24/09/2025
🦴 Keep Your Shoulders Strong and Injury-Free! 💪🏻
Your shoulders are essential for many movements and lifts, so keeping them healthy should be a top priority. Here are some tips to ensure your shoulder health while crushing those WODs! 💥
1. **Warm-Up Properly**: Focus on shoulder mobility exercises like arm circles, band pull-aparts, and shoulder dislocations with a PVC pipe or resistance band to prepare the joints.
2. **Strengthen Your Rotator Cuff**: Incorporate exercises that target the rotator cuff, such as external rotations, face pulls, and Y-T-W raises. Strong rotator cuffs stabilise the shoulder and help prevent injuries.
3. **Balance Strength & Flexibility**: Work on both strength and flexibility. For every heavy pressing workout, ensure you include stretching and mobility work to maintain a proper range of motion and reduce muscle tightness.
4. **Watch Your Form**: Pay attention to your lifting technique. Poor form can place unnecessary stress on your shoulders.
5. **Listen to Your Body**: If you experience pain or discomfort in your shoulders, don’t ignore it! Take a break, evaluate your form and technique, and seek advice if needed.
6. **Cross-Train**: Mix in activities that focus on shoulder strength and stability, like yoga or swimming. These can provide a different perspective on movement and help prevent overuse injuries.
7. **Rest and Recovery**: Don’t underestimate the power of rest! Give your shoulders time to recover and rebuild stronger after tough workouts. Schedule regular sports massages to help ease tension and improve flexibility. (This is where we come in!) 👋🏻
If you have any questions or want to book in for that maintenance sports massage then DM us or you can book via WodBoard!
🏆 Keep those shoulders happy! 🙌🏻
