Mark Ottobre fixes sharp shoulder pain in a client using a band-assisted levator scapulae stretch. He hooks a band around the neck, has the client pull their arm through it to separate neck from shoulder, and holds for 60 seconds at a 45-degree angle. The pain disappears after the stretch.
Where do you get pain?
The back. Single arm cable lateral raises. It's always when it's weight loaded that I start feeling it.
Less or more pain?
More.
More? Way more?
Way more.
Your levator scap is a big one and they can't move properly, so we want to stretch it out. Bands, hook it around. You're gonna grab your arm through. What we're doing is we're going to be separating our neck from our shoulder. Use your hands to— all right, I'll put the timer on. You got 60 seconds. Separate. That's where we want to be. Now, do you feel it through here? Yeah. Just make a pistol like a gun.
There.
Lock the elbows out. That's exactly right. Now I want you to turn this at a 45-degree angle, so you're gonna be— that's it. All right, now lift, lift as slow as you can. Now I want to retest something with you. 15, good. No pain?
No pain.
