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Shoulders

In this section you will limber up you shoulders and with time have full movement range and be able to do shoulderdislocations. If you have had any shoulder dislocations, can do them or are close to be able to do them pleaseread the introduction to shoulder dislocations and the important notice below very carefully.

Exercise 1

This exercise is the same as in the warmup. The difference is that in the stretching exercise you're supposed to grasp thehand/arm higher and higher until you can hold your wrist or even above it. This will give a good stretch and also give you verysupple shoulders. Now put your left arm down your back as far as you can. Bring right arm up your back from below. Using a1-2-3-4-5 count, push left down and right up. Change arms and repeat. Do 20 repeats with each arm at the top.

Assisted: Have the assistant to pull your upper arm down and the lower up, if possible til there's a dislocation. If the shoulderdislocates the assistant should hold the position for at least 30 seconds and continue the stretch as far as possible in eachrepeat.

Exercise 2

This exercise is very easy, but will take time to learn to do. Sit on the floor with your holding the hands behind the back as in

the picture above.

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Now lean backwards keeping your arms straight. Hold your thumbs for support and slide down the floor as far as you can.Repeat this exercise at least 10 times and don't worry about dislocations. This exercise improves your range of movement,but only dislocates the joints partially.

This is Jaqueline in the last repeat of this exercise. As you can see the most important thing is to stay relaxed.

Assisted: Have your assistant to help you keep the arms straight, keep your hands together and stretch, if possible til there'sa dislocation. If the shoulder dislocates the assistant should hold the position for at least 30 seconds and continue thestretch as far as possible in each repeat.

Another way is kneeling as above and let the assistant stretch your shoulders as shown above. Don't stop until your handstouch the floor. They will be do after some time. If the exercise is done assisted repeat it 30 times holding for 20 30 secondsand stay in the position for 2 minutes when doing the last repeat.

If you prefer it you can also lie on your stomach and let the assistant stretch your arms the same way as in the exercise.Also here you shouldn'y stop until your hands or if possible the whole of the arms touch the floor. If the exercise is doneassisted repeat it 30 times holding for 20 30 seconds and stay in the position for 2 minutes when doing the last repeat.

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You probably expect that you will feel the partial dislocation (or sometimes even a full dislocation), but the fact is that in time with this range of

movement this will feel l ike any normal move. It's all about believing.

An introduction to dislocations of the shoulders

When you're going to limber up your shoulders you'll come to the point either when they will be partually dislocated or fullydislocated. Ever wanted to learn how to do shoulder dislocations? Then read this first. You have probably already done partialdislocations when you've done exercise 1 and 2 and found out that this is nor difficult, dangerous or unpleasant to do.

Shoulder dislocations has been used as a party trick and act for ages now. Something that is a fact as you probably knowfrom doing the shoulder exercise 1 is that the shoulders get very supple and feel much more loose. This helps you if youwant to dislocate the shoulders. Dislocating the shoulders isn't dangerous at all, but it has to be controlled. Thefeeling when the shoulders are dislocating is that you feel and hear popping and clicking sounds as the arms slide out of theshoulder sockets, then slide back into them again. Of course you have to limber up your shoulders to do this, you cannot do

it right off or you would injure yourself. Anyone that has done controlled shoulder dislocations enjoys it every time, but there are some things important to know andthat's also why I want you to look at the pictures above. Doing a dislocation is really about two things: believing that it'spossible to do easily and doing it right. The pictures and what I will tell you helps you with the first part and later on with the

second part. The dislocations above are controlled, there is a vast difference between a dislocated joint that has fully come out of thesocket and a joint that has moved from the normal position. So long as the joint stays within the normal socket range ofmovement it can be controlled and will carry weight and have strength. If the joint comes right out of the socket then it nolonger has any pivot point and the muscles can not control the limb movement If out of the socket the limb has to he held orit will get into an uncontrolled position and the brain will make the muscles go into spasm. Therefor dislocations are muchabout believing or even better knowing it's possible and holding the limb. Also the muscles has to be stretched out to themaximum. Knowing that you will be able to very calmly dislocate your shoulders one at a time and hold the arm with theother hand. It is the same with the hip sockets. If you have done all the exercises you have already done a partial dislocation

in the frontbends exercise 1 position 1 in the variation and you probably didn't knew about it. Before doing dislocations there are different ways to limber up. Except for the exercises here a good and easy way to limberup your shoulders, which is possible to do everywhere, is to get something like a piece of rope (or towel), hold on to it in frontof you with your hands about 70-90 cms apart and then, without letting the rope slide in your hands and while keeping yourarms straight, rotate your arms up and back until both your hands are pointing at the floor behind you, then rotate it up andover your head until your arms are in front of you again. As you progress keep bringing your hands closer together until youcan do it without using the rope or towel. As you progress your shoulders will dislocate, but it's a controlled dislocation.

