5 Exercises to Improve Shoulder Stability

Today's video discusses rehab exercises that are designed to help improve shoulder joint stability. These types of exercises are useful for people who were born with extra joint mobility and people who have suffered an injury where their shoulder was dislocated.

Shoulder instability describes a condition of increased joint mobility that affects the passive restraints of the shoulder joint (labrum, capsule and ligaments) and can be broadly classified as traumatic or atraumatic.

Traumatic cases result from an injury and are usually present on only one shoulder (unilateral) and demonstrate increased mobility in only one direction (unidirectional).

Atraumatic cases, on the other hand, often present without an injury and demonstrate increased mobility on both shoulders (bilateral) and in multiple directions (multi-directional instability).

Although both classifications of instability can improve with rehab, improvements do vary by type. Research has demonstrated that approximately 15% of traumatic cases showed good to excellent results with exercise while 83% of atraumatic cases showed improvement. The truth of the matter is that some traumatic cases will not improve with exercise and will require surgical intervention.

If you suffer from instability of the shoulder, make sure to give conservative care, specifically, neuromuscular control and muscle strength & endurance exercises a try before rushing into surgical reconstruction.

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