To help release tight shoulders and reduce pain, make like our long-ago ancestors and include more hanging in your routine
AS AN AVID gymnast, boxer, weightlifter, and Cross Fitter, I’m accustomed to the occasional ache or minor injury. But after years of overuse, I found the nagging pain in my shoulder muscles was getting to be a daily hassle. Endless prehab and rehab resistance and dumbbell drills targeting my rotator cuff muscles and labrum (the soft fibrous tissue that surrounds the shoulder socket, helping stabilize the joint) did little to no good. Then I discovered hanging.
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