Best Personal Trainers in Saskatoon, SK

He came in after hitting the boards with an A/C joint sprain (attaches collar bone to shoulder). He found movements painful in the joint and the muscles stabilizing the shoulder. I released what was overactive and activated the areas that were lagging. He did the movements with less pain but his shoulder alignment was off. I moved the shoulder where it should be and got him to move while I held it in place. Pain decreased substantially. I taught him how to place his shoulders and as he moved it felt better. I gave him a protocol for strengthening the joint by activating the muscles that were not firing/lacked endurance to keep his shoulder in the position. The improvement between sessions was amazing! He can get his shoulder to where it needs to be AND keep it there while he is moving. HOWEVER he lacks endurance to maintain the shoulder in position which is problematic for sport. Until his shoulder has strength AND endurance to stay in position while moving, he has an increased risk for a more severe shoulder injury ESPECIALLY in contact sport. Im more concerned with shoulder stability than the injury itself. As the body tires in sport the shoulder will go to its default position leaving it vulnerable. We re-introducted weight training and ensured there were no compensations in other areas of the body making up for stability in the shoulder, strengthened the stabilizers. It’s a process BUT it will prevent injury and improve his ability to move both on and off the ice.