When the shoulder comes forward during internal rotation, it can lead to the deltoid and biceps working excessively, potentially causing injury like biceps or labral tears and putting the rotator cuff at a disadvantage. — Whalespan
When the shoulder comes forward during internal rotation, it can lead to the deltoid and biceps working excessively, potentially causing injury like biceps or labral tears and putting the rotator cuff at a disadvantage.
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“And that shoulder coming forward is how your body solves the problem if you can't access that position. And that shoulder coming forward suddenly asks that deltoid biceps to work really hard. The deltoids like working like a seat belt trying to squeeze you back. That's potentially the mechanism of injury for biceps tears, for laboral tears. Puts my rotator cuff at a huge disadvantage.”