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18 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Tennis Ball Mobilization- Front of Shoulder

In this post I’m going to show you how to use the tennis ball to mobilize the muscles in the front of your shoulder. This includes the pec minor and major muscles, as well as, the deltoid, subscapularis (part of the rotator cuff) and long biceps muscle where it sneaks through to attach [...]

17 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Tennis Ball Mobilization- Back of Shoulder

In this post I’m going to show you how to use the tennis ball to mobilize the muscles in the back of your shoulder. This includes the small rotator cuff muscles as the sneak through the shoulder from their origin on the back of the shoulder blade, as well as, the larger deltoid, lat [...]

15 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Stretching pt 16- Forearm

n the introduction post to this series, we reviewed and answered some common questions regarding stretching, including why, when, how, etc. Click here to review it.
In this post we will be talking about [...]

14 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Stretching pt 15- Biceps/Triceps

In the introduction post to this series, we reviewed and answered some common questions regarding stretching, including why, when, how, etc. Click here to review it.
In this post we will be talking about how to [...]

13 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Stretching pt 14- Back of the Shoulder

In the introduction post to this series, we reviewed and answered some common questions regarding stretching, including why, when, how, etc. Click here to review it.
In this post we will be talking about how to stretch out [...]

12 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Stretching pt 13- Front of the Shoulder

In the introduction post to this series, we reviewed and answered some common questions regarding stretching, including why, when, how, etc. Click here to review it.
In this post we will be talking about how to stretch out the [...]

11 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Upper trap/Levator Scap Mobilization

In this post I’m going to show you how to use a theracane to mobilize the muscles in the your neck. This includes the large upper trapezius muscle and the smaller, but often problematic levator scap muscle. The goal with this mobilization is to anchor one end of the muscle down and then [...]

10 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Tennis ball mobilization- mid back

In this post I’m going to show you how to use the tennis ball to mobilize the muscles in the mid back. This includes those hard to get to rhomboids between the shoulder blades and the middle traps that sit on top of them. The goal with this mobilization is to anchor one end of [...]

09 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Tennis ball mobilization- low back

In this post we’re going to use a tennis ball to try and break up soft tissue restrictions in the low back. The goal is to anchor down one end and then to slowly stretch the muscle out against it.

Key Points:

1) Go back and read the massage post specifically on the [...]

07 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Stretching pt 12- Neck

In the introduction post to this series, we reviewed and answered some common questions regarding stretching, including why, when, how, etc. Click here to review it.
In this post we will be talking about stretches specifically for the neck. This includes the [...]