The Always-On Function of the Rotator Cuff Muscles

We test the rotator cuff muscles for their internal/external rotation and abduction strength but they have a very important Always-On function too.  Just like the scapular stabilizers, the rotator cuff needs to dynamically stabilize so that other muscles like the deltoids and pectoralis muscles can have power.     Online Courses: https://richardhazel.podia.com We are in the last days of the Black Friday double discount sale. Take 20% off any course or bundle of courses until the end of 2025 BLACKFRIDAY20 at checkout. Bundles of courses are already discounted at 20% so you can add another 20% on top of that until the sale ends. My courses don't expire.  

Light sensitivity, watering eyes, ptosis, sinus pain, facial pain and migraine are all symptoms that can come from neck muscles via the TCC (Trigeminocervical Complex)     Online Courses: https://richardhazel.podia.com Black Friday Discount ends at the end of the year. BLACKFRIDAY20 for 20% all courses and bundles of courses.  

Most acupuncturists can treat pain. But the pain comes back. We need to stop obsessing about disc bulges and MRIs and start looking at the actual mechanical problem that is leading to pain. Fix what's tight then strengthen what's inhibited and then retrain the movement pattern. Janda already did the hard work and most are just ignoring it and treating the site of pain.     Online Courses: https://richardhazel.podia.com BLACKFRIDAY20 at checkout for 20% off until the end of the year.    

Most people over 50 have disc bulges and degeneration and are not in pain. 30% of people in their 20s have disc bulges and are not in pain. Janda would say that the disc is being injured by postural issues due to muscle imbalances and also because of dysfunctional movement patterns caused by those Upper and Lower Crossed Syndromes.  Treating a disc bulge only gives temporary relief. The underlying sheering force caused by a short tight psoas or a forward head placement will start to injury adjacent discs and will perpetuate pain.  Fix the Function! Correct the Crossed Patterns and retrain the movement patterns for lasting relief of chronic pain.   https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4464797/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3921966/   BLACKFRIDAY20 at Checkout (look for the link to click) for 20% off all Courses and Bundles of Courses on my Podia site. Bundles are already 20% discounted and you can add the Black Friday Discount on top of that until the end of the year.   https://richardhazel.podia.com   My Courses Don't Expire  

Sometimes Dry Needling is the best and fastest way to get full function back and to relieve pain. On these two college football players the electric stimulation acupuncture was barely touching their pain. Dry Needling give me instant and satisfying results.    Don't Forget, I'm running a 20% Discount on all Courses and Bundles of Courses (already discounted at 20%) until the end of the year.  Use the Code BLACKFRIDAY20 at checkout (look for the link to enter the code) It's a great chance to get 20% already discounted bundles for huge savings on courses that DO NOT EXPIRE.  You keep them as a reference anytime you need them.   Videos are indexed for fast reference.  All courses can be discounted and you can reuse the code as many times as you want until the end of the year. https://richardhazel.podia.com   Correction: I said insipid instead of insidious onset. 😂 

I'm not diagnosing or treating anything and I'm not telling anyone what they should do or what they should tell their patients to do. I'm sharing the research so that people can talk to their doctors about possible ways to reverse sarcopenia and fibrotic muscle and regain healthy fast-twitch muscle.     Online Courses: https://richardhazel.podia.com Black Friday discount on all courses  BLACKFRIDAY20 at checkout for 20% off courses and bundles of courses.     

This was a little mind-blowing to see this week. I was treating someone who had a stroke 20 years ago and then this happened!   HINT: There was a musculocutaneous nerve entrapment I wasn't expecting to see.      Online Courses: https://richardhazel.podia.com

The 0-5 scale on Manual Muscle Tests was created in 1915 to find neuromuscular issues in paretic patients (like people with polio).   The MMT should not be trusted for Sports Optimization and Injury Prevention in Athletes.   Here's what the research says. (Pro tip: The MMT is more of a test of the strength of the examiner, than of the athlete)       Online Courses (that never expire)  https://richardhazel.podia.com    

I rarely see pain above the knee on my average patients, but I see it very often on athletes, especially jumping sports.   Here's what I've found to work and what I think is the underlying cause.   Online Courses: https://richardhazel.podia.com    

Part 2 of the Kinetic Chain is the shoulder elbow and wrist in the acceleration phase of pitching and the deceleration phase (where the injuries are more common)     Online Courses: https://richardhazel.podia.com