Quote Originally Posted by Dextah View Post
Also today he gave me some stregthening exersies to work the muscles between my shoulder which is holding my arms out like a W and pulling backwards with a resistance band like 5 reps and 3 sets twice a day. What i cannot figure out is why the stretches/exercise exasterbate my discomfort so much.
That's a pretty high load to start doing 'W's. It sounds like your getting your pain because your mid and upper traps are working to stabilise your shoulder blade, rather than lower traps and seratus anterior, which makes them over active and tight, linking in with previous comments re: trigger points. The idea of these exercises is that you're meant to use the smaller muscles of your back to stabilise your shoulder blade while you're moving. Doing them with a band straight off means you'll just use the muiscles that are already overactive, which just exacerbates the problem. try doing them without the band, and hold each rep for 5-8 seconds. You shouldn't feel like you're having to work really hard to stabilise. If you are, try doing the same exercise, but give your hands some support and just raise your elbows up.