PhysioMonkey

Ran my second ever juggling workshop on Saturday just gone.  After the previous session I decided it'd be best to stick to one area and the shoulder seems most likely to be of relevance to jugglers and others so that's what was picked.

I dropped the numbers to 12 max but only 9 showed up at the time.  This actually worked well and meant groups of 3 which I reckon worked out better than 2's would have.

One problem was that most of the attendees didn't see the ad's before the day so some didn't have suitable tops on but we worked around that pretty well.

Started with "normal" posture and how variances would change how the shoulder moved.  This was a good start and people could see what differences could come about from a minor alteration. I think this was the hook for most folk there. 

Following from this we looked at each other's shoulders to spot differences in the "normal".  So winging, pseudo-winging and poor scapular position were all noted.  Then moved onto control of the shoulder blade.  Many many thanks to all the attendees for letting us all look at them in such detail.  Particular thanks to Anwen and Hugh.

I'd allowed an hour but the session took 90 minutes and there was still plenty more to do.

Good feedback from some attendees and these were the ones most affected by the issues.  Enjoyable and I think it was useful.

Hi folks

This is a temporary post only.  I have attached a Word doc here which is a summary of the articles I've been looking at for work on stretches and their relevance or not to injury prevention.  It's not huge or detailed but tells you what the studies say even if it doesn't discuss details of the quality of that article.

Hope it's of use to those of you interested.

Have fun.