I now have the privilege of uploading videos to YouTube that are longer than 15 minutes. I am guessing that I have passed a certain number of uploads and maintained a positive status with You Tube. So basically I have not uploaded any iphone videos of a Bruins broadcast or anything like that. I did recently post a series of videos on You Tube giving a basic overview of the OPT Model over the course of five videos. Visit my YouTube channel if you want to see them http://youtube.com/theericbeard. You probably notice that I have been investing my time outside of my blog lately I logged in last week to post and spent an hour fixing the typos in my last post. Sheesjh! What a stinker! My apologies for letting that go out. The content was good but what a mess! So that is fit for public consumption and worth a peak when you have time

More importantly is that I uploaded an entire DVD of mine to You Tube. It is finishing processing right now. The DVD is actually the prologue installment for my DVD series Secrets and Staples of Training the Athletic Shoulder. (of course available at http://athleticshoulder.com ) it is 54 minutes long and has some greta stuff in it if I do say so myself. Please watch it and let me know what you think! I am confident that you will find it helpful.

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard
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Corrective Exercise Specialist
AthleticShoulder.com
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Impingement is right up there as well statistically…

Question; can we prevent overuse injuries in elite junior tennis players?

Or do we just rehab or surgically repair it all the time?

maybe we should be doing this BEFORE an injury instead of after…

Tennis elbow is also a common diagnosis for tennis players and also an overuse injury. Where does tennis elbow come from? The elbow? Interesting that one study indicated that 64% of those who were diagnosed with tennis elbow also had a shoulder injury….hmmmm.

According to Wikipedia;

Tennis elbow is a condition where the outer part of the elbow becomes painful and tender. It’s a condition that is commonly associated with playing tennis, though the injury can happen to almost anybody.^[1]

The condition is more formally known as lateral epicondylitis (“inflammation to the outside elbow bone”)^[2], lateral epicondylosis, or simply lateral elbow pain.

You could shoot yourself up with cortisone once every couple of months for a year like this guy did to treat his tennis elbow (obviously don’t do that unless you are a licensed professional)…

…or you could try and prevent it or treat it alternatively. Your choice.

Question; during which aspect of the game of tennis is one most likely to injure their shoulder?

a) backhand strokes
b) forehand strokes
c) serving
d) during dynamic flexibility drills in the warm-up

What is your answer?

Thanks for reading have to get ready for my next client, a fellow massage therapist who has shoulder pain!

Do you think I will perform an integrated assessment and prescribe corrective exercise for him?

Eric Beard
Athletic Performance Enhancement Specialist
Corrective Exercise Specialist
theericbeard.blogspot.com
www.ericbeard.com

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What about an integrated assessment by a corrective exercise specialist to find the root of the problem?

Ask.com says;

“Treatment involves resting the shoulder and avoiding activities that cause pain. Ice packs applied to the shoulder and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs will help reduce inflammation and pain.

Physical therapy to strengthen the muscles of the rotator cuff should be started. If the pain persists or if therapy is not possible because of severe pain, a steroid injection may reduce pain and inflammation enough to allow effective therapy.

If the rotator cuff has sustained a complete tear, or if the symptoms persist despite conservative therapy, surgery may be necessary. Arthroscopic surgery can remove bone spurs and inflamed tissue around the shoulder.

Small tears can be treated with arthroscopic surgery. Newer techniques allow even large tears to be repaired arthroscopically, although some large tears require open surgery to repair the torn tendon.”

Sure this is just from a website, but this protocol is probably pretty standard treatment for rotator cuff tendinitis. This is a relatively common injury for tennis players, who make up a great deal of my practice.

Impingement is a fairly common injury as well…

…with significant tears of the rotator cuff being less frequent with my clientele.

What really needs to be addressed is the alignment and function of the thoracic spine and scapulae

These two areas seem to be omitted from many rehabilitation protocols. This is a shame b/c addressing the inflammation at the rotator cuff will help with the symptom, but rarely the cause. the same thing with biceps tendinitis that elicits anterior shoulder pain. The thoracic spine must rotate and the scapulae mus be lined up long before the rotator cuff is strengthened. This just leads to repeated dysfunction at the shoulder joint or elsewhere through the kinetic chain.

Remember to have a corrective exercise specialist perform an integrated assessment which in turn will help to create a program that promotes athletic longevity, injury prevention and enhanced athletic performance!

Have to turn in, have an awesome workshop to deliver in Pittssburg the next two days and I have to be up early!

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard
Athletic Performance Enhancement Specialist
Corrective Exercise Specialist
theericbeard.blogspot.com
www.ericbeard.com

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