
Their lats, the traps, the poster deltoids, the rhomboids, et cetera. What is very typical is that people really work really, really hard at developing shoulder strength, overhead presses, front raises, lateral raises, chest press, incline press and they tend to forget about all of the muscles on the backside of their body. These are little exercises that'll help to create balance in the posterior, the rotator cuff muscles to actually balance out the shoulder. So you're looking for exercises like angel wings or reverse delts or what we call Y's or T's or W's. Second thing is this, is if anything time that you're doing any sort of chest movement, chest press, inclined, flies, what have you, mix in at least one set of posterior shoulder work.


So getting in a doorway, opening up the chest, working the ability for your chest to stretch and open up. So what are the answers for it? Well, the very first thing is this, that anytime that you go in to the gym, you'll want to start by stretching out the front of the chest. What we tend to see is that the shoulder starts to click and pop. Matter of fact, they're almost kind of holding on for dear life. Then the muscles in the backside of the shoulder, your rear deltoid, your lap and your rhomboids become tense and tight. So what we typically see is this, that the muscles in the front portion of the shoulder, primarily anterior deltoid and pectoralis become very, very overworked, very, very shortened and tightened. But if the muscles on one side, primarily on the front side become tight, that shoulder gets pulled forward and it starts to click and it starts to pop. Now your shoulder is a ball and socket joint, meaning that there's like a socket and the head of the humerus sits there and it's supposed to move back and forth. So what ends up happening is is that your shoulder, like I said, which is freely independent, starts being pulled forward and your shoulders round forward. For most people, especially if you have a desk job or you're seated for a long time during the day, or you're playing on your phone for a lot of hours, those cause your shoulders to round forward and you'll notice that your hands actually turn in. Your middle finger should actually run right along your pant line.
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So stand up right now and let your hands just go free down to your sides. Matter of fact, if you stand and you look at your posture. If they become overworked or shortened and tightened, that's going to cause the shoulder to actually rotate forward. those are kind of the big muscles in the front side of the body. Meaning if the muscles on the front side of the shoulder, primarily your anterior deltoid, your pectoralis major, your pectoralis minor, and your subclavius muscle. It means this, that if your shoulder is independent, meaning if you put the shoulder in the middle and you have it swing up and down much like a pendulum, that the muscles that attach to each side of it influence the shoulder pendulum. Now here's what that means, especially for athletes and for people like yourself who are in the gym lifting weights. Matter of fact, this is the reason why this joint, your shoulder joint is the most freely moveable joint in the body.

Matter of fact, the only way that your shoulder is connected is via different muscles that connect to the shoulder joint. Meaning that your shoulder is not connected bone to bone, like many other joints of your body is. Your shoulder is actually independent from the rest of your body. So give you a better understanding of how you can address it yourself. So let's talk a little bit about the shoulder. Beau, when I am in the gym and any time that I am doing an overhead movement, such as shoulder press or lifting my hands overhead, I feel clicking, popping, and grinding inside my shoulder. You know, the shoulder pain that hurts, clicks, pops, especially when you lift weights. Beau here and today we are talking about that pesky shoulder pain.
