Dr. Alan Chan

SHOULDER PROTRACTION-RETRACTION 🙋‍♂️ .
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When it comes to the shoulder, it's not about how much we can lift or how massive your arms are. We need to focus on the stability aspect while maintaining mobility. That might be a bit of a hard concept to understand 🤔 .
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Being a previous volleyball athlete and coach as well as treating a huge number of shoulders as a healthcare practitioner, I've seen and dealt with ALOT of shoulders 💪.
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An important component of shoulder mobility is protraction and retraction movements. Being able to control our shoulder and shoulder blade is important for all athletes and non-athletes alike 🤸‍♂️ .
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We live in a technology enhanced society nowadays which can also have a long lasting impact on our future shoulders 🤳 . In this case, mobility is key 🔑 .
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For the injured or overused shoulders, we need to properly stabilize and strengthen the shoulder and rotator cuff muscles and tendons 🏋️‍♂️ . In this case, we are looking at stability ⚖ .
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Oftentimes, we work on both mobility and stability in combination in order to recover from injury and provide the most optimal and best functioning shoulder possible 👍.
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Make sure to find a healthcare practitioner who can properly assess and treat all of those needs 👌 .
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Otherwise, you know who to call 💁‍♂️ .
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