# my shoulders See [[body and injury log]] and [[work out log]] Connected: [[my neck]], [[bicep]], [[pectorals]] [[pull-ups]] ## Exercises that use them... - [[dead hang]] - [[push-ups]] ## Notes In 2023 The right shoulder sits well above the left shoulder (has since at least 2018 but likely much earlier). I was told they were hyper flexible by a rheumatologist in 2009ish. Not told that since. ## Related - [[ambidexterity]] - [[pectorals]] - [[rhomboids]] # My right shoulder TLDR - Do not sleep on it. Do [[CARs]]. [[sleeping on my side]] [[bicep curls]] seem to agrivate it 2023-12-25 ## Old notes There has been something wrong with my right shoulder. It is unclear to me how to make it better. Do I use it or not use it? Physio seems to make it worse at least temporarily (I think it makes it off for about a day) I think I might be fixating on this [[Obsessive Compulsions|obsessively]] It feels a little pinched. It also feels like it might be an issue of [[arthritis]]. ## What makes it better? - [[mindfulness]] helps more than anything - [[too sensitive]] ## What anatomy is relevant here? - https://www.zygotebody.com/ -It feels like the following are off supraspinatus levator scapulea trapezius feels a little tighter infraspinatus teres major teres minor ## Maybe try... - breath and relax it - ?sling - ? [[KT Tape]] - [[posture]] corrector? - cortesol shot? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7hpJU50qc - [[sleep without a pillow]] ## Let's assume whenever my shoulder is up and forward is bad. When does it happen? - [[typing]]- - pretty much most times I'm using my arm [[ask how long]]? ## History of this injury. For many years I was in a holding pattern of my shoulder injuring and then I wouldn't use it until it stopped bothering me. [[inaction is not an option]] An [[inflammation location]]. It sits higher much higher than my left. [[using my left]] [[ergonomics]] #Meta/Important ## Treatment plan? - #Self/INeedHelp - #Meta/AddClarity - Maybe try that massage person James mentioned ## How to help it? - I'm not certain ## When it acts up - [[pickle ball]], espcially wide swings - lifting weights - after physio - anything inflamatory - ## Physio Exercises - 3lb clamshell of arm - all fours, lower sternum with shoulder blades then back to nuetral - [[physio bands]] pull apart using shoulder blades My right shoulder acts up during [[pickle ball]]. ## Possible Causes... - Short left leg and it is being pulled - racket injury from [[ping pong]] or [[pickle ball]] - something a long long time ago - sleeping on it - general [[Inflammation]] / [[arthritis]] ## Related -