*Before attending shoulder mobility test make sure you are wearing comfortable clothes that are not restricting your movement.
Shoulder MOBILITY TESTS
TEST 1 Overhead Arm Movement
TEST 2 Reverse Plank Bridge
TEST 3 Clasp Hands Behind Back
Shoulder and thoracic spine are complementary to each other. Mobility in your thoracic spine affects scapular stability and if that is hindered it can put a strain on the shoulder joints (glenohumeral joint), making them stiff and inflexible. These 3 Shoulder Mobility TESTS evaluete shoulder flexion, extension and rotations.
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LACK OF upper body mobility
- can lead to middle and upper back pain,
- shoulder and elbow injuries,
- it can hinder your training progress,
- it can make you feel stiff and affect your posture.
Good shoulder mobility is important in almost any sport and fitness goal, including: gymnastics (f.ex handstand), swimming, martial arts (f. ex sanda, boxing, wing chun, grappling, jiu jitsu), tennis, golf, basketball, lifting weights overhead, badminton, volleyball and so on.
Bad Posture – Lack of Mobility
Lack of shoulder and thoracic spine mobility can lead to a POOR POSTURE, causing:
Stiff Shoulders
Rounded Shoulders
(Shoulder Protraction/ Slouched Posture)
Kyphotic spine
(Roundback / Hunched Back)
Flat Lumbar Spine
PPT – Posterior Pelvic Tilt
Hyperlordosis
APT – Anterior Pelvic Tilt
Nerd neck
(Forward Head Posture)
BACK PAIN
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BENEFITS: Develop Healthy Posture, Relieve and Prevent Back Pain, Strengthen Core Muscles, Improve Shoulder Mobility, Tone Your Arms and Sculpt The Back
6 routines to improve mobility and posture
If you don’t want to follow the program, in this article you will find 6 routines that will help you improve shoulder and thoracic spine mobility, and posture.