrome, tendonosis/tendonitis, biceps, and sub-acromial bursitis just to name a few. These injuries are among the most common, and are a result of you performing repetitive movements (shaping/sanding surfboards, working at a computer, swinging a hammer, even paddling, etc) while your body is in poor posture and not positioned in optimal alignment. In as few as 60-90 days your body literally, physically changes, molding to what you do and the positions you move in the most frequently. (Called Wolfe's Law of Physics.) If you sit slumped over at a desk all day, over time, your body will mold to that position. Then you decide you want to go catch a few waves before dark, not thinking of how you have trained your body all day to sit, and sit relatively still, in the shape of a "C". Now you want to say "Presto-Chango!" and have your body function and flow in the shape of an "S" the way your spine should be aligned optimally. Our bodies are amazingly capable of doing incredible things, but they are also the product of the decisions we make and the things we do. Over time (months for some and years for others), your self-awareness fades while your body is morphing, changing, becoming stiff and less flexible. This simply, and yet tragically, means that doing the thing you love the most will become more and more difficult for you, because it will take more energy to perform the movements necessary, even at a much lower level than you are capable of, meaning you will fatigue sooner and recover slower, with your chance of injury increasing exponentially. You must learn to prepare your body with the proper training/re-training methods that provide #1-mobility, #2-stability, and #3 the strength and endurance necessary to meet the demands of the sports specific challenges of surfing, including prevention of injury. Can I do anything to prepare my body for surfing and help prevent shoulder injury, and/or help me to heal if I do have an existing injury? The short answer is yes -- there are plenty of things you can do no matter what current state your shoulders are in. First and foremost, you must have normal movement capabilities in all the joints that make up the shoulder. This means improving flexibility in the muscles that tend to be overused, under-stretched and shortened. In other words: you must get long, before you can be strong. There are predictable patterns of shortness and tightness with regards to these common muscular imbalances: pectoralis major, minor, subscapularis, upper trapezious, levator scapulae, latissimus dorsi and serratus posterior. (I know, fancy names -- you don't need to memorize them. Just suss them out in the anatomy picture so you know where they are on you.) They must be retrained, relaxed and lengthened with manual therapy techniques. Soft tissue work, SPRT, Rolfing, massage, and active isolated stretching are probably the quickest ways. Yoga, Tai Chi, and other flexibility exercises (like gentle stretching in the shower or Jacuzzi) that combine flexibility and basic movement will increase your body awareness -- which must be improved upon if you are to counter the things in your lifestyle that feed your muscle imbalances. Also: learn foam rolling. With this knowledge, you can begin to understand your body better and make the choices necessary to change the slouching posture and sitting positions which create the muscular imbalances that are working hard everyday to change you -- and not in a good way. Along with lengthening your over-used, tight muscles, there are certain areas of your spine that will have tightened up and lost normal critical motion. This is especially common in the middle back (thoracic spine) between your shoulder blades (scapulae) and up to the neck (cervical spine). Lack of mobility in this area really affects your mobility in paddling (can't fully look up to see where you are paddling because lack of motion) and puts extra strain on your muscles and joints. Lack of motion in your thoracic spine (hard to arch into a good paddling position) also reduces your ability to breathe in adequate amounts of oxygen necessary to efficiently feed your muscles and brain, causing you to fatigue quickly. One great way to gain mobility in your mid back is to learn a simple technique called foam rolling (see photos) If you have a history of problems in your back we recommend you check with your MD, DC, PT before you try this. Once you have worked on mobilization for a week or three, you should start to feel the shoulders coming back and down, it should be easier to breathe and assume a more proper alignment with regards to posture. You should experience less restriction moving your arms and shoulders through normal range of motion. A great test to get a baseline measurement of your current mid-back mobility status, as well as to check progress, is to lie on the ground as though you are in your prone paddling position and look up as though you are paddling. Repeat 3-5 times looking up and holding for five seconds. Over time this test should get easier as the muscles in front of your neck, chest and in front of your shoulders begin to relax and lengthen, allowing the mid back to re-gain normal extension, and your shoulder blades to move normally and freely, to protect and align the joint structures and muscles of your shoulder. After working towards regaining normal mobility, it's now time to stabilize the four joints of the shoulder. The key to shoulder health, first and foremost, is to address the function and stability of the scapula and its positioning on the back, which acts as the foundation or platform for which the joint moves. How this platform moves, or does not move, makes it or breaks it, when it comes to optimizing shoulder function, training, rehabilitation and injury prevention. Because the muscles of the chest and front of shoulder are larger and more dominant muscles, they override the mobility, stability and strength of the muscles that control the movement of the scapula -- and this must change. Let's stabilize your upper back so your chest can open up, you can stand tall with improved posture and optimal spine and joint alignment. This is what turns on the power in your shoulders. 