Hi all,
I've read Coach's post on shoulder dislocates, and other posts here on shoulder mobility, but I cannot get my head around "dislocate" - which to me means humeral head subluxing out of the glenoid cavity, with damage to the labrum - and "inlocate", which is....shoulder internal rotation + protraction?
Are there any videos that show the action, and that specifically point out:
- the part of the movement showing the dislocate action
- similarly for the inlocate action
- at what point you "roll the shoulders foward" (or backward)
- shoulder extension and flexion with no dislocate or inlocate occuring, so I can see the difference.
I've had both shoulders repaired via a technique called "capsular shift" or "plication", in which the surgeon makes the shoulder capsule (a collection of ligaments and stiff tissue around the joint) much tighter. As a results I've lost much of my external rotation, and a lot of flexion and extension, and as a result of this, I've also lost a lot of muscle activation patterning.
The exercise with the stick, held in front or behind of the hips, with palm up or palm down grip, and moved up over the head, has helped considerably. But I feel I can perform it with better form, if I knew what I was doing!