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What to do about shoulder pain when weight lifting.

January 26, 2010 by  
Filed under Exercises, Shoulder Education

WHAT TO DO ABOUT SHOULDER PAIN WHEN WEIGHT LIFTING  I have a good friend of mine who is in pretty good shape and has a long history of regular exercise.  Not a meathead by any means, just a guy that likes to workout regularly and stay in shape.  He said recently that he was having [...]

Slap Tears: What are they and what to do?

January 8, 2010 by  
Filed under Shoulder Education, Slap tear

So I realized that I have missed mentioning a key injury in the shoulder, particularly in overhead athletes. Interestingly, we’ve only known about what this injury actually is since the early 80’s. SLAP stands for Superior Labrum Anterior-Posterior. You may recall (if you’ve read my other posts) that the shoulder is like a golf ball [...]