1. Scap Squeezes: Standing, sitting, or laying face down, pull your shoulders back and down and hold squeeze for seven counts. Check it in the mirror, if standing or sitting, to make sure you are in alignment and shoulders are held on even plane, as it's common for one to be higher than the other due to imbalance caused by being R or L hand dominant, sleeping on one side, holding phone to only one side, working a mouse at the computer, and injury. (See pics.) 2. Brown-Back Six-Pack series: Standing on ground, Indo Board, laying on floor or bench or bed, face down, advance to Bosu ball. Start with arms at six o'clock position at your sides with palms facing the floor. First breathe in through your nose and into your belly without letting your shoulders rise up towards your neck as you begin to squeeze your shoulder blades together. By consciously engaging the muscles that support and move the scapula into their proper, natural anatomical position, you are retraining your brain and your body to work together with the rhythm and synchrony of efficiency and optimal coordination of the muscles that will protect and serve. As you lift your arms up slowly, imagine your shoulder blades moving down against your back, ribs and spine. Visualize your shoulder blades scooping up your heart and pushing it through the front of your chest. Hold the position for seven counts. Slowly let the air out as you let your arms down, then slowly relax your scapula squeeze. Move your arms out from your sides six inches and repeat. First breathing into the belly, squeezing the scapulas (make them kiss) together then slowly lifting the arms. (See pics.) 3. Rowing with Rubber: Single-arm sitting, standing, both arms, various angles. Use same breath and scapula positioning technique as Six-Pack, begin with breath, squeeze scaps, then use arms to pull rubber through your chest and into your spine. Hold each rep 3-7 seconds before slowly returning to starting position. (See pics.) It can take up to 60-90 days of doing these specific (and more) movements and drills before I recommend trying to strengthen any of the rotator cuff muscles. This being said, I want to stress that if you attempt to strengthen your shoulder before you have normal mobility in your thoracic spine and the muscles that pull your shoulder joint out of alignment, as well as decreased function of your scapular stabilizers, and have not gained the ability to extend your middle back (arch up to paddle), in my experience you will always have shoulder problems and be forever vulnerable to neck, rib, upper and middle back injury, increased wear and tear and/or early degeneration. As I've expressed in previous features, this advice is general and not meant to be a complete overview of shoulder injuries, diagnosis, treatment or training. I do hope however that it has opened your mind to something unique and special, in that this information can provide a few tools you can use to participate in your own health care goals. This (health and fitness) is truly a topic that you can get out of, only what you put into. On behalf of myself and everyone here at SURFLINE HEALTH AND FITNESS, we hope we are helping to remove some of the mysteries of function, performance, recovery and injury, as well as providing you with a guiding light that encourages you to become an active participant in your health care, so you make informed choices as you walk the path of prevention and function on your journey towards better balance and bigger barrels. +++ Thanks to Matt Gray, PT, Warren Kramer, MD, Ben Rubin, MD, Carolyn Perry, MS, PA, and a new guy on the Surfline H+F team, Clayton Everline, MD, CSCS/www.thewavesofhealth.org; www.everlinemd.com. +++ To contact Dr. Tim Brown, D.C. directly, check out DrBrownDesigns.com. Stay tuned to Surfline for monthly features by Dr. Tim Brown and his staff of experts. Click here to go to Dr. Tim Brown's blog page.) +++ DISCLAIMER: The information provided in Surfline Health & Fitness is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other healthcare professional. You should not use this information for the diagnosis or specific treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise, or supplemental program, before taking any medication, or suspect you might have a health problem. You should not stop taking any medication and/or should not discontinue any prescribed treatment or exercise without first consulting your physician. The opinions expressed in the Health and Fitness department are of the author and the author alone. Surfline does not endorse any specific product, service or treatment. MORE HEALTH + FITNESS MORE SURF NEWS SURFLINE HOME PAGE |
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Lee Eddington 02/12/2010 05:49 AM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name
I've developed some moderate shoulder joint pain recently that seems to be the result of paddling. I've been surfing a break with a strong longshore currents that require almost constant, hard paddling between waves. The pain started about 4 days into a break from surfing and occurs mostly when lifting my arm. The funny thing is that I don't feel any pain while paddling and surfing, but it increases the following day. Can you refer me to someone in Ventura county.
