Using a foam roller was EXTREMELY painful... but in a good way. It definitely helps to target that particular muscle

@the_shoulder_guy

2 ай бұрын

👌💪

Chronic Teres major/minor pain here. Foam roller and lacrosse ball right on the knot in the muscle belly. Hurts like hell and you’ll be very sore for a week of doing this but it should resolve the issue.

@the_shoulder_guy

2 ай бұрын

👌 you got it

Anything else you'd add to this? I need hammer these, both side have massively impacted scapula winging, radial nerve pinching and a host of other dysfunctions for me.

Jeeez mine is incredibly painful in both shoulders. Possibly from an historic injury decades ago. Thanks

@the_shoulder_guy

4 ай бұрын

Full on. Strengthening your rhomboids and lower traps will help also.

2 month ago I started regularly zym and I played badminton regularly since last 10 year 10 days ago there is pain in some muscles back of my shoulder and under my shoulder (upper part of my armpit) now I don’t stop playing and the pain increased now I feel pain in doing back exercises like let pull down or chin up Every time that active while taking my arm behind it gives pain what should I do

@the_shoulder_guy

Ай бұрын

Hi there, the fundamental principle is ribcage dictates scapula rhythm and scapula rhythm dictates humeral rhythm so if you want to fix the relationship between the two you first want to address what's happening (more likely what's NOT happening) at the scapulothoracic space. If somethings not working there you'll get the compensatory patterns showing up like what you're experiencing now with your gym work. If you want specific help with these concepts and restoring your shoulder strength, it's what I do for students of the Bulletproof Shoulder Program --> www.bulletproofshoulders.net/3-phase-program

I certainly have pain in my left teres major but when I depress my shoulder, contracting the teres major, I also feel a painful pull that runs from the base of my neck along my pec to the armpit region…sort of going under my clavicle. Could this be because the innervation for the teres major is somehow involved too? Just can’t find out the cause of the pain🙃

@the_shoulder_guy

10 ай бұрын

That would be to do with your scalenes and brachial nerves. Potential causes, cervical spine compression of nerves, muscular/fascial adhesions under the collar bone. Try my sub-clavius release video for help with that. If your Teres major is painful is would also suggest your Pec Minor is tight, Latissimus Dorsi is probably inactive. There’s lots you can do, hard to write it all out but it’s everything I put into my Bulletproof Shoulder Online Program. Let me know if you want the link to check it out.

I guess this is what causes the sharp pain when doing overhead presses? Been releasing a few knots in my infraspinatus, shoulder pain while benching is gone but not overhead pressing

@the_shoulder_guy

3 ай бұрын

Is more the effect not the cause. Have you tried hanging much?

@mykieww

3 ай бұрын

@@the_shoulder_guy i did in the beginning but been slackin haha, i've seen the hanging recommendations a lot

@the_shoulder_guy

3 ай бұрын

@@mykieww yep it's the easiest thing you can start to do to really strengthen your shoulders. 60 seconds of hang time is the first goal. If you can't do that, keep practicing until you can.

Is this something you do every day/ few times a week?

@the_shoulder_guy

2 ай бұрын

This depends on how much work you're doing to rectify your issue. Think cause and effect. You should only do this to give your shoulder an opportunity to get stronger where you're weak (the cause). Once you're better and stronger you shouldn't have to do this much at all (the effect).

what about rhomboid pain and also teres major pain that radiates through the tricep? had it for months and it wont go away. i actively working out in gym 4 times a week. also i had stiff neck. i try doing all the exercise with precise form and didnt do heavy weight. been to many physiotherapist and it wont do anything. sometimes there is a day where i dont feel pain at all, but majority of the time i feel the pain. thanks!

@the_shoulder_guy

5 ай бұрын

Hard to say what’s the cause of and solution for that without knowing more about you (injury history, training experience and purpose, movement capacity etc). But so we can find a better solution for you, you can join my Bulletproof Shoulder Program where I personally coach you through it and give you direct feedback. Then I’ll be able to see more. www.bulletproofshoulders.net/free-trial

Iam player handball i have pain when shoting ball in same when i make external rotation what can i do help me pls🙌🙌

@the_shoulder_guy

7 ай бұрын

Slow eccentric external rotation into the range that you can’t control until you can control it. Ie build strength through the range that you require.

I have that “Teres Major pain (right under my arm pit) on both sides of my body the morning after doing pull-ups. I felt perfect doing them with no pain just the morning after. Do you think it is a tear? I have full mobility of my arms it just hurts like hell. I’ve been training for three years but I’m fairly new to pull-ups so I use the assisted pull up machine for now putting the difficulty higher on each set. But Like I said they started hurting the morning after kinda like stiffness but severe pain I tried to do some pushups ( I do 300 every day) I can still do them but it’s still pain there. I was thinking it was like my legs when I begin training them the day after they hurt like hell but once I put legs into my routine they hurt less with every routine but this pain feels different. Been adding pull ups into my routine for three days now

@the_shoulder_guy

Жыл бұрын

Good insights. By using a machine to learn pull ups it’s enabling you to do a pull up by using the wrong muscles and then strengthens that pattern as you get stronger until you get pain. Your Teres will be working harder because you’re not using your lats correctly. Try doing a 60 sec dead hang instead. See if you can. 300 push-ups a day will build a lot of tension in your pecs which needs to be countered to ensure balance in the joint. If you don’t have balanced tension you’ll end up with pain.

