Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Shoulder Injuries - Tom Chanter

May 10, 2017

Nathan Waters - Total Health Performance

Tom came in on Monday with a sore shoulder from his rugby league game on the weekend. He had restricted range of motion that caused him a fair amount of pain. Being a contact injury, he had a decent amount of swelling as well.

I done a little bit of soft tissue and activation work on Tom and he gained a lot of range. The best part of it was that with this new range of motion, he was also pain free. It is a big improvement for about 5 minutes worth of work. Seeing him walk into the gym on Wednesday with the results holding is a great.

Many times in the past I had been treated with other methods only to have minor gains in range and minimal pain relief and the gains didn't last very long. To be able to help young blokes have lasting results really makes me happy. Whether or not Tom makes it back onto the field for this upcoming weekend is unknown but at least we are giving him the best chance to be ready.

Shoulder rehab - Alfie

Shoulder rehab - Todd

Shoulder rehab - Preparing for Worlds

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Shoulder Rehab - Preparing for Worlds

March 28, 2017

Nathan Waters - Total Health Performance

As many of you may be are aware of, Igor unfortunately dislocated his shoulder a couple of times while competing in the Pan-Ams. He is now on the road to recovery to get himself right for the worlds.

During the Sydney International Open, that Aaron won gold at, on Sunday, I was able to do a quick bit of activation work on his injured shoulder and the results were pretty impressive. The picture in the top right corner was all the range of motion he had, and it was painful. In the second picture (the bottom right), he had a lot more range and it was pain free. I love the shocked look on his face as his arm just kept getting higher and higher.

This was good but I knew I could help more so on Monday when I went up to SJJA crows nest to do my weekly check-in's, I done a proper treatment session and got the result we were after. The picture on the left is after a bit of soft tissue work, which took about 5-10 minutes to achieve. Igor achieved near full range of motion, pain free.

While this definitely hasn't healed Igor's shoulder, it allows him to move pain free and train around his injury a lot more comfortably. It also allows him to do his rehab exercises through a greater range of motion which in the long run will reduce the amount of time it takes to get back to full strength.

Hopefully there isn't too much damage done to the shoulder and the rehab keeps progressing well. Either way I know Igor won't leave anything out in trying be as well prepared as he can be for his next challenge ahead.

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Shoulder Rehab - Alfie

Shoulder Rehab - Todd

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