editor reply:
We are working on an article on paddling for our next H&F Feature. In my experience, you must regularly work to create flexibility and elongate the muscles you use (because you are constantly shortening them) to paddle against the strong consistent current... this will allow you to use your full range of motion to create the best stroke with the least effort. Then work on strengthening the opposing muscles of the upper back (between shoulder blades)by using rubber tubing such as I demonstrate in the photos for this article. This will increase the space between your shoulder joints and allow your muscles and tendons to move freely and function more efficiently. Typical for you to have trouble reaching around into your opposite back pocket as well as keeping your arms perfectly straight up over your head when you attempt to do a full squat (look in the mirror when you try for full dose of reality. Also foam roll and work on the chest stretches in last feature. If pain persists or increases, go see an sports med professional who deals with functional approach. G luck! tb
BW 02/09/2010 09:38 PM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Nickname
This article has been a life saver. Thanks for the great work. Would you guys consider doing an in depth piece on proper paddling posture with pictures and diagrams? I've had a sharp pain and clicking under my left scapula for more than a year, as well as pain along the upper left arm. Had xrays and mri's yet nothing has shown up. These stretches are great! However, after touching my hands behind my back (slide#17), my ring and pinky fingers have gone numb and stayed that way since(2weeks)
editor reply:
Will do! Thanks for the suggestion. I t sounds as though you have a nerve entrapped and it is being compressed. The entrapment is most likely occuring due to a muscle that has remodeled and shortened around and on top of it and when you stretched it it became irritated. If possible, get to a functionally oriented sports chiropractor, orthopedic specialist or physical therapist asap to rule out anything more serious. It may be as simple as one session of soft tissue release (specialized massage)to free up the nerve and you can get back to your stretches...easy does it. Make big changes slowly and your body will love you for it! Best, tb (let me know how it goes!)
blair stanley 02/03/2010 12:19 PM
good article. Looking for some new training shoes, anybody know which Nike's the Dr. is wearing? Thanks
editor reply:
NIKE LUNAR LITES :) THEY'RE DOPE! TB
Perry 02/03/2010 08:01 AM ** EDITOR'S PICK
Excellent article. I've alway struggled with pain in my right shoulder (trap area), and I loved the feeling of release I got from performing these stretches and movements, even after just the first time.
I am worried though because this fall I got back into lifting freeweights regularly, including many typical dumbell shoulder exercises. Would you reccomend I stop or alter my routine? It would kill me, as I've worked so hard to get where I am, but I am training for function after all.
