Limited Shoulder Motion, Where Should I Start?

If you have someone who has a mix of shoulder restrictions, you might wonder….

Eh, which one should I go after first?

This gets equally troublesome when few people have exactly the same restrictions. 

What’s a fam to do??

You likely know how influential ribcage orientation can be, yet you can be laser-focused at which measures should be your target when you consider:

Where each shoulder measure correlates to ribcage position
Where to expand first pending infrasternal angle presentation

If you want to make your exercise selection much more accurate, this is the debrief, folks!

Check out Movement Debrief Episode 145 to learn more!

[zacharymoore]

This is a f---ing masterclass. People pay thousands and thousands of dollars for this level of instruction in school and we get it free on YouTube. Lol. You're the man Big Z!

[evafellinger]

Thank you Zac for those wonderful and entertaining debriefs!

[ywivpzj]

Zac my boy, i hope you doing great!
This Video is treasure. We thank you for that

[Kti]

My favourite episode so far. Some anatomical images show the top of the lungs can expand a small bit even above the level of the first rib.
I suppose its generally undesirable to have this area stuck in a state of compression, just like any other area, and that it could reduce movement options and has some relevancy to forward head.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this area.
Expansion would mostly be a p, so activities might be a combination of sidelying, lateral flexion, rotation, and inversion.. possibly going overhead like you said in your manubrial expansion vid.. and ecentric low neck musculature by oa flexion?

Edit, now I realize this maybe covered in your a p expansion playlist.

[yunx]

Just re-watching this. Love your courses and content, but I continue to struggle with this focus on the RC musculature and it's relationship as the sine qua non. Biomechanically, why is this the main area of focus? For example, the commonly cited pectoralis major or minor can gain concentric bias and anteriorly tip the scapula in the "World of Warcraft position", which would seemingly restrict internal rotation (given the compensation of an externally rotated humerus as you indicate). But then, the pec itself is an internal rotator which restricts external rotation, so you'd think you'd want to improve excursion of IT, too, which then would seemingly put you in a position that antagonizes internal rotation...I'm confused. I guess my question is: is there some reason by we are narrowing focus on only the effects of breathing on RC muscle excursion? Great explanation of these relationships, but I think my middle-aged brain just gets turned around with this newer vocabulary. :)

[justincormier]

This is some gaht damn money Big Z! This video put so many concepts together for me....diving into the pelvis now! #famrecognizefam

[smartfitness]

Hey Zac would the ability to expand T8-T12 be related to the ISA. So if the ISA is not dynamic your ability to compress and expand the lower ribcage is compromised?

[beckaflynn]

Good one Zac, was tough but got there eventually lol.

when you show the reach on all four's, around the 18.00, in order to do the proper preparation for the exercise. Do you first do the reach (which puts the scapula into ER) and THEN do the stack - a posterior pelvic tilt?

[fastnfuriousu]

what about lower ribs t9-t12 - how to expand that part (left posterior as they flair out anterior) and put the air into it

[beactivelifestyle]

For narrows it helps to do rotation and inverted exercises, for wides theres no cheat code. Great day to be a wide ISA.

[dzonivelemajstor]

Great explanation! When you said about inverting really narrow ISA patients (like myself), did you mean like hanging upside down on a bar or what? ☺ I do have a problem making a "stack" due to lower ribs really stuck and flairing out...