Intro to Shoulders
Start here with 20 mins of content to activate your shoulders and increase your range of motion in the shoulder joint. Videos include brief overview of joint actions and other biomechanics, along with basic anatomy. Stretches and muscle activations are designed for all levels of movers.
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Step 1 - Shoulders and Upper Body
Use this as a starting point to learn the shoulder joint action terms, internal and external rotation, extension and flexion.
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Step 2 - Assess Your Upper Body
Use this video as a starting point for your upper body flexibility work. The focus is easy movements, breathing easily, and not working too hard.
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Step 3 - Activating the Upper Body and Shoulders
Use this video to start activating the muscles in your upper thoracic spine and shoulders. Your focus is on conscious engagement, isolating joint movements, while also noticing how they collaborate with the body as a whole.
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Step 4 - Shoulder Activations Continued
Use this video to activate muscles of the shoulders. Bringing awareness to the supportive muscles and connective tissue, warm the body through these accessible strengthening exercises.
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Step 5 - incorporating Shoulders and Full Body
Using larger more intensive shapes, continue activating the muscles of the shoulders. Focus is on shoulder engagement as you move through full body movements.