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Also do the stretch shown in the picture above using a 1-2-3-4-5 count for 15 repeats. When you're limbered up this is an easy way to do a controlled dislocation. There are a few steps and the important thing isto hold the arm with the other hand all the time you're doing it.It will take some time before you get a grip of it, so don't get

dissapointed if you don't have any success the first times. If you're afraid have someone to assist you the first 25 times. 1. Lift your arm so that it's pointing up vertical. 2. If the arm is the right arm rotate it clockwise preferably 360 degrees while helping with the other hand to get it out of thesocket pushing it upwards to the front. Don't use any force, more than you feel necessary! The important is that you can

control the joint with the other hand. 3. Your arm should be now be dislocated (thanks to the twisting) and you should always hold it with the other hand whatever

you do. One thing you can do is to lay it on your shoulders. This is something that is very enjoyable to do. Now when you have your shoulder dislocated just do things above reversed and it''l fall back in to it's socket. Again rememberto stay relaxed and do not tense up if you loose control over the limb for a moment – simply try to return the joint to naturalstate and everything will be as normal.

During any dislocation have the muscles around the joint relaxed.

Another way of controlling the dislocated joint is to hold your elbows with your hands as above. This makes it easy for you tomove the arms back and forth dislocating each time you move the arms to either left or right. Remember that you shouldrelax the limb that is moved out of it’s socked. One of the shoulders might be less flexible than the other. Do as with all otherstretches. Do the double amount of repeats on it.

Again here is Jaqueline demonstrating her dislocation. She uses a very similar technique to the shown above, but then itchanges. She starts off with holding her elbow with her hand and pulling it until the arm dislocates (which easily can be seenhere). Then she straightens the elbow making it possible for her hand to slide towards the hand of the dislocated limb andmaking it possible to grip the hand and pull downwards making the dislocation complete. In the process the arm has rotateda few degrees increasing the dislocation even more. As you can see the dislocations of the shoulders can be made in manydifferent ways and I've shown the most usual. The most important however is to stay relaxed.

You will need to force or strain the shoulder joints in the process and feel a bit discomfort, but sometimes that is necessary

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in the beginning and you shouldn't be worried, because in time you'll be able to dislocate the shoulder joints with ease.Therefor assisted stretches are recommended in the beginning until your joint comes out of it's socket with ease, but also toprevent you from stopping at an early point. If you're hypermobile continue with the assisted stretches beyond that. Also ifyou train together with a partner of a different gender, and you wish to be at the same lever at all times the male partnershould be assisted. Then hold the stretches longer and to the same level as the female partner (in this case till thedislocation occurs).

Important notice! If you have suffered from one or many dislocations in either hips or shoulders you should learn to do

controlled dislocations. This often is a symptom of hypermobility and you will sooner or later dislocate again. A medical termfor this is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, but often this disease is missed by most MD’s unless it’s mentioned. Around 40% of thepopulation has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and often without knowing it. The symptoms are often pain in joints, hypermobilityand dislocations of the joints (for example if you can learn how to do a split in a short time, partially dislocate your shoulders- that often means that you will hear a popping or cracking sound - or if you have overbent elbows you most likely haveEhlers-Danlos Syndrome). Very often the symptoms show gradually, often with pain or dislocations, and increase with timeto states that aren't controllable. It's not a question if it happens, but when. To prevent this it’s important to learn to docontrolled dislocations, build up strenght and flexibility around all joints and practicing yoga and contortion does all this. Thereason is simple. If a symptom like a dislocation occurs and it isn’t controlled your muscles will go into spasm. Being able todo a controlled dislocation prevents this and it should be done many times on a daily basis. A controlled dislocation is adislocation where you are able to dislocate the joint, move the limb with the help of another limb or with help from someonethat assists you and then putting it back to it's normal state. All joints that can be dislocated must be trained in this order offashion and the controlled dislocation must become a part of your normal range of movement! It's important to train all jointsthat dislocate, because that you once had an uncontrolled dislocation in i.e. the hips doesn't mean that the next won't be inthe shoulders etc and the dislocations gradually worsens for each time making it impossible to control them in the end. Youshould work the same way with backbends and later backfolds since the dislocations tend to spread to other areas than thejoints around the limbs. When working on backbends and especially backfolds put a stick, a finger or something appropriateto increase the fold and partially dislocate the vertebrae. The last part is very important! Using the contortion barre isrecommended. Persons that have experienced or experiences symptoms like dislocating, pain in joint and hypermobilityshould work towards being able to do all of the program to perfection, as a prevention, to be able to get the joints and themuscles around the joints supple to the outer limit and learn to control them in situations like this by doing controlleddislocations as much as possible. Also all exercises, if possible, should be done assisted with firm stretches until themaximum suppleness is reached at least once each day, preferrably more! This might be difficult, uncomforable and evenpainful, but only in the beginning. It’s not as difficult as it sounds and that is something you’ve probably found out by now orwill.

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