How do I Fix my Overhead Mobility?

A common question that I get is, “How can I improve my overhead mobility?’

It all starts with proper mobility in the shoulder. This includes proper posture and movement of the shoulders.

Posture is like your starting position on any lift. If you set up the lift properly, your chance of hitting the lift is much better. This is the same with posture. If you start off in good posture, you’re going to have better shoulder mobility throughout your day.

Then, once you have proper mobility in the shoulder, we need to keep it that way. This means that you need to build strength in the middle, upper, and lower traps. There also needs to be proper strength in the rotator cuff muscles, deltoids, and serratus muscles.

The key takeaway is that to build better overhead mobility, there needs to be mobility work, followed by stability work.

Our bodies are lazy, they don’t like change. So, if they aren’t trained to adapt to new ranges of motion, they will revert back to the old, improper posture and mobility that you had before.

It’s key to get more range of motion, in the overhead position, but we have to teach you how to use the new range.

It’s like having a Ferrari with no steering wheel, otherwise.

I hope this little analogy helps!

If this sounds like you, feel free to reach out anytime. We would be glad to help assess your specific movement pattern and work together to improve it.

Feel free to hit up the DMs or call/text at (337) 519–8774.