Today was the day to dig into what is new in the research world.

To be honest, I started it in yesterday’s blog post.

In yesterday’s blog post I talked about new research in muscle imbalances.

Yes, there is research about it. More and more keeps coming out.

Now to today’s research.

Harrington S, Padua D, Battaglini C, Michener LA, Giuliani C, Myers J, Groff D. (2011). Comparison of shoulder flexibility, strength, and function between breast cancer survivors and healthy participants. J Cancer Surviv. 2011 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print]

I know this is a little new for me, to be talking about breast cancer and exercise.

I have been having more questions about this of late, plus it reminds me of the group of breast cancer survivors that I trained while working in Penticton, BC, Canada.

The ladies were a group from a local Dragon boating team that were all cancer survivors.  It was amazing to train these ladies and they were so much fun.

Here we go into the research.

What They Looked At:

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Now continuing on with my predictions when it comes to exercise and injury trends we will see in 2011.

PREDICTION 3

Focus on Scapular Muscle

I love the shoulder.

From training thousands of clients and helping thousands of fitness professionals, when it comes to injuries, one of the areas that most people ask for my help in is the shoulder.

A big issue I have been seeing in more clients and fitness professionals has to do with the scapular muscles.

Let me go through an observation.

Common Scapular Issue

I have done a variety of testing for companies.

They have asked me to come in and test to see if their new employees have the physical ability to do their job. I will design, assess, and test the new employees. This is fun work, as it is different than training clients with injuries.

When I test 50 to 60 year olds compared to 20 to 30 year olds, there is a big difference when it comes to their scapular muscles.

The older adult has better activation, strength, and endurance when it comes to their scapular muscles when they are pushing, pulling, carrying, and lifting.

In the younger adult, you see a drastic difference.

Problem with Scapular Muscles Today

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Getting the Most From Scapular Exercises

I want to share with you a story about a client that came to see me looking for help with his shoulder impingement.

Like most of my client, he has seen a lot of different people for his shoulder impingement.  Some of them include doctor, chiropractor, massage therapist, acupuncturist and physical therapist.

He has had minimum success with the above, he saw my blog and thought he would give me a go.  He has tried the rest, why not try me.

I do like the shoulder and the challenge of figuring out what is going wrong when it comes to what is going on in a muscle imbalance perspective.

Within two session, we have got to a point where he can abduct his shoulder to 180 degrees compared to 90 degrees when he first saw me.

I can’t take all the credit, the big thing is he did the scapular exercises I gave him.

Let me share with you why this client had such great results with his shoulder impingement in just two session.

3 Steps to Scapular Exercise Success

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Videos of Each of the Scapular Stabilization Exercises

Here is an exercise from the scapular stabilization exercise program:

What Shoulder Injuries Need to do Scapular Stabilization Exercises

Here is another video that I did to explain what shoulder injuries need to add scapular stabilization exercises to their exercise program.

Scapular Stabilization Exercise Program

Shoulder injuries lead to pain, prevent people from doing the things they love and make the simples tasks painful. Many will lean to exercises to help them recover from their shoulder injury. But too often strength exercises will lead to slower recovery from a shoulder injury. What needs to be done before strengthening the shoulder is activating, building endurance and strengthening the scapular stabilizer muscles. Adding this one step will speed up the recovery from a shoulder injury and prevent re-injury of the shoulder.

How the Program will help you:

- You will discover what is Scapular Stabilization?
- It will be explained why Scapular Stabilizers are so Important?
- What Muscles Make Up Scapular Stabilization?
- What are the Causes of Why Ones Scapular stabilizers are Not Working?
- How can you Prevent Scapular Stabilization Injury?
- How can Exercise Help Rehabilitate Scapular Stabilization Muscles?
- What exercises can help?
- Who Should Not Do these Exercises?

To get more information on the scapular exercise program, click the “Add to Cart” buton:

INSTRUCTOR: Rick Kaselj – MS., B.Sc., PK, CPT, CEP, CES

Rick Kaselj specializes in exercise rehabilitation, post-rehab, active rehabilitation, exercise therapy and corrective exercise. He works in one-on-one and group rehabilitation settings, training people who have been injured at work, in car accidents and during sport activities. His clients and group exercise participants include a wide variety of individuals from healthy and special populations. Rick has given over 233 presentations to 4531 fitness professionals and consumers across Canada while continuing to work in rehabilitation centers, physiotherapy clinics, fitness clubs and personal training studios. Rick recently completed his Masters of Science degree focusing on corrective exercise and therapeutic exercise for the rotator cuff. To reach Rick

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Other Scapular Exercise Blog Posts

Exercises For Injuries blog is always growing.  One of the topics I blog often about is scapular exercises.  Here are some previews blog posts on the topic that will help you:

Getting the Most from Your Scapular Exercises – The keys to get the results you are looking for from the scapular stabilization exercise program.

Quick Way of Assessing Your Client’s Scapula – Key areas that a fitness professional should look at when looking at a client’s scapula.

If you are looking for a scapular stabilization exercise program to help you overcome your shoulder injury, click the “Add to Cart” button to get it:

Rick Kaselj, MS

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