editor reply:
Even the NAVY SEALS have realized this and instead of recruiting the gnarly muscled guys...they are recruiting the more lean and mobile, "X GAMES" type of athletes into their ranks because they have the mix of coordination, flexibility, endurance, strength and focus! If you are adding tone/strength to muscles that are over used and under stretched... you may get bigger but you will also get weaker if you do not lengthen the muscles you strengthen. You have to learn to TRAIN MOVEMENT NOT MUSCLES! This is critical, especially for a surfer who wants to move with fluidity, speed and style as opposed to Mister Muscle who might dominate on the beach but not in the water with the herky jerky, stink bug, stiff guy style. Look up FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SCREENING online and do the simple 5 movement challenge self assessment...very humbling for most...but it is your truth! Remember FIRST train for full mobility, then train for coordination to stabilize your joints, then add strengthening movements...you can not progress and improve performance in any other order.Peter Park, founder of Platinum Fitness (sbplatinumfitness.com) in Santa Barbara trains some of the best surfers in the world (including one K.S. and even L Armstrong!) using these solid training and performance principals. tb
Paul Hyde 02/02/2010 02:35 PM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name
great info. next time including photos or diagrams of the excercises would be very helpful
editor reply:
They are in upper right hand corner. Please scroll through. tb
luke 02/02/2010 08:24 AM
Generally, I'll give it the hot cold treatment and I'll use one of those massage vibrators, but I'm not so sure this does any good, though it does make me feel like I'm doing something. If it starts feeling a little less tight, I'll try and lightly stretch it (very lightly!). Also, I forgot to mention this, there wasn't one single traumatic event that started it, it was just suddenly there.
anyways thanks for the quick response.
editor reply:
Sounds as though so far, the health care providers may not have the experience necessary to provide you with proper direction regarding your injury. Without more information, it makes it difficult to give you all the advise you need. Please continue to read and learn about a functional approach to helping heal your shoulder. Perhaps in meantime you can follow the advise in this and other features we have written for surfline. where do you live? If possible we can provide you with a referral. G luck! tb
luke 02/02/2010 08:09 AM
I have seen a general practitioner, a physical therapist, an osteopath, and even an acupuncturist. I never had an x-ray done, everyone tried to diagnose by feel. Usually the area will stay swollen for two-three days after stressing it (which also includes running, oddly enough). During this period the pain is about a five or a six on the scale of not-so-smiling-faces, unless I weight it, then its around an 8. If I haven't stressed it, I feel it as a strange tightness, but not really as pain.
brad judge 02/02/2010 06:04 AM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name
I'm 27, hurt my shoulder surfing, MRI verdict: bursitis in my right shoulder. this was 6-7 months ago. did stretching and light weight lifting which brought me to about 75% and then plateaud. decided to get a cortizone shot last month, it didnt help.
1. What else can i do to help heal my shoulder? primarily its the pinching sensation and cracking which causes pain.
2. Cortizone - your thoughts on injecting it in the muscle opposed to the joint/bursa.
dion from cape town 02/02/2010 04:40 AM
too much unsupported swimming and a few surfing falls and i ended up having rotator cuff surgery - cut away bone for tendon space and extracted calcium build up from tendon, hectic! that was 2 months ago and i am still struggling and definately dont think i can surf yet. just hope my current strengthening excercises are not too early. thanks for the article. dion
BPDC 02/01/2010 11:08 AM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Nickname
Dr. Brown, Do you think wearing kinesio tape on my shoulder under my wetsuit would be helpful (or even practical)? I've been doing a rotator cuff and scapular strengthening program daily for the past year and am about 90% better, just looking to get that extra 10%.
editor reply:
IF APPLIED CORRECTLY, KINESIOTAPING YOUR SHOULDER SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN INCREASING YOUR AWARENESS OF SHOULDER ALIGNMENT, FUNCTION AND SUPPORT. TRY HAVING YOUR SCAPULOTHORACIC JOINT (BTWN YOUR SHOULDER BLADES) TAPED AS WELL. OR TRY MY FUNCTIONAL POSTURE SHIRT AT INTELLISKIN.NET. IN YOUR TRAINING YOU MUST REALLY FOCUS ON THIS AREA FOREVER AND LOOK AT MAINTAINING YOUR BEST POSTURE BECAUSE IT IS THE "CORE" OF YOUR UPPER BODY AND MUST BE ALIGNED, MOBILE, STABLE AND TONED FOR YOU TO GET THROUGH THE LAST 10% OF YOUR JOURNEY. (IN WHICH THE LAST 10% TAKES THE LONGEST TIME TO UPGRADE!) BE TOTALLY INVOLVED IN YOUR REHABILITATION BUT BE PATIENT WITH YOUR BODY...YOU ARE ALMOST THERE. TB
luke 02/01/2010 09:58 AM ** EDITOR'S PICK
I have had a shoulder problem for about 2 years where any movement resembling a chin up makes the area between my left shoulder blade and spine swell up to the size of a football. I'm a pretty active 19yr old and was at the time where this started surfing 2hrs/day and climbing around 3hrs/day. I've been to a few doctors and started a daily 20 minute stretching routine that keeps the swelling down to a degree, but doesn't fix the problem. Any ideas as to whats going on and what else I could do?
