Shoulder Pain

FROZEN SHOULDER and other shoulder pains and injuries can be reversed by The Vance Stance®.  Traditional shoulder physical therapy doesn’t address the underlying posture and flexibility issues that must be corrected. This ground-breaking technique will allow you to release the frozen shoulder to alleviate the shoulder pain.

SHOULDER PAIN, which at the extreme is Frozen Shoulder, is a condition in which the shoulder joint is compresses severely, causing sharp pain and very limited movement. The pulling in of the area all around the shoulder binds it up, “freezing” it like a ball and socket that has been shrunk. As with most structural pain in the body, the answer is The Vance Stance. To put your body in the new position in space that will allow you to open the joint, you must first stop the thing that is causing the compression, standing and moving behind the line of gravity.

As you straighten your spine, your shoulders will learn to move back and down, away from your ears. You will stand so that you can activate the upper back muscles to contract properly, rather than be over-stretched. This rounding posture contributes to the hunching, and forward-curling position that makes the shoulders constrict. You need to flatten the upper back, and lengthen the arms away from the shoulders.

Inside the book The Vance Stance, you will find several exercises that can help to lessen your shoulder pain. Here is an easy exercise derived from Arms Behind on Railing (page 92-93) in the book.

• Try this: sit upright in a chair, with your back away from the back of the chair. Place your right hand on the right edge of the upright (or on the center support if that is what you have). Pull your shoulders back and down as you exhale. Slightly bent your elbow. Lengthen your neck, head level. Feel the stretch you are giving to the entire front area and down the arms as you contract your shoulder blades together. You will notice how uncomfortable this may be at first, especially if you are very tight. Exhale into the discomfort a few times, and change arms. Repeat. Notice afterwards if it is a little easier to flatten your back and drop your shoulders now.

Other movements that can help include:

• Doorway Stretch (page 90-91), which helps to release tightness in shoulders and arms.
• Wrist on Railing (page 114-115), which helps you to stretch your entire back and shoulders.