If we understand FORM we can understand FUNCTION and consequently MOVEMENT and DYSFUNCTION. Understanding origins and insertions isn’t just for A&P class in college. Traditionally the rhomboids and serratus anterior were viewed as individual muscles and separate entities that affected the scapulco-thoracic joint. However understanding the role of fascia and the connectedness it plays throughout the entire body gives us …
Upper Body Scapular Patterns
Training the upper body isn’t always about the “what,” but more about the “how.” This article was written and posted at simplifaster.com. Complete Upper Body Training Guide for Baseball Athletes
Considerations for Training Overhead Athletes
Guest Post Written by Drew Mitchell UC-Irvine Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach www.twitter.com/uncle_drew80 Drew is a former intern of mine, and one of the smartest coaches you’ll find in the performance field. He searches continuously for knowledge looking for the best methods to train his athletes at UC-Irvine. This is a great post that gives coaches another perspective on the training …
Creating Scapular Control
It’s no secret how important the scapula is in the health of an overhead throwing athlete. A stable scapula gives rise to a healthy, mobile, glenohumeral joint. The scapula is to the shoulder, what the low back and pelvis are to the hip. The human body is always stabilizing, and mobilizing at the same time to create motion. Look no …
Lateral Band Push-Up Walks
We utilize this exercise extensively for our pitchers because of the higher demands on core stabilizers as well as scapular stabilizers. The pecs are often over dominant in athletes yet still require some stimulus due to their importance. This movement allows our athletes to train the pushup pattern but is secretly just as much of a scapular exercise requiring high …
What You Don’t Know About the Pushup
This is an article I wrote for EliteFTS.com several years back on the pushup and it’s benefits. The original article can still be found with no video links so this the updated version. It’s no secret how much I use the pushup and it’s variations to train our baseball athletes. It is not only a essential movement in our foundation …
Scapular Instability – 68% and 100%
Many times we often forget that the rotator cuff is not the end all be all with protecting pitchers and the throwing athlete. When the scapula is unable to stabilize, the shoulder, and rotator cuff is where problems occur. Injuries often occur because of dysfunction above or below the injured segment. When hamstrings are problems, glute activation is the first …
Wall Angel Series
This video is on our wall angel series which might be the best scapular movement we do. When done correctly, wall angels are one of the hardest exercises I’ve ever done. Simply put they aren’t fun and they will make athletes sore in area’s they didn’t know exist. We generally perform wall angels for 3-5 reps with controlled tempos as in a …
Scap Wall Slides for Throwing Athletes
Scap wall slides are great for the overhead athlete to activate the serratus anterior, a big time muscle for the overhead / throwing athlete. The serratus is an overlooked muscle in the grand scheme of shoulder function, but it might be on the of the most important for throwing athletes. Right now, we’re perfomring scap wall slides as an activation warmup series prior to …
The Scap Dip
A great movement for training scapular depression is the scap dip. Scap depression is extremely important for shoulder health as well as stability. Depression helps to keep the scapulae out of a rounded over, and pulled forward position. The pec minor as well as the lower trapezius are responsible for scap depression. Often, the lower trap is inhibited, and has been lengthened through …
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