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Release Tight Shoulders

Updated on June 12, 2019

This is a look at how to use a massage ball to release a tight shoulder. Specifically, how to work out hypertonicity through the rhomboids and the muscles that make up the bulk of the posterior shoulder region - teres minor, infraspinatus, posterior deltoid, and the lats.

The ball used in this video can be found here:

https://amzn.to/2oJ72Mi

Ensuring healthy length and tone through these tissues allows for optimal shoulder mobility through all ranges, including those that involve having the arms overhead.

For an overview of exercise progressions that you can work at to improve your mobility and balance in a systematic way, please feel free to visit our Mobility Exercise Progressions page here:

https://drbenkim.com/mobility-exercises-progressions.htm

For suggestions on how to set up a simple workout area at home, please feel free to view:

https://drbenkim.com/equipment-home-gym.htm

 
 

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Comments

I used to do this and somehow stopped and watching this video is making me look for my ball. I used a tennis ball. This one looks bigger but I think I'll start with the tennis ball and see if that works as well. Thank you Dr. Kim