Shoulder Circles What a release I felt when i moved my arm to the ceiling and my humerus dropped into my scapula. I felt like all the weight from my arm went into my shoulder and back, but it still felt supported. Drawing tiny circles on the ceiling reminded me of when we worked with puppet strings in class. It felt like the puppet master was moving my arm in a circular motion that changed in size when I told it too. This puppet image from Skinner release helped me to use little muscle when making the circular movements. As if puppet strings were cut, I released my arms to the ground, and used the ground to push myself to a seated position where I felt my scapula activate through the forces into the ground.
Tracing the Shoulder Girdle Having boney landmarks on the body makes it easy to find certain joints in the body such as the shoulder. I walked my fingers around my shoulder and found the joint in between the clavicle and manubrium. Then I moved my fingers out toward the outside of my shoulder and found the acroimclavicular joint. On the outside of the shoulder, I let my fingers "jump off a cliff" from the acromion to find where the humerus connects to the shoulder. The spaces in between the humerus and acromion in my body need more attention because I have so many sore spots in my shoulders. This little walking massage helped my shoulder relax slightly and understand more about what parts of my shoulders are tight and where I need to rub my shoulders a bit to make movements in dance classes more fluid.
Partner Work: Stimulating the Shoulder Girdle Working with Thao, I moved her shoulder from her elbow. I had to tell her to relax her arm into my hand, but once she did the range of motion in her shoulder increased drastically. I felt the humerus move inside the socket of the scapula with my right hand as I moved her left arm with my left hand. I changed the size of the circles to try and find the scapula socket where the humerus humerus connects with my right hand. I finally found it and then straightened her arm and gently pushed her arm into her socket so she could feel the socket connection as well.
When Thao moved my arm in it's socket, I had a popping sound in my shoulder. It was slightly painful, but even if she did slow motions it continued. Thao then moved to rotate my right shoulder instead which was less painful and continued to do the exercise and find where the humerus connected into the scapula socket.
Shoulder circles Shoulder circles are often executed in dance classes because of its freely moveable characteristic. It is also a joint in which we use and a rotation in which we depend much on.
As I was completing this exercise, I though back on the seniors I teach in my fitness class at Providence (Senior Home). Shoulder circles can rarely be executed by most of the seniors due to their inability to articulate this joint anymore. Perhaps this is due to their lack of stretching as young adults? I don’t know. Or maybe it is due to simple wear and tear?
Tracing the shoulder girdle While tracing my shoulder girdle with my fingers, I imagine its different structures. I was able to locate and identify the different protrusions and landmarks of the shoulder girdle.
One interesting bone that provided the connections to the shoulder is the clavicle bone. Due to its large and obvious projection, I find this bone to be particularly sensitive and can be easily damaged.
Partner work: stimulating the shoulder girdle As my partner was willing to drop the weight of her arm… rotation and mobility became much easier. I could freely position her arm almost anywhere I wanted to. The shoulder joint being a ball and socket joint, makes it freely moveable.
As I was made the subject being manipulated… having Katie stimulate my shoulder was super relaxing. However, there were times in which I was struggling to let go of the weight on my arms. I always wanted to provide support by holding my arms up and resisting gravity; Katie constantly reminded me to let loose. When Katie brought my arms across,, my shoulder was stretched in a way that felt reallygood.
Shoulder Circles
ReplyDeleteWhat a release I felt when i moved my arm to the ceiling and my humerus dropped into my scapula. I felt like all the weight from my arm went into my shoulder and back, but it still felt supported. Drawing tiny circles on the ceiling reminded me of when we worked with puppet strings in class. It felt like the puppet master was moving my arm in a circular motion that changed in size when I told it too. This puppet image from Skinner release helped me to use little muscle when making the circular movements. As if puppet strings were cut, I released my arms to the ground, and used the ground to push myself to a seated position where I felt my scapula activate through the forces into the ground.
Tracing the Shoulder Girdle
Having boney landmarks on the body makes it easy to find certain joints in the body such as the shoulder. I walked my fingers around my shoulder and found the joint in between the clavicle and manubrium. Then I moved my fingers out toward the outside of my shoulder and found the acroimclavicular joint. On the outside of the shoulder, I let my fingers "jump off a cliff" from the acromion to find where the humerus connects to the shoulder. The spaces in between the humerus and acromion in my body need more attention because I have so many sore spots in my shoulders. This little walking massage helped my shoulder relax slightly and understand more about what parts of my shoulders are tight and where I need to rub my shoulders a bit to make movements in dance classes more fluid.
Partner Work: Stimulating the Shoulder Girdle
Working with Thao, I moved her shoulder from her elbow. I had to tell her to relax her arm into my hand, but once she did the range of motion in her shoulder increased drastically. I felt the humerus move inside the socket of the scapula with my right hand as I moved her left arm with my left hand. I changed the size of the circles to try and find the scapula socket where the humerus humerus connects with my right hand. I finally found it and then straightened her arm and gently pushed her arm into her socket so she could feel the socket connection as well.
When Thao moved my arm in it's socket, I had a popping sound in my shoulder. It was slightly painful, but even if she did slow motions it continued. Thao then moved to rotate my right shoulder instead which was less painful and continued to do the exercise and find where the humerus connected into the scapula socket.
KATIE
Shoulder circles
ReplyDeleteShoulder circles are often executed in dance classes because of its freely moveable characteristic. It is also a joint in which we use and a rotation in which we depend much on.
As I was completing this exercise, I though back on the seniors I teach in my fitness class at Providence (Senior Home). Shoulder circles can rarely be executed by most of the seniors due to their inability to articulate this joint anymore. Perhaps this is due to their lack of stretching as young adults? I don’t know. Or maybe it is due to simple wear and tear?
Tracing the shoulder girdle
While tracing my shoulder girdle with my fingers, I imagine its different structures. I was able to locate and identify the different protrusions and landmarks of the shoulder girdle.
One interesting bone that provided the connections to the shoulder is the clavicle bone. Due to its large and obvious projection, I find this bone to be particularly sensitive and can be easily damaged.
Partner work: stimulating the shoulder girdle
As my partner was willing to drop the weight of her arm… rotation and mobility became much easier. I could freely position her arm almost anywhere I wanted to. The shoulder joint being a ball and socket joint, makes it freely moveable.
As I was made the subject being manipulated… having Katie stimulate my shoulder was super relaxing. However, there were times in which I was struggling to let go of the weight on my arms. I always wanted to provide support by holding my arms up and resisting gravity; Katie constantly reminded me to let loose. When Katie brought my arms across,, my shoulder was stretched in a way that felt reallygood.
THAO