Quote Originally Posted by amjrules View Post
Hey everyone, so im having problems with my scapular stability as i have realised when i do excercises like one-arm dumbbell rows, my scapular doesnt feel like its moving smoothly, its feelsjerky.
I have been told by my physio that this is anissue with a weak serrratus anterior. Anyway so he gave me an excercise where i get on all fours and retract and protract the scapular, ive been doing this at home for a while and seen no improvements, i cant even feel the muscle working, it just feels as if im actually pulling my shoulder forward and not actually protracting the scapular. Could anyone give me any tips or excercises to activate this muscle so i can strengthen it.

Thank you
I would suggest that you are possibly now too strong for simple scapula setting. Have you tried adding resistance to this? An exercise I do with one of my clients who has similar issues is straight arm cable push sat on a swiss ball. Forces a setting of the core before movement. You need the cable pulley about shoulder height, and weight wise, well this will depend on your current strength. I work him for 5 sets of 10. You could try this lying similar to this Scapula Protraction with DB (www.trainatp.com) - YouTube , but you may find that the movement of your scapula is interfered with by the bench.