Tell me your problems, my pretties

what you should do is technically rehab, if you're already at a point where you literally have an inactive muscle. a qualified physical therapist who knows what they're doing could give you a proper assessment and adequate exercises for it.

that said, can't go wrong with trying some mobility work that involves supraspinatus action, and some stretching for the muscles that perform the opposite action(although the rotator cuff is one complicated mothertrucker, so don't try to find a specific antagonist, just go by the movement pattern).

a quick check indicates that the supraspinatus abducts the humerus until it's at an angle where the deltoids take over, but doesn't move the scapula itself, so this would mean you'd have trouble lifting your arm to the side without lifting the shoulder. as a complete shot in the dark in the name of nonscientific, nonmedical discussion (also because i'm curious ), what happens if you do an eccentric lateral raise motion without holding any weight?

 

I can raise my arms to the side without raising my deltoids. The test that they noted though was this [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D933tO-Anao"]Empty & Full Can Tests - ThePainSource.com - YouTube[/ame] but with downward thumbs.

Both PTs said I was weak during this plane of motion. I believe I can do that without raising my deltoids though.

 

I'm going in this Monday. I can ask a few questions.

 

Hey van, I have a lot of trouble getting my hips loose, a problem that has recently led to a pulled muscle from roundhouse kicks. Lead leg round kicks are especially difficult and my side kicks definitely suffer. Do you know a good stretch or exercise I could do to help?

 

Can I add a +1 from me about the side kicks (sokuto geri/yoko geri, that kind of stuff). My roundhouse kicks I don't really have problems with, but side thrusting kicks are awful and I can't get them consistently even to rib height. So any particular stretching advice for working on that would be grand.

 

that's more leg lift strength than flexibility, IME (unless you consistently come close to pulling anadductor when you do them, it's fair to say that's likely your issue too).

 

It's not that, I don't have any trouble raising my leg until my hip starts hurting at a certain height

 

sounds like impingement, which means you're lifting the leg in the wrong direction (straight off to the side, where it doesn't go, so you impinge stuff and grind your femur against its socket). one of van zandt's stretching thread (the iso split progression one, i think) has it pretty well explained in relation to side splits.

 

I'll make a video later of my leg movement during these kicks so you can see if that's the case, I'd love to have this fixed.

 

why dont i have post traumatic stress disorder after all that i;ve been through?

 

may i go to the bathroom?

 

Except "Avalanche Shark Attack"...that is every bit as bad as you think

 

That's not fair, you know he can't reach the toilets without assistance.

 

actually i usually just tie my shoes to my hair and use it as a grappling hook.

 

...How do you throw yourself up there?! :wow:

 

My jeans aren't skinny enough to fit in my Uggz. UUUUUUHHHHHGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!


Do you have any recommendation to solve this? It's soooooooo annoying! >:O!!!!!!!!!!

 

will i ever date ronda rousey?

 

fabulously.