Yes, yes Martee, your flexibility work should not hurt. You should become very aware of the muscles as they elongate to stretch out of your torso by way of the shoulder joint but if you move slowly enough you will be very aware of when to stop just before you impinge the joint. All that means is that you shouldn't feel any acute pain. This particular shoulder stretch shouldn't instigate the pain you suggested to me. It does, however, stretch out all of the same muscles and the big core lat muscle (the large back muscle that creates the 'V' shape of a gymnist). This muscle is responsible for drawing the shoulder down when you articulating (rotating and/or moving) the shoulder.
Don't worry to much about the language. To clarify, I talke about the ability of the muscles to work appropriately as an agreement they make. Some muscles have to contract and others have to elongate (stretch) and others are just stabilizing. When your posture is off they develop patterns to create motion that compensate for that mis-alignment. Then, if anything else in your swing or your life activity (strangely getting a car with a bigger stirring wheel, or a new seat changes one of your life patterns) the muscles are not in their optimal 'agreement' to make appropriate changes. Likewise, once you agrivate a muscle or your soft tissue with a particular activity, it is hard for the body to correct and recover if your starting posture is off.
For the record, my client is already feeling relief. The physical relief is great but I think he is most relieved mentally because he thought he was going to have to live with this and it had continued to develop to a point that he was skipping 'golf day'.. Mon Dieu!
Will get into the injury specific exercises this weekend as promised. Glad to get you a jumpstart.
Hybrid Mode
