Comments on: Joint Pain Relief 1 – Muscle Balancing

By: kareem

kareem — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:14:38 +0000

sure, Mary. I’d be happy to do a video for you and try to help in any way I can… sorry things haven’t been going your way so far

By: mary

mary — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:11:41 +0000

Hi Dr K,
Good info. could you do a vid on knee-hip muscle imbalances? I went to a PT they said the usual–I have weak glutes and gave me a bunch of leg exercises to do (3 sets of 10 reps each) plus a walkiing program. I feel stiffer than when I went to see the PT! Something is wrong with this picture.

By: Kym

Kym — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:01:37 +0000

Thanks for the tip, bud. I don’t know much about vitamin K so I’ll have to check that out.

Enjoy your weekend and get yourself charged up with all those negative ions!

By: kareem

kareem — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:53:18 +0000

actually… i do! (i’m going hiking and tubing this weekend)

try increasing intake of vitamin K and vitamin E – you’ll heal faster… or so is said

By: kareem

kareem — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:52:15 +0000

Hey Jamaal,

another great question…

here’s what I have to say about that – what’s your exercise goal? rehab/strengthening of the rotator cuff, bulking, fat loss, general conditioning, etc?

(i know… another question for your question

if the goal is to strengthen the rotator cuff, then i’d advise you to make that the priority and exercise it first. Otherwise, it’s more sensible to work big muscle groups to small, as with any other exercise (i.e. bench press before tricep extensions or dips)

By: Kym

Kym — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:34:33 +0000

Hey Kareem,

Fascinating as always. Just got back from a couple of days of kayaking and hiking and I know that just went so much better after four months on LHPH.

But you got anything for bruises and sunburn!?

By: Jamaal Richardson

Jamaal Richardson — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:55:41 +0000

“does this make sense?”

Yeah absolutely. Being that such is the case, is it advisable to do rotator cuff exercises at the beginning of an upper-body workout when they are less fatigued or at the end?

By: kareem

kareem — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:22:24 +0000

What’s up Jamaal,

Good to hear from you!

Yeah, the supraspinatus is a small muscle to begin with… plus, the length of your arm creates a lot of torque into the joint. This torque makes a small weight act as much more. Think about it this way… using a big screwdriver vs. a small screwdriver. What’s easier?

The big one, right… well, your arm is like a gigantic screw driver, so any weight placed in your hand becomes a lot of torque into your shoulder joint and is magnified as a result. In the case of the supraspinatus, there just isn’t enough cross-sectional area to produce a lot of force… (length + width + thickness of the muscle)

does this make sense?

By: Jamaal Richardson

Jamaal Richardson — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:58:38 +0000

Very practical and timely advise Dr. K. I’ve recently (shame on me!) incorporated more supraspinatus work in my training to build more structural integrity in my shoulder-girdle. From a physiological standpoint, is it just the relatively small size of the supraspinatus that makes working it with relatively small weight feel so brutal?

By: kareem

kareem — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:05:29 +0000

poor little suprspinatus – I love that!

my pleasure, Rosemary.