15 year shoulder problem no one can solve

[johnmerrick]

thanks for replying.

i actually sent [a physio] a video of my shoulder doing various movements. [their] response :--


As we discussed on the telephone, your shoulders are what are termed dropped, which means the ends of your shoulders are too low. The end of your shoulder should be higher than where your collar bone attaches in front of your neck. Your scapula are too adducted which means that the border of your scapula is too close to your spine. The border of the shoulder blade should be 3 inches away from your vertebral spine. That means your upper trapezius and serratus anterior are both too LONG. You need to, as much as possible, keep your shoulders held up and do not do anything that pulls your shoulder blades down or back. When sitting have your arms supported under your elbow to keep your shoulders up in the direction of your ears. Also imagine you have a band wrapped around your shoulders and you want to expand that rubber band and make your shoulders broad. When standing put your hands on your hips so that your shoulders are not dropped. The upper trapezius will feel tired and may even get uncomfortable because you are putting the muscle in a shortened position which can contribute to a cramp. Only stretch it as much as necessary to get rid of the discomfort. The only way these muscles will get short as they need to be is by trying to keep them in a shortened position. It will take a while, but that is definitely what you need to do.
[a physio]

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that didn't help.

you talked about the lower trapezius well i've done those exercises with the rehab guy i just saw. end result left shoulder moves over some more(too left)

I mean that guy released everything pec minor major ,lats... posterior capsule stretch...everything. And left shoulder still moving over to the left . No matter what you do the left shoulder moves over to the left and doesn't come back.

that's why i say serratus anterior first two ribs. normally it's not tight but that's the only thing that explains why it continues to move over and stays there.

Someone has to tell me why it's stuck there. yes strengthen lower trap, also loosen ALL tight musles and make sure capsule not tight you would be fine but if something is STILL tight and you don't have the full range of motion then you can like i have exercise lower trap all you want and you wouldn't make any progress.

It actually makes things worse. [One of the physios] never like so many other people addressed why the shoulder continues to move to the left and stays there.

I do thank her and all the others that i've seen over the years for taking time to solve this problem though.

thank you too

JohnM