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Bench press and shoulder joint article

mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2003/01/02, 09:56 AM Interesting perspective and a fair read. What’s so important about training within your given ROM? What most trainers, athletes and coaches don’t seem to respect is the fact that training beyond the shoulder’s passive barrier with heavy loads will stretch the shoulder joint capsule. Once stretched, the joint capsule can no longer stabilize the shoulder joint with common arm movements such as swimming, hitting a volley ball or netball, holding power tools over head or even swinging a hammer. If these arm movements are repeated without the stability provided by a functional shoulder joint capsule, an impingement syndrome develops, resulting in inflammation and pain in the shoulder joint. Bursitis and rotator cuff tendonitis commonly develop secondarily. Because the shoulder joint capsule provides critical information about arm position, those with a loose joint capsule often lose their ability to accurately sense joint position. This will result in a loss of accuracy in sports requiring precision placement of the arm. The rest of the article is here: http://paulchekseminars.com/articles.cfm?select=26
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2003/01/02, 10:58 AM Good one Mike! -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/01/02, 12:24 PM Good info. Alot of amateur and pro pitchers end up with that problem. -------------- The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones Ivan Montreal Canada