- Brad. I hate to be the one that tells you this-
- Yes?
- but as you get older,
you tend to lose shoulder motion.
And the problem with that, is it often causes pain.
- Yeah. Well, the shoulder's got,
When I was in school
seven joints made up the shoulders.
I have a hard time remembering all of 'em
but it's kind of technical, but,
- Alright-
- we won't bore.
- We'll show you how to get it moving again.
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- So first you're gonna need some type of stick, Brad.
- Right.
- A Booyah Stik,
What is a that, a mop?
- Yeah.
- A broom stick?
- Yeah. It needs to be about four,
five feet long is preferable.
- Right, or dowel?
- Yeah, piece of Dolly PVC pipe,
inch, inch and a half in diameter.
But whatever you have will work, You'll see.
- But let's get started.
- Yes.
- The First one is called the-
after you Brad you deemed it, the
- [Both] Statue of Liberty.
- Yes, And this is why, you kind of look like
the Statue of Liberty. - Alright, so you start
by reaching up as high as you can,
walk ahead up the stick as high as you can.
And then with the bottom secured,
you're gonna lean forward.
- So the bottom of the thing is secured,
If there's a rubber tip on it works great.
So it doesn't slip. In this case.
a mop actually has a nice swivel.
It works really nice in this case, this is too low for me.
So I'm gonna have to go off of my chair,
I'm gonna flip it this way, 'cuz that's too big,
and then I'm gonna take a shoe
and put it right there and that keeps it from slipping,
and then you have your Statue of Liberty mop.
- And after you do it once,
you can reach again and go higher yet.
- Oh yes
- You can also, Brad, I just started this.
- Yeah? - You can actually
turn the Palm out-
- Palm out?
- And go out to side like this.
- Oh, yes, abduction, So you could see I-
did you explain when you lean,
it actually pulls and stretches.
- It does traction of all sorts.
- And it really gives you a lot of leverage,
So it works out well.
- People are really happy how it progresses their arm.
- Yeah, how you get that extension major motion.
So you're gonna do maybe five to 10 of these hold
and stretch or you can just hold it
for 15 to 30 seconds. - Right, feels great.
- Yep.
- Should be no pain.
- Might wanna do both shoulders
so you don't end up uneven.
- There you go.
(whooshing noise)
- All right. this one, I gotta attribute
to Robin McKenzie.
- Sure.
- It's a shoulder extension, So we're gonna go back
- Right, not out to the side, but straight behind
you. Oh, there's
- Palm down,
- Yep.
- thumb down,
And I'm gonna go back like this.
- Yep. - Like I'm paddling a canoe.
- If you have one of these, make sure you flip it
down so you can imagine it paddling.
(Brad whooshes)
- And stretch it when you get back.
- Yep. I love to do this one, I do this one every day,
just about three or four reps, maybe five reps
and I stretch there and you can feel this whole anterior
aspect of the shoulder get a nice stretch.
- When you're doing a lot of work, over head work,
- Yep. - Brad, you should do some
of these as a counterbalance.
- Yep. A little, both directions.
- There we go.
- And it's good for your posture as well.
(whooshing noise)
- The next one, Brad, is shoulder internal rotation.
- That's a weird one, what are we talking about?
- This is where the Booyah Stik really helps
- Yep, - because it slides
along the back.
- Yeah, so makes you have a shirt on
- And if you're tall it's a problem
because you hit the ceiling.
- Well just slide down, there you go.
Yeah, you poke a hole in the ceiling.
That's an issue.
But this is the shoulder that we're stretching.
This looks a little awkward to get into with my patients,
I say, put the stick in front of you,
put your thumb down, grab it there,
this is the shoulder that's getting stretched,
go over the top of your head
and it ends up in the right place, thumb up here.
Sometimes it's hard to get ahold of-
There we go. And in this situation,
if you're tall enough and you got some dirt on the ceiling,
you go up there and...
- Get rid of that. - wash it.
- Scratch your back at the same time.
- Again, all of these should not create sharp pain,
just to stretch in the shoulder.
(whoosing noise)
- Next one, shoulder external rotation.
So take a hand, slide it palm up,
thumb between the finger and the thumb,
go like this and lift and turn like that,
and now you gotta be real gentle with this one,
- Yeah, this is a vulnerable part
for the- Force on the shoulder.
- You don't wanna do this one if your shoulders dislocate.
- Yep, so again this is gonna be
for more advanced shoulders that wants
some external rotation. Gentle, gentle.
- Very gentle.
(whoosing noise)
Next one is shoulder abduction.
A, means to go away from the body.
- So you're gonna start with your palm facing out
or down and you're gonna use the other arm as the force
- Right, yep, the lever force, whatever you wanna call it.
- And you can just gently work your way out.
- So I have my thumb in, you could do out was probably the-
- More effective way?
- Yep. So when you get up your thumb
is pointing up towards the ceiling and again
it's straight out to the side, stretch-
Ow, it hurts, that's too far, just a gentle stretch.
- Hang around, we can just show you a bonus one.
- Ooh bonus. Excellent.
(whooshing noise)
- All right. Brad calls this one, the chicken wing.
♪ Chicken Wing eggy- ♪
- So start again with your thumb down, fist down,
- Yep.
- Come around your head-
- Over the top so you end up-
This is a little advanced but once you get it, it's easy.
- Now I'm stretching the right one.
- Right. The one behind-
The Palm will go away from your back here, thumb up
- Again, this is very aggressive.
I wouldn't do this with shoulders
that dislocate or (indistinct) arthritis.
- Yep, yeah.
And it's not a real painful shoulder's gonna do this.
- You go up a little bit and then out
- Like that, don't hit yourself in the head with the stick.
- For some reason,
this works really well with shoulder impingement.
- Boy, this one I've been doing it's-
been a nice compliment over the last-
- I stopped doing it, but it was great for me.
- Yeah.
- When I needed it. - Well,
and then if you wanna switch and the other arm
you simply leave it there and do the big switcheroo.
Again, if you get frustrated and your hands get tangled up,
that's kind of normal.
- Just don't hit your head.
As Brad already said.
- Oh, this one feels really good today.
I like the- and if you're a swimmer, these are great.
Really good, if you're a swimmer, which most people aren't.
All right Bob, anything else? A bonus bonus?
- No, that's it.
- Okay, Very good, make sure-
- We can fix about anything-
- Except for
- A broken heart.
- Right. But I'm thinking this has something to do with it.
we could kind of scrub around on there
a little bit, polish up that chest and get that
- Make it start again.
- Yeah, there ya go.
Here, I'll give ya a-
(Brad mimics a boom)
Alright, whatever. Have a good day.
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