Restorative Pilates: Shoulder Strength & Stability

Open, Strengthen and Stabilize our shoulder girdle. This clip is great for shoulder health and balancing out too much computer work by creating new, healthier, more aligned patterns. Coming out of over-efforting with our neck and directing our energies into our mid back and finding our core to lengthen through the crown of our head, which naturally drops our shoulders down.

Transcript

Hello, Welcome to Restorative Pilates. Today we're going to be looking at shoulder health, Strengthening, Opening, And stabilizing. Telescoping arms, Sliding that arm to the front, Allowing it to open up and over your head, Rotating the spine and returning by the hip. Switching direction and really taking your time, Breathing with this movement. As you switch sides, Just noting how they might feel different, Really connecting into the appropriate range of motion for you. This is a beautiful opportunity to relax and open up that whole shoulder joint, As well as getting a little release as you rotate your back. Chest expansion, Drawing the core in as we stand tall, Abdominals pull in as the arms draw back, Stabilizing the shoulder. Rotator cuff, Core pulling in as those arms come into resistance, Chest opens while those shoulder blades slide down the back and toward each other. Lat work, As that arm rises up, The shoulder blade glides down away from the ears. Here we're working our mid back, Finding our core connection, And equal effort between both of our legs. Single arm work, Coming into internal rotation with our elbow pegged at our side, Feeling the core support wrapping around to either side of our spine. And as we switch hands, Now we are coming into external rotation of the shoulder. This is great shoulder work, But it's also a really beautiful way to connect from head to toe, Feeling that core wrapping around, Stabilizing you. Turning the other direction and switching arms, Now we're doing external rotation on the opposite side, Feeling equal effort between both of the legs, And knowing that you can always adjust the resistance by where you stand in relation to the band. Now we're coming into the final internal rotation on the opposite arm, And really being mindful again of how the whole system works together holistically. Thanks so much for coming to class. I hope that you found some useful information for your shoulders.