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Originally Posted by UConnJulie
You are having some impingement ... the above the head pain is called a painful arc. You are also right on target about your push/pull imbalance. Most impingements have nothing to do with direct rotator cuff strength, but actually weakness of the scapular stabilizers. I would stop all pressing movements (including any lateral raises) and work on correcting the imbalance.
If you do a search of this forum you should find some ideas ... read Robertson and Hartman's article on T-Nation about Facepulls ... Cressey and Robertson's Neanderthal No More series ...
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Would you advise that I stop all overhead work as well..? (Push press, military press, etc.)
how long do you believe that it would take to correct this imbalance do you think? how will i know when it is fixed?
Also, could you give me a list of exercises that apply specifically to my problem and that would fix it? Maybe a short routine that I could do once , or twice a week? i want to fix this problem immediately. From what I understand the problem is my scapula retractors are the problem. The only exercises I can find for this are "scapula press" and scapula rows.
thank you very much for your prompt response.