Weak Rotator-CUFFED
It was the first Sunday Ultimate Frisbee this spring – within a minute of play I passed high to my friend, Andy. He reached up for the disc – & came down in a HEAP! BACK SPASMS!!!
(I guess I got the assist…)
My errant pass was the trigger.
Spasm is painful protective involuntary muscular contraction- our nervous system shuts us down if the body may damage itself (particularly the spine).
A significant precursor to back spasm is WEAK ROTATOR CUFFS!
The Rotator Cuff and Prevention
Shouldering the Low Back – Weak Muscles behind the shoulder set up agony in the back
Your Rotator Cuff is a family of four potentially powerful muscles running from the shoulder blade to a rough, boney mound at the outer top of your arm called your Greater Tubercle.
What is Your Rotator Cuff Supposed To Do???
The Conditioned Rotator Cuff, attached to THE BACK of the arm, rolls our shoulders back maintaining alignment and upper body posture.
When You Have a Weak Rotator Cuff, Gravity pushes the shoulders to HINGE FORWARD.
Your forward bend KEEPS YOUR LOW BACK CHRONICALLY LOADED! (See PowerWire #14)
Worse, when one rotator cuff is weaker than the other, your ASYMMETRICAL FORWARD LEAN twists the spine!!...This is your predisposition to SPASM.
Ironically, it is a WEAK Rotator Cuff cuffing us to low back pain and a STRONG CUFF which sets us free!!
Practice Strategic Strength for Your Rotator Cuff and get the back of your shoulders strong and SYMMETRICAL.
Learn Strategic Strength for the Rotator Cuff and much more at the BE YOUR OWN PERSONAL TRAINER seminar from RanksAcademy!