editor reply:
VERY SORRY TO HEAR THAT! FIRST AND FOREMOST WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE. TO HAVE SO MUCH INFLAMMATION AS A RESULT OF DOING A CHIN UP IS A RED FLAG. WHAT TYPE OF SPECIALIST SEEN? HAVE YOU HAD X RAYS OR OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTS/STUDIES PERFORMED? HOW LONG DOES IT STAY SWOLLEN FOR? IS THEIR PAIN? IS IT SEVERE? WHAT MAKES IT FEEL BEST? DO YOU ICE OR SUPPORT IT IN ANYWAY? I NEED MORE INFO TO GIVE YOU BETTER DIRECTION. TB
Adam Kline 01/30/2010 09:42 AM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name
Excellent article. Thank you. I have been surfing for 23 years and I have labrum tears in both shoulders. I was diagnosed over 4 years ago. Ive wimped out on having the surgery a few times and live with daily pain. Its likely to late for me to realize the full benefit of these excercises, but i will be trying them. Thanks again for a very informative article specific to our needs as surfers.
editor reply:
LETS JUST SAY YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT HAND OF CARDS TO PLAY. I'D RECOMMEND SEEING SOMEONE WHO EXAMINES AND TREATS SHOULDERS FUNCTIONALLY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR SHOULDERS ARE FROM A FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE. I'D ALSO RECOMMEND YOU WORK TOWARDS BALANCING THE MUSCLES AROUND YOUR INJURED LABRUMS AND MANY OF THE SUGGESTED EXERCISES HERE ARE GOOD...JUST WATCH OUT FOR STRETCHING THE FRONT OF THE SHOULDER OR INTO THE DIRECTION THAT CAUSES PAIN/INSTABILITY AND BEGIN BY DOING THORACIC MOBILITY AND SCAPULAR STABILIZATION EXERCISES DAILY AS LONG AS PAIN FREE. TB
johnny 01/29/2010 01:18 PM
Great article
Does Dr Brown have a practice in So CAL ?
cant seem to find him.
editor reply:
DR BROWN IS FOCUSED ON ROLLING OUT HIS NEW VENTURE AT IntelliSkin.net AND IS NOT CURRENTLY PRACTICING. HE REFERS MANY OF HIS PATIENTS TO A SPORTS CHIROPRACTOR HE TRAINED IN FUNCTIONAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT METHODS (AS FEATURED HERE)IN NEWPORT BEACH, CA. DR JOHN PECORA (949)646-8830. OR MARK KAZUKI, PT 714)838-6999.
John 01/29/2010 10:26 AM
Great article. I had surgery a little over a year ago for a torn labrum. Exercising my shoulder has been a lifesaver and has allowed me to not only fully recover, but surf again. Your shoulders are precious, do the maintenance now, because the payment later is a lot worse.
Gregory Hankins 01/29/2010 09:51 AM * PREMIUM MEMBER - Real Name
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Excellent article! I've been surfing for nearly 50 years and would like to continue. Interesting to note, no weights were used in the demo, just your own to do these streches.
editor reply:
THANKS! THE REASON FOR NO WEIGHTS IS BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MASTER BASIC, COORDINATED, SMOOTH MOVEMENT PATTERNS THRU FULL RANGE OF MOTION BEFORE WE ADD WEIGHT OR DYSFUNCTION THEN INJURY IS COMMON. TB
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