some symmetry issues

[HercPehl]

Hello,

Yes you are right stretch and strengthing will help but treatment such as hands on therapy will help to improve faster.

Anatomy trains and myofascial release are really good however is complementary to the whole treatment approach!

Stretching will help however you need to stretch some muscles prior activity. In ur case ur Left side requires the most stretching while the Right requires more strength. Therefore You may want to consider prior exercising to stretch only the Left side and strengthen only the right side. At the end of the session stretch again only the Left side till things are balanced. Find a specialist that can further assess the tight areas and to provide you with protocols or even to get hands on modalities.

The Pelvis sounds again subject to selective muscle tightness and elongantion. same with above more or less you need to isolate those and indentify what is doing what with the help of a professional. Nevertheless if you fix the scapulas the pelvic distortion you have observe may disappear aswell

Have you done any athropometric xrays are your bones symmetrical (Am reffering to big differences and not milimeters)

And Yes it was your sport that has cause that imbalance makes perfect sence considering the sports muscular and postural demmands.

Are you demostrating the exercises to your clients with one side only? That can also contribute to your imbalances

Lastly i see you Patellas are quite externaly rotated you may want to also have a look at that as well

[hardd0m]

Hello,

Yes you are right stretch and strengthing will help but treatment such as hands on therapy will help to improve faster.

Anatomy trains and myofascial release are really good however is complementary to the whole treatment approach!

Stretching will help however you need to stretch some muscles prior activity. In ur case ur Left side requires the most stretching while the Right requires more strength. Therefore You may want to consider prior exercising to stretch only the Left side and strengthen only the right side. At the end of the session stretch again only the Left side till things are balanced. Find a specialist that can further assess the tight areas and to provide you with protocols or even to get hands on modalities.

The Pelvis sounds again subject to selective muscle tightness and elongantion. same with above more or less you need to isolate those and indentify what is doing what with the help of a professional. Nevertheless if you fix the scapulas the pelvic distortion you have observe may disappear aswell

Have you done any athropometric xrays are your bones symmetrical (Am reffering to big differences and not milimeters)

And Yes it was your sport that has cause that imbalance makes perfect sence considering the sports muscular and postural demmands.

Are you demostrating the exercises to your clients with one side only? That can also contribute to your imbalances

Lastly i see you Patellas are quite externaly rotated you may want to also have a look at that as well

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions! I've not done any anthropometric x-ray. But i've done a manual measurement though. I found my left scapula a few millimeters further away from the midline compared to the right scapula. Does this mean that the rhomboids or the middle trapezius is "locked long" according to anatomy trains? Can i conclude that the upper trapezius or levator scapulae is the culprit for the elevation since the rhomboid is unlikely to contribute to much elevation as it is "locked long"? Whenever i perform horizontal pushing exercises like push ups my left scapula tends to jut out more than the right? Is that because of "locked long" rhomboids? My left shoulder is also slightly more rounded compared to the right.

Thanks for pointing out the externally rotated patellas as well! didn't realized it until you mentioned it.

[HercPehl]

Hello,

The milimeters are not a problem the rounded soulders are though. If the rhomboids are elongated then they need sortening with strength training. While the upper trap and Levetor scap need stretch since they already sort.

"Whenever i perform horizontal pushing exercises like push ups my left scapula tends to jut out more than the right? Is that because of "locked long" rhomboids?" That is what we called winging of the scapula which can be due Seratus anterior subscapularis or infraspinatus weakness or lengthening.

I will suggest you leave the Anatomy trains out since the fascia will be the final touch up if things dont get sorted with classic approach as i have mentioned. For your further reading and understanding i strngly suggest you have a look at:

Active Release Techniques for direct fascia release here : Active Release Techniques: A.R.T.

And

NASM for the imbalances and for your Job :Personal Trainer Certification, Fitness Certification | NASM more specific look at the CES module and obtain the book from amazon or similar website you will find that explains the problem you have. Is quite simple to understand not hard definitions and provides a really good clinical tools for personal training and rehab.

Let me know when you done looking the NASM and trust me you will most appriciate the info in the book that they have.

[hardd0m]

"Whenever i perform horizontal pushing exercises like push ups my left scapula tends to jut out more than the right? Is that because of "locked long" rhomboids?" That is what we called winging of the scapula which can be due Seratus anterior subscapularis or infraspinatus weakness or lengthening.

Thank You for your feedback! I believe the reference materials will be very useful. I'll try to get it asap. I understand that winging of the scapula can be caused by serratus anterior weakness but how does the subscapularis and infraspinatus affect it as well?

[HercPehl]

Reverse muscle action for the subscapularis especialy in closed kinetic chain. For the infraspinatus was wrong sorry for that