+ 3 Relief for tight achy shoulders
The older I get the more my shoulders and joints acne and it hinders my workouts especially on pull-ups and side lateral raises.
I've been taking piperine and cumerin to aid in reducing the imflamation.
What's really helped is grabbing a tennis ball and rolling my shoulder out with the tennis ball between me and the wall. Place it on the anterior tip of my shoulder near the acromion and put pressure on it and find the sore spot and roll it out and hold it there also pressing it out for 1 minute or 2. You'd be suprised how sore and tight it really is in that area when you work deep into the muscle tissue.
I've found that the sorest area is on the posterior side of the acromion and supraspinatus and once I work that area out with the tennis ball i have full ROM with little to no joint pain. I believe a lot of the stiffness and achy joints come from muscle being so tense and not relaxing which makes it taxing on ligaments, tendons and joints. Try this out sometime and you'll see what I'm talking about.
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Most lifters have shoulder issues. Well when I came across this it literally was miraculous how such a simple action could alleviate the pain...bump
I love doing this after every upper body day. Although I use a lacrosse ball since a tennis ball squishes too much to really get deep in there
Pump! Brother I owe you a huge thank you for this post! You're aware of the lgd 4033 and how it effected my shoulder in a positive way. Although I have been able to lift much more comfortably because of that...nothing like today. I have been utilizing the ball rolling it on both shoulders for around 2 days extensively. Today was shoulder day. I've continued to work through the up and down pain for years, it being more noticeable working shoulders ofcourse. Its been ages since I could go really heavy on overhead lifts and laterals. Well let me tell you about today! So yea, shoulder day, not too thrilled knowing I have to play it super safe and hinder my willingness to go heavy. Wtf brother!!? I warm up the shoulders throw a 25 plate on each side prepared to do behind the head presses. Upon lifting the bar, hmm, no pain! So I began to lower it, no pain! Even lower, no fucking pain! Well shit howdy lets do some reps. Stand up, throw a 45 on each side which has pretty much been as heavy as I can go as of late. Lift the bar, no damn pain! Proceed to rep it, No pain! Now I'm plain thrilled! Judging by how I felt absolutely nothing I test the waters and throw another plate so 2 plates. I gingerly lift the bar waiting for any sign of pain so I can stop immediately! Fucking nothing! Now I'm in complete shock! I think holy crap, pumps advice may have just literally changed my lifting world! I rep that 225 fresh as can be. I'm one to test the waters so I think to myself, could I possibly do 3 plates like yesteryears on this lift!??? No effin way! Wrong! I put the 3 plates on and hit 5 solid reps. Granted I use to do sets of 12 with that but I've lost power in that area because of the bum shoulder/shoulders. Brother no pain! I cant wrap my head around how 2 days of rolling a ball on my shoulders against the wall has in essence become a miracle cure! I didn't go into lateral work because I just plain forgot in my excitement and proceeded to burn out on military pressing. I want to thank you in a huge way for relaying this information. As a guy who finds the most joy by lifting, my shoulder days have been lost. Until now! With your advice my shoulder day has been found!
LMAO! Just don't over do it and blow your shoulder out you freaking beast. It sounds like the combo of LGD 4033 and rolling around on hard balls
is doing the trick. I glad you got your shoulder mojo back brother. And I appreciate your helpful input on this and the updates on the LGD. Keep marching bolt, go for the gold.
Hahaha shoulder height is as close as any damn balls are getting to my face brother lmao! I will take it easy I was just on a high! No pain full range of motion still. This advice was genius in my world so again thank you for the magic ball trick lol! On another note, I might be noticing a slight slimming around the belt area arising from the lgd...only about as noticeable as a big dump so Ill give it a day or two to identify if that was why lol
That's what I keep hearing about the LGD. I'm going to give it a whirl during my next cycle. Also wanted to mention lying on the floor with the ball under your back, under the shoulder blades and spinal area and erectors, find the sore spot and just lay there for awhile, it's almost euphoric, I tell my wife it's better than sex while she is laughing at me wallowing on the floor, then she tries to prove me wrong later.
Hahaha ill definitely see if I can't coax up that same scenario with the wifey brother! I already know that's going to hurt good!
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Got the lacrosse ball and holy crap! The way it hits the deep tissue is intense. It is definitely painful but in a good way. I can really see this being a huge help so thank you for the info!
Almost better than sex huh, lol.
Well with my newly revitalized shoulders coming soon. Ill be able to contort the wifey into those teenage positions while holding myself up not smashing her during sex once again lol!
Lol yeah I'm sure she's tired of getting smoothered will 300 lbs of beef laying on top of her haha, I bet she could bench 250 by now.
Hahaha now that is funny! Shoot with one pissed off look she can move all the beef wherever she wants with ease.
Nice information here. Shoulder discomfort is definitely an issue for myself. At times I lose lateral movement if tweaked slightly off angle during heavy lifting. I'm always calculated and conscious of my bum shoulders but occasionally I fuck up...to be blunt. Will definitely try this. To Big5 tomorrow for a lacrosse ball
SMR, self myofacial release, is becoming more popular with foamrollers and trigger point ball being the most common. It's a great way to mobilize your own joints and massage the muscles. If you have tightness in your quads, try foamrolling them on especially the TI-band. Tight hams and glutes can be worked with the ball, just as you say - find the sore spot and keep the pressure on it for 30-60 seconds or until relief. Instead of a tennis ball, which usually is kind of soft, you could go with a lacrosse ball. Stiffer, tougher and still rubbery. These tools and tecniques can save you big time on physiotherapy or other manual release therapy!
Thanks! I will try the lacrosse ball. I do use the foam roller on back and quads like you mention, I find using the ball hits the fine spots like deep spinal erectors and shoulder joints. Appreciate the advice brother.
Welcome. I'm studying physiotherapy and use, among others, the trigger point tecniques on many of my patients. How ever, if the problem is simple enough, theres no reason one couldn't do it themself! The ball is great for the finer touch. Tightness or dysfunction in quads or back can also be worked by rolling the ball in the "cuts" or intersections of the muscles i.e. between rectus femoris and vastus lateralis and so on, to loosen up the connections. Can result in Better biomechanics = more strength, better tecnique and less pain.
I agree. Joints do get stiff and hard that's why I always incorporate stretching and warm up before and after my workouts. I will surely try this Tennis ball you suggested, Thanks for a useful post