I am a waiter and carry trays of food at work. After work my arms are killing me. I noticed that i have so much pain on my armpit exactly where the teres major/ minor are. Is it due to that? I took 2 mris and saw no rotator cuff tear and seen different therapist for months. They told me its my back but i think its more specifically the teres major part. What do you think

@the_shoulder_guy

9 ай бұрын

If you have an issue with your Teres major/minor your initial issue would have been poor scapula mechanics which can be driven from previous injury years ago, postural issues or condition (repetitive tasks). To fix it, strengthening all the weak muscles is the key. To learn how to do that -> www.bulletproofshoulders.net/3-phase-program

Use a hard ball … then your feel the greatest pain ever

@the_shoulder_guy

Жыл бұрын

Harder isn't always better. Pain is not the goal.

I have jumped on bar to do a pull up and strained a muscle. it is hard to say where it exactly hurts like arm and back in the same time. it hurts when i try to do pull up and when i have straight arm going behind my back. Do you think it may be this muscle? i have take a break but no changed in 2month already 😢

@the_shoulder_guy

9 ай бұрын

That would indicate you weren’t using your lats correctly to pull, thus overloading your Teres major. Resting won’t fix it by itself. Learning how to create space in your shoulder to allow your muscles to work correctly and then strengthen those muscles is the key. To learn how -> www.bulletproofshoulders.net/3-phase-program

what if the teres major isnt activating doring rowing/pulling and neither stabilizing on pressing exercises? how do i train a muscle that isnt activating in exercises that supposedly activate it?

@the_shoulder_guy

10 ай бұрын

If you can feel it working it would suggest that it’s actually overactive (locked). Just my opinion. Usually I find with an overactive Teres you get an under active Lat. Try doing an upper lat exercise like Stick Extension kzread.info/dash/bejne/kXaNushupNSfhKQ.html There’s a few others that I think would help but let me know what this one does first.

I get pain behind my shoulder or armpits relates area while doing moment like standing tricep overhead extension on both side i wonder if it is related with this, sometime the pain is gone but sometime it starts and i have to avoid the moment i dont know what will work can you help?

@the_shoulder_guy

9 ай бұрын

Yes this would definitely be a part of your experience. Rib cage position and posture would also be contributing factors if it's bilateral. Also makes me wonder what the rest of your training program is like and if that is also a contributing factor? Ie Lots of Bench Press will be a contributing factor.

@hindiangamer761

9 ай бұрын

@@the_shoulder_guy I usually dont flat bench press much always go for incline or chest press machine and i dont know if thats related but i get a ton of load on neck i worked on my form but its the same, when i excercise and then i stand my brain becomes foggy for like 2-3 seconds and then i'm normal and then my neck hurts so i've like total upper back and neck problems as well. As for triceps i try to avoid that moment but its still irritating pain so i'd like to know if theres anything to solve it or if i have an overall deficiency of some nutrients

@the_shoulder_guy

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the insights. Yes if you're doing chest press machine instead of bench that is potentially worse because it enables you to do it incorrectly and get stronger in the wrong way. There's a lot you can do to change your experience, it's everything I put into my 3 Phase Program that I personally coach you through. Check it out here --> www.bulletproofshoulders.net/3-phase-program Let me know if you have any questions.

I have pain in the posterial armpit Region. I dont know if its the lattissimus tendon or the teres minor/major. I Do heavy pull ups and a lot of heavy overhead pressing. The pain gets worse when i lift my arm up or when i tense up the lats. I have pain since approximately one month and since my last Training Session my the right site starts to hurt too

@the_shoulder_guy

8 ай бұрын

Right on. Ever had an injury/trauma to your left shoulder? If your right one starts to hurt it suggests that there’s an exercise in the gym you’re doing that’s causing the issue.

@andreakrogmann-stift1850

8 ай бұрын

@@the_shoulder_guy i had shoulder pain often. But nothing too bad. Only overusing symptoms

@the_shoulder_guy

8 ай бұрын

@@andreakrogmann-stift1850 👍 overuse of one muscle suggests under-use in the opposing muscles.

@andreakrogmann-stift1850

8 ай бұрын

@@the_shoulder_guy what is the opposite muscle of the shoulder? Maybe lattissimus or teres minor/major? Or rotator cuff? (If yes, what rotator cuff muscle)

@the_shoulder_guy

8 ай бұрын

@@andreakrogmann-stift1850 your rotator cuff has been overworking because you haven’t been using your lats as your primary stabiliser. Your upper traps and pec minors are good places to start for muscles that are overworked. It’s hard to say specifically without seeing you move. Can check out my at home shoulder mobility assessment to give you more insights. www.bulletproofshoulders.net/shoulder-mobility-assessment-download

better if pt's would use terminology that doesn't sound like you're teaching another pt. Cos you're making videos for people who don't speak like this

@the_shoulder_guy

3 ай бұрын

Apologies. You’re right, a lot of anatomy language going on. Will make a simpler one 👌💪