Clubbells and shoulder injuries

[juszczec]

Hi folks

About 2 years ago, I had tendonitis in my right shoulder from lifting weights. After it healed, I was warned to avoid any weightlifting exercise where my arm is extrended straight out from my body while supporting weight.

Does this mean I shouldn't use Clubbells?

Have any of the reader's had shoulder injuries? Have you been able to use Clubbells safely after the injury has healed?

Mark

[admin]

Mark,

I have had a twisted/injured shoulder for over 40 years.
Warrior Wellness and Clubbells have done more to help it than anything I have ever done.

Going slowly, starting with 5s, I beleive you will discover that your shoulders will become stronger and less injury prone than they ever were. Given time and the right movement, the body has a wonderful capacity to heal. Time time time + slow slow slow = stronger and stronger. :)

[Connie Brown]

Me too. I had weakness in the left shoulder for who knows how long.
Within a couple of weeks of CST with 5s, and Warrior Wellness, I had identified the tender spots, PLUS the daily-life babying/stressing I had been putting that joint through unconsciously (stopped those!) and immediately began recovering full ROM for that shoulder.

All with online coaching too - I have never seen the coaches in person and still got all this. The first tip-off was I had my left elbow out too far when learning Swipes - this was identified right away and started the fix.

To be specific - I couldn't do the Arm Screw from Body-Flow or Movement Recovery on the left side when I started. I would stop almost right away into the screw from pain. Now the left has full ROM and only a couple of clunky spots which I fully expect to go away.

[rbibbs]

Mark, the support for the Clubbell when it's straight out in front of you is coming from behind your shoulder, because it's in motion, in effect, trying to get away from you. The support for a dead-weight lifted straight out in front of you is coming from in front of your shoulder, and I think that's what your doctor was recommending against. I agree with him, the shoulder was not designed to support dead vertical loads in that position.

When the Clubbell is swinging behind you, the support is coming from in front of your shoulder, but your arm is now in a biomechanically stronger position, and the Clubbell is a dynamic load, not a static one, the force is not focused on 'one tendon' like it is with deadweights.

I've had trouble with front-of-shoulder tendons and deadweights too, and no trouble with Clubbells. But if you've recently had a weakness there, patiently build that strength back up; don't strain or exaggerate the rearward quadrant of the swing right away. You might call this "exploratory strength recovery", gradually bringing a weakened structure back to strength without re-injuring it.

Rick