https://vimeo.com/357987275 Eb brilliantly demonstrates good and bad technique in the All 4's position with feet in straps - a very tough exercise to do well, but very low load for lumbar structures - so it's safe! Great the emphasis at…
https://vimeo.com/357987159 Unedited class teaching time where Eb ensures students are fully activating their gleno-humeral and scapular pushing stabilizer muscles through the use of tubing ("Iso-Integration Technique") pulling backwards, and cueing (external rotation of upper arm and good protraction for Serratus…
A simpler rehab combo for you today…however it kinda breaks the rules we have been playing by (where you loosen one area in order to help activateanother). Rather, in today’s video we are loosening the same area we are activating, and we…
If you have ever been to any of our face to face workshops on the shoulder …then you will know that we strongly advise you to prioritise LOOSENING of the external rotators of the cuff rather than strengthen them. Later…
Thanks for the fun feedback from our first Stretchband video - now for the second one highlighting what this cool tool so frequently used by Australian Athletes can do for you. Going for some Chest Love this time ;) -…
Well, we have finally come to our last Serratus Anterior video (though I could make another 100!)… a more complex integration exercise guaranteed to increase whole body synergy, warm-up and a multitude of secondary benefits (like better Glut Max like…
I’m wondering if you also have a similar question to the one that Australian Rehab Trainer John wrote in with last week? (LOVE these types of questions by the way!): Hi Ulrik, The taping video you released recently when…
Did you clearly understand the take-home message from last week's article by Chris? It was simply: Scapular Packing utilises the opposite movement to Serratus Anterior so you need to be very selective in when you use it. Use it with arms closer to the…
Are getting that if you have any shoulder, neck or thoracic problems you need to be doing these Serratus Anterior Drills I’m giving you? Do them 2-3 x daily even if they are easy! WHY you say? Because it is…
Our very own Physiotherapist - Educator Mark Davis is demonstrating on the shorter video how to do the “Body Builder” for Serratus but this time standing up! It’s actually been a long-time favourite of mine if you need a quick wake up…
Don’t worry I won’t try and turn you into a Body Builder! :) Are you ready to crack on a with a fantastic series of drills to wake up, integrate and empower yours and your client’s Serratus Anterior? Regardless if…
Ok, so now we have really explored what the movement of the shoulder looks like if Serratus Anterior functions poorly - you will see winging, excessive early elevation, poor scapular posture such as overactive pecs closing the chest, poor elevation preventing good…
Overhead Shoulder Press is the pinnacle of shoulder movements in terms of functionality and optimisation of movements of the whole upper body. If you haven’t got every element of your kinetic chain in good working order and synergising well, something…
I’m having so much fun making the videos for this Serratus series - in this one I use my own genetically winged scapula to show you how poor Serratus can look - and how it can be trained to disappear…
Do you know how to check if a client has a weak Serratus Anterior? It’s EASY - simply watch them do a Push-up from the knees (actually the All-4’s position above is perfect, especially if they are elderly or have…
POOR SERRATUS - POOR POSTURE I’m delighted to be writing from Nelson Chong’s Functional Training Institutein Singapore. This place has become unofficially our Rehab Trainer HQ! - simply because they are so passionate and experienced in blending Functional Training and Rehab…
SUSPENDED STRETCHING - PEC Hope you got serious value out of Neck stretching last week! This week we attack the oh-so-commonly tight Pecs (the deeper Pec Minor and Surface Pec Major) that cause so many types of shoulder, neck, and…
Here is a video I took from Rehab Trainer Essentials last year to demonstrate a very complex (yet oh so simple once you get the hang of it) Pec-Loosening Myofascial Release with our old friend the Posture Pro and Rehab…
HOLDING PATTERN #4 CLOSING THE CHEST Hi, I had some fun making the Holding Pattern Video today so do forgive the silliness at the end (and why don’t you go ahead and have some fun as well with clients!), as…
HOW'S YOUR SOCKET-BALL? How did you go seeing on your clients how the cable pull movement can be different on different bodies? As we saw last Friday, Pec Minor is a real bugger for many people… and I do think…
CAN YOU SPOT PEC MINOR DOMINANCE IN THE PULL MOVEMENT? Do you know how to spot if Pec Minor is Dominant over Lower Trapezius in the Pull Movement? It's an extremely common cause of neck / upper back / shoulder…
Many overhead athletes (tennis players, baseball throwers, surfers, etc) and fitness enthusiasts have had to end their careers and sports due to a gradual wearing down of the space in their "socket-ball" joint (note: often people say "ball and socket"…
Hi again, … and an energetic "G'day Mate!" from the Filex Fitness Convention in Melbourne, Australia, where this weekend four of our elite Sports Physiotherapist Rehab Trainer educators are busy teaching and learning! The Conference sees us focusing our teaching efforts on…
How’s the name of this exercise series for a great start to the year - "Sky Punching”! In this series a lot more than just Serratus is being targeted … in fact your abdominals may scream more in this series…
SERRATUS WITH THORACIC ROTATION DRILLS I hope you’ve been adding some specific Serratus Anterior work into client exercise sessions! Add them into rest periods as a “Filler”, or do 2 min warm-ups and 2 min warm-downs of these Serratus drills. …
THE SERRATUS PLANK WITH EXTRAS This a very cool Serratus drill that turns the simple plank (which I normally think is a pretty poor exercise in itself, personally because it is so static) into an “Iso-Integration” drill for excellent rotator…