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Exercise and Fitness

mythology

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9. Hanging like that really stretches your shoulder and opens it up

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2014, 07:20 PM

Jul 2014

Most of us don't have nearly the range of motion in our shoulders that we need. I'm bad, but getting better at it.

It is also good for working the muscles in the upper back and decompressing the spine.

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Shoulder pain. It feels 20 times better when I hang [View all] Aerows Jul 2014 OP

had an mri and cortisone shot 2 weeks ago in rt. shoulder mark eagledove Jul 2014 #1

This has haunted me for quite a while Aerows Jul 2014 #2

I know. I work in a Radiology Dept... it is the definition of excruciating mark eagledove Jul 2014 #3

LOL, take heart it will only get worse Aerows Jul 2014 #4

Shoulder pain can be caused by an auto-immune disease JayhawkSD Jul 2014 #5

This is due to a car accident Aerows Jul 2014 #12

Here could be why! Melissa G Jul 2014 #6

I'm not trying to be weird Aerows Jul 2014 #7

I understand. In link that I was showing you Melissa G Jul 2014 #8

I ordered a hanging bar Aerows Jul 2014 #11

Hanging like that really stretches your shoulder and opens it up mythology Jul 2014 #9

I ordered one of these Aerows Jul 2014 #10

That looked good! I just ordered one Melissa G Jul 2014 #13

The instructions for putting it together suck Aerows Aug 2014 #14

Thanks! I'm having my husband try this out. Bad shoulder pain for months now and nothing else helps. flibbitygiblets Apr 2018 #17

Not weird. Could be a condition called frozen shoulder. AngryOldDem Aug 2014 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #16