Save Your Shoulders-Lift From Your Core, Not Your Arms with Todd Martin MD

Avoid shoulder problems and tendonitis by learning how to reach and lift from your core, not from your arm. Many people suffer from tendonitis in the shoulders, the elbows, and the wrists due to repetitive lifting. This is more likely to happen when we aren't lifting correctly. It doesn't take lifting very heavy objects to trigger problems. Often the issue is repetitive lifting of lighter objects in the wrong way. I am going to show you how to project your arm from the core and lift rather than using the the smaller muscles in your shoulders and arms. People who practice Tai Chi learn to move this way, but we don't all have the time or interest to learn Tai Chi, so I am going to show you how it is done using my movement system that I created based on the the foundations of Tai Chi. This information will be especially helpful for people with jobs that require repetitive lifting of even low weight objects. Help prevent tendonitis in your thumbs, wrists, elbows, and shoulders.

This technique I am demonstrating are part of The Walking Code and The Quantum Movement System which are based on the 8 Energies of Tai Chi, or my personal interpretation of those energies, since there has never been an excepted interpretation of them before. I refer to the patterns of core movement that I discuss as The Core Techniques. There are 8 Core Techniques we use in our normal daily activities. Reaching out with the arm to lift something up is going to use the Reach Core Technique. This is extension of the active hip while turning the upper torso toward the extending hip and turning the lower torso away from the extending hip. Retracting the arm uses the Set Core Technique. This is flexion of the active hip while turning the upper torso toward the flexing hip and the lower torso away from the active hip. All movements require proper coordination of our thoracic spine rotation (upper torso), lumbar spine rotation (lower torso), and hip actions. When you operate your body from these powerful muscles, you prevent overuse of the smaller muscles in the shoulders. These smaller muscles and tendons are vulnerable to overuse tendonitis when they are overused.

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