Here’s the Exercises I Use to Keep My Shoulders Strong and Pain-Free After 2 Surgeries

For a solid decade plus while I lived in Japan, I was pretty serious about Judo, training with the Osaka police team.

I loved competing, but I had to quit after my right shoulder got torn out of its socket twice. Since then, I take my shoulder health very seriously, and I’m happy to say my shoulder is in great shape.

Here’s how (details below):

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Wanna hear more about how I got injured and details from my recovery? Leave a comment on the Instagram post, and if enough people seem interested, I’ll post more about it.

Here’s the Highlights:

• Exercises only work if you actually do them, and nobody wants to do boring exercises.
• Closed-chain movement allow you to control the load on your shoulder joint and apply pressure from various angles.
• Multi-planar exercises build ROM and control in transitional movements, which is where injuries are most likely to happen.
• Locomotion is more interesting than band work and doesn’t require any equipment.

More on Using Locomotion for Shoulder Prehab and Injury-Prevention

💪 Non-Boring Shoulder Prehab

A few things you’ll learn:

• My favorite exercises for bulletproofing my shoulders (despite a history of severe damage)
• Details on scaling and implementing the exercises shown above
• The program I recommend for everyone who’s concerned with avoiding injury