Hyper-mobility

dizzydiva2606
dizzydiva2606 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Loving the fact I'm becoming a gym junkie, hating the fact trainers are pushing me to use my left shoulder which "pops out" due to hyper mobility
Anyone have any ideas as to how I can complete upper body excersizes with pain???

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  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    I'm actually hit with the opposite problem but understand hypermobility can be just as bad. Here is a pretty decent article that talks about the situation.

    http://www.jensinkler.com/cressey-joint-hypermobility/

    Google Eric Cressey, he's a trainer that has developed a reputation for working with baseball players and shoulders. He has a bunch of free articles on his website as well as sites.

    Talk to your trainer. He/she should be aware of your issue from working with you. If the trainer is not willing to modify to fit your body dump them.

    Best of luck.
  • SMKing75
    SMKing75 Posts: 84 Member
    I have hypermobility also and unfortunately, I have not been able to improve my shoulder issues. My PT told me my shoulder "could" improve but doubted I could ever get it to stop popping completely. She also said I could re-injure it by pushing myself.
  • katieolson86
    katieolson86 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm an Athletic Therapist, and I can say that for people i'm rehabbing with this issue that scapular stabilization exercises are key.
    If you can increase the muscles around the shoulder girdle (rotator cuff, lower/mid traps, rhomboids etc), and ensure you are in a neutral position while doing the upper body exercises it should make a big difference.

    Hope you're able to sort it out!
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Well, first thing is that you shouldn't be trying to push past actual pain.

    I'm hyper mobile myself, and the stronger I make the muscles, the less issues I have related to the hypermobilty. Slow and steady does it - it took 6 months to initially resolve the hypermobilty in my SI joints to allow me to even squat or pull the bar, and now I can squat 145kg and pull 167.5.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Don't let your shoulder pop out. Don't do anything in a range of motion that allows that to happen. Stay in the middle 50% of any movement (or whatever it is for you, however much you can do without feeling it slip out). Keep weights light. Always be mindful of form.

    Also, ditch this trainer if he's not hearing you when you tell him your shoulder is popping out and it hurts. He does not understand how to work with a hypermobile client.
  • dizzydiva2606
    dizzydiva2606 Posts: 8 Member
    Thankyou!
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    I'm actually hit with the opposite problem but understand hypermobility can be just as bad. Here is a pretty decent article that talks about the situation.

    http://www.jensinkler.com/cressey-joint-hypermobility/

    Google Eric Cressey, he's a trainer that has developed a reputation for working with baseball players and shoulders. He has a bunch of free articles on his website as well as sites.

    Talk to your trainer. He/she should be aware of your issue from working with you. If the trainer is not willing to modify to fit your body dump them.

    Best of luck.

  • dizzydiva2606
    dizzydiva2606 Posts: 8 Member
    Thankyou!
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