“Putting on the brakes:” The key to scapular stabilization
March 23, 2010 by dlorenz
Filed under Shoulder Education, Shoulder Strengthening, Young Athlete
“PUTTING ON THE BRAKES:” THE KEY TO SCAPULAR STABILIZATION As you probably have seen from perusing this site, we are big fans of giving you tools for you to do things on your own. The “prone series” is an excellent group of exercises to perform. Ideal candidates for these exercises are overhead athletes (swimming, tennis, [...]
Slap Tears: What are they and what to do?
January 8, 2010 by dlorenz
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 [...]
What is the difference between Laxity vs. Instability?
December 24, 2009 by dlorenz
Filed under Instability, Shoulder Education, Subluxation, Young Athlete
LAXITY VERSUS INSTABILITY: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? I was at a course recently and an attendee asked a question about shoulder instability versus laxity. You may have heard those terms before and they are used interchangeably quite often incorrectly. Unfortunately, the answer to the question wasn’t properly addressed. So, I figured I would try and [...]
