Name: Shoulder External Rotator Activation Taping
Uploaded: 2023-04-26T01:00:27.000Z
Duration: 5 min 53 s
Description: Sore shoulders? Activate your external rotators with this quick & easy taping technique! Learn all the essential steps in this easy-to-follow, 1-minute video.

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Sore shoulders? Activate your external rotators with this quick & easy taping technique! Learn all the essential steps in this easy-to-follow, 1-minute video.

Introduction to External Rotator Taping

Demonstration of Taping Technique

Application on Opposite Side

Importance of Optimal Positioning

Technique Reinforcement and Expected Outcomes

Shoulder External Rotator Activation Taping

This is Brent of the Brookbush Institute at the Independent Training Spot, and in this video we're going over external rotator taping, or that is taping to reinforce the external rotator activation that we've done within a session. Now individuals who may benefit from this technique are those with upper body dysfunction. So if we're doing the overhead squat assessment that would be arms fall forward, or shoulders elevate. But more specifically this is going to relate to glenohumeral dysfunction, and limitations, or an inability to control rotation of the glenohumeral joint. I'm going to have my friend Jordan come out, he's going help me demonstrate this technique. I think you guys will find that this technique is actually fairly simple. I have seen some more complicated external rotator tapings on video, and indefinite different educational platforms, where they split the tape, if one goes along the the spine of the scapula, and the other one goes along the infraspinatus. But all in all, one piece of tape like this generally does the trick. So a couple little tips, you're going to take your anchor, get about three centimeters there, and you're going to put it right over the front of the anterior deltoid. I'm going to have Jordan go ahead and assume chest out thumbs out posture, alright so that's one of our external rotator activation exercises. I'm going to put him in a maximally shortened position here. I'm then going to find the spine of the scapula, find that inferior border, and that's where my tapes going to go. The only other thing you have to remember, is that you're going to have to put a little tension in the tape as you go around the deltoid, because this technically speaking here, because his deltoid is round this way, the bottom portion of the tape actually has to be longer than the top portion of the tape. If you try to use just tape off tension you'll get wrinkles. So you got to put just a little tension in the tape on the deltoid, and then once you get to the spine of the scapula, you can just go straight across, and that's it, really simple taping. Go ahead and put your arms down Jordan, tell me how that feels, that feels awesome, good. And you guys can see just by the way this tape is aligned it helps keep his arm turned out just a little bit. He keeps out of this static posture, and our hope kind of is, is that this aggravation, this little, little bit of tension he feels in the skin every time he goes this way, will give him a little signal to stimulate his external rotators, which is going to increase that activity for days after he's had a session with me, which is great. That enhances my carry-over quite a bit. I'm going to show you again on his other side, let's go ahead and switch sides here. Once again about three centimeters, chest out thumbs out position, thank you Jordan you got this down pat. I'm going to go ahead and put my anchor right over his anterior deltoid. No tension in that, just right over his anterior deltoid. I'm going to go ahead and put some tension in the tape to make sure that I don't have wrinkles. The only reason I'm doing that is because as deltoids are a bit spherical, and then as I get back to the spine of the scapula I can just use tape off tension. Alright since I'm doing both sides and I kind of want equal input, I'd want them a little bit more to even-ness than this. Unfortunately I'm kind of coming from the side guys so that you guys can see this, and this isn't even. I might redo this side, but Jordan can go ahead and put his arms down. I'm going to have him do a bit of a turn for you here. So you can see I literally just have it from the anterior deltoid, wrapped around in a straight line along the spine of the scapula. This taping works wonderfully to keep people out of that internally rotated position, which is going to help. You know this position facilitates a short and overactive subscapularis, and inhibited external rotators. Getting them back here improves stability by getting his external rotators in a more optimal length tension relationship. Thank you Jordan Guys easy technique, maybe one of the first ones you try, outside of the fact that you got to get somebody in at least a tank top to apply that technique. Very easy thing to do just about anywhere. Remember I use these techniques, these taping techniques to reinforce exercise. I don't anticipate taping alone to have that large of an effect. This works a lot better if you'll release, lengthen, mobilize when appropriate, activate, integrate, and then follow up with taping to improve your carryover from session to session. And of course improved carryover means fewer sessions. People get better faster. I look forward to hearing how you're using this technique and what outcomes you're getting. Talk to you soon.

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