Shoulder Stability for Hypermobility

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Enjoy your FREE tutorial on a shoulder stability exercise. Those who join the 6 week course will receive:

• One LIVE 45 min class each week with QA to follow (recording is available to revisit class for 3 months)

• Weekly tutorial videos, like the following, that never expire

• Accessible and progressive course with a specific weekly focus (Breath/Pelvic Placement, Ribs/Shoulder Stability, “Core”, Glutes/Knees, Gait (walking), and Strength Training)

Learn home exercises to stabilize your joints and balance your muscles. At the end of the course you will have the tools to create your own daily routine specific for your body!

Shoulder stability band exercise

For those who learn easier via reading or to take on the go, here is an written version of the exercise:

Step 1:  Sit with flexband flat against back ribs and crossed in front of torso at the peck line. Hold the band with straight wrists elbows by sides knuckles forwards.

Action: Use the band to focus breath into the back and sides of lungs. Initiate breath from bottom of ribs out to sides, avoiding chest breathing.

Step 2: Cross the band like a sash over the tip of the shoulder blade (the acromion process) and the head of the upper arm bone (the humerus). Hold the band with the opposite hand wrist long.

Action: From the bottom tip of the scapula on the back side of the body (the inferior angle), elevate the shoulder blade straight up towards the ear without engaging the side neck muscles then control back down.

Tip: think of pulling the bottom tip of the shoulder blade through the back side of the body and out through the chest.

Progress: to making half circles (capital letter “Ds”) to the back; elevate the shoulder blade up, draw it back then down then straight up again (avoid tipping the shoulder blade forward in space).

Step 3: Test the magic! Ditch the band and bring arm palm facing forward, thumb towards ceiling at about 45 degrees to the front/side of the body.

Action: Engage back armpit to pinky finger to lift the arm from the shoulder blade (or scapula) drawing the shoulder blade down the back and wrapping it towards the back of the armpit. This can be small, stay within a comfortable range of motion. Repeat the arm test on the other side and compare the two sides

Step 4: (Repeat steps 1-3 on the other side):