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Old 11-20-2007, 05:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default tight shoulder?

I was reading this
In Defense of Overhead Lifting by Charles Staley and Keats Snideman
and there are several tests for basic mobility/flexibility (e.g. Thomas test)
and I failed this one big time with the right arm.

and this is the description of what it means.
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The lower hand tests the length of the external rotator muscles: infraspinatus and teres minor. Ideally, you should be able to reach the lower angle of the opposite scapula.
but the article has little advice on what to do if this is your issue (some PNF movements, etc). So, assuming that failing this test on one side is a potential problem - what can be done for it?
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