Nordic Blood: Climbing And Lifting / Lifting And Climbing

It might, I’m working with a physiotherapist and didn’t want to impose too much on you.

Here’s everything I can think of to share. From your post history I’ve garnered you know shoulders very well, so I’ll just dump what I have.

My AC joint was stiff, completely essentially, and needed some manual adjustment to release.

Before that session I didn’t even have the ROM shown here, my elbow would stop at parallel

But now I have that ROM. I still feel symptoms, so impingement is still present. I also fail the Apley Scratch Test on that side. This could be me but is some other bloke

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Working on regaining scapular control via overhead press ups with knees on a bench and… a version of a shoulder horn. Imagine the below, but kneeling next to a bench with the shoulder on the bench. This is so I get tactile feedback if I use my upper traps involved as I’ll feel myself “lifting” the shoulder towards the ears

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Incorporating as much face pulls and band pull-aparts as I can recover from - usually as an upper body warmup before upper body dominant lifting sessions and climbing. I’ve become really fond of the exercise sequence from this article

After which I feel quite stimulated in the rear part of the shoulder. Maybe it’d be more prudent to have a planned progression with face pulls, pull-aparts, et al.

My scalenes are perpetually tight, haven’t managed to get them to release using a lacrosse ball yet so might need additional manual adjustment. Have my next follow up with my physiotherapist early February.

I mull over that with climbing, I might spend so much time pulling vertically that I shouldn’t include weighted vertical pulls as the lats rotate the shoulder inwards but the problem is only on one side. I’ve been trying instead to be more mindful of daily habits, such as trying to switch which hand I use to operate for instance my phone as the usage of it is more pronounced with the right hand/arm (my problem side)

Welcome any advice, thoughts, and ideas you might have.

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