TEST YOUR OVERHEAD MOBILITY

The lats are a major culprit 🕵 when it comes to restrictions in overhead mobility. Dysfunction here will cause you to compensate and extend your low back in order to gain that ROM. Over time, this can cause pressure, pinching, and pain in the low back. 🤕 This is probably the number 1 thing I see in Crossfit and 🏋 Oly athletes. And once we fix it, the pain tends to diminish very quickly. There are ✌ 2 possibilities for why this dysfunction can occur. One is a mobility deficit and the other is stability. And we have a test for each. If you ❌ fail Test 1 but ✔ pass Test 2 then your mobility is fine. You don’t need to waste your time stretching, rolling, smashing, etc. You need to work on your stability in the overhead position. If you fail both, then you have a true mobility problem. I’ll show you how to address both in the next couple videos. In the meantime, test yourself and 📣 comment below to let me know how you do! Tag a friend with tight shoulders and share the wealth!