The sports careers of bigtime and recreational athletes are often ended with shoulder injuries and SportsEdTV’s Summer Huntington has exercise routines to prevent them.
She’s not alone in urging athletes to care for their shoulders.
Dr. Brad Carofino, Hampton Rhodes shoulder expert advises athletes to enlist in a strengthening program that helps all of the muscles of the shoulder, not just the ones that you use on a regular basis to perform your sport.
Summer Huntington to the rescue, especially for sportsmen and women competing in overhead motions in sports.
Swimmers, pitchers, javelin, discus and shot competitors as well as tennis, volleyball players and quarterbacks are surely at risk for shoulder issues.
From dreaded rotator cuff tears to dislocations, shoulder hurts have sidelined too many athletes, according to Summer who advises her exercises are meant to become routine, “like flossing your shoulders,” she smiles.
From her Flow Shala studio, her video will start you off with your own shoulder mobility screen by having you reach to close behind your back in both directions and taking a picture so that you can see how much distance is between your two hands.
