Thanks for getting back to me guys.

Dr Damien - I'll mention what you said about the low lying scapula and the short/long tendons/muscles to my physio. Got an appointment on Thursday.

I've been doing a great deal of rows with therabands and trying to keep my shoulder blades back and down but the physio keeps focusing on the external rotation so more work on the scapula seems to be the way forward.


TheShoulderguy - Thanks for your info too. I do try to keep my arms within their limits i.e. not more them in a way that causes me pain but sometimes you just have to. I have a 10 month old baby you see.
In terms of me being de-conditioned, a lot of that just comes down to being unable to do anything because of the shoulder pain, right now I've got the muscle mass of a five year old girl. I dont know if the winging scapula was there when my problems initially started or if it has just developed as I've been dealing with the impingement. Its definately getting worse.

Do you mean I need to focus on each muscle being used when I'm lifting my arm for example? Focussing on keeping my shoulder blades retracted and letting the rc muscles lift the arm rather than swinging it up?

Thanks again.

PS I know I should be asking these questions to my physio but are blackburn's any good for strengthening the scapular region? Blackburns - YouTube. I have done a couple of the exercises but we always end up focussing on rc exercises.