@Regrann from @hartrehab - "KNOTS" IN MY SHOULDER/BACK 🙈 #MYOliftingseries . You know the feeling, you're going throughout your day and suddenly you get that nagging feeling at the bottom of your neck or under your shoulder blade. . But "WHY ME".... I WORKOUT! 😫 . The SHORT answer: At the end of the day it come down to posture. 📝 The LONG answer: Long term biasing towards the front of our body throughout our day can lead to what are called PROTRACTED shoulder blades. Following this we either have lazy/asleep muscles in our back called rhomboids and trapezius muscles. This means we aren't getting as much "scapular retraction"... or pulling back our shoulder blades. . The majority of the movement therefore has to come from other muscles, one of which are your internal rotators of the shoulder. In this case there are our Lats buts but also rotator cuff muscle called the SUBSCAPULARIS. Postural issues can also lead to overstretching of a muscle called LEVATOR SCAPULAE . The result? We compensate through the shoulder itself to perform certain movements, such as rows in the gym. Leading to nagging overuse tension☹️ . I'll demonstrate in another post what the difference in rows would typically look like. . This concept can be applied to a number of "synergistic muscles" throughout the body. Different muscles contribute to certain movements which vary from person to person and depending on the task you're performing. But it's important that we understand those variances and what can lead to issues down the road. . I'm going to continue to post more about details of the shoulder related to this so if you have suggestions please let me know in the comments below. ✌🏼 . Coming up later this week: ➡️More info/education 🤓 ➡️Some basic gym mistakes ❌✅ ➡️Treatment technique 1🙏🏼 ➡️ Treatment technique 2 🙏🏼🙏🏼 . Tag someone with shoulder pain! 🤦🏻♂️ . . #myodetox #2017 #futureproofyourbody - #regrann