Episode 18: Free Your Scap, Free Your Mind
Episode 101: Shoulder Relationships–Soft Tissue
Episode 103: Shoulder Relationships 3–Arm to Scap
Episode 155: Periscapular, Regional Death by Pain Ball
Episode 209: Free Your Ribs, Your Mind Will Follow
The Beauty Queen, First Rib Overhead Mob of Death
The 500th Video; Great Sub-Scap Shoulder Smash Drill

Was the cause of numbness and weakening in your arm resolved?
Have you had anyone work with push up mechanics/technique?

You’ve watched the episodes, but are you doing the mobs?
How often do you do a mob session?
Good to hear the numbness was resolved.
Open and Closed Torque Systems
Your Thumbs, The Hook Grip, and Better Pull Up Shoulder Stability Part 1
Your Thumbs, The Hook Grip, and Better Pull Up Shoulder Stability Part 2

Pressing Mechanics and The Knee Pushup Up Disaster/Froning and Bailey Edition
Movement Transfer Exercise: The Pushup & The Slingshot
Episode 158: Normal Shoulder Have FULL Range

Pick a max of 3 mobs to do each session.
Going for quality time spent.
Where this isn’t a new situation I recommend hitting your shoulder morning and night.
Your body needs the reminders and stimulus of the changes you are looking to make.
It won’t always be like this, but in the beginning this helps alot.
On your second session you don’t have to cover everything you did in the 1st session. Maybe you hit 1 thing in the second session and move on to another area.

Yes that sounds like a starting place.
Yes add the neck tissue mobs in too.

Yes, the first rib acts like a pump and can impact this.
Which elements are you seeing the most improvement with?
Have you hit traps or delts?
Identifying what around the shoulder is tight and working with those aspects is an important part.
It can mean hitting the same areas a few different ways.
Jill Miller has some great quick fix videos  that address the neck, shoulder,  upper back, and a stress relief video.
You can receive a free quick fix here others are available for a small fee.

Yes, you can have compensations on one side in response to tightness restrictions on the other side.
Are you mobilizing both sides or one side?
If you are only mobilizing one side its not out of the ordinary that the other side may have spots that are more tender than the impacted side.
Your left side needs attention as well.

Are you able to replication proper positioning for a push up?
You can test/retest a push up when you feel ready.
You’ll never know if you are ready for push ups if you never try them.
Preforming pushing will highlight areas that still need attention or let you know that things are in a good place and your mechanics/technique are dialed.

Are you actively pulling the shoulder blade into your body for an organized shoulder position?
You may not have optimal hand placement.
Have you looked at your pressing mechanics?
Pressing Mechanics and The Knee Pushup Up Disaster/Froning and Bailey Edition
Episode 236: Overhead Wrist Dysfunction

Do you know someone who has a slingshot you can try?
I’ve used it with several people to correct/better understand hand placement and positioning.
Movement Transfer Exercise: The Pushup & The Slingshot
Are you missing range in your shoulder?
Episode 158: Normal Shoulder Have FULL Range
Episode 34: Bridal MWod: Bride/Operator Shoulders; IR Rotation/Scap Gliding

That is mainly the issue, with my right shoulder blade I have a hard time pulling it into position, it is clear that i cannot set it like my left one. But today at least I got some progress with the 1st rib mobs, started reaching those painful points, and breaking them up especially on my left side.

Good to hear you getting to the bottom of what is causing your movement restrictions and seeing improvements.
Have you watched this webinar? The Athletic Shoulder: Anatomy, Physiology & Function
This will help build an understanding of how your shoulder works.

Great video really enjoyed it. Liked the whole getting into the scapular winging issue, which brings forth the interesting facts, as e.g my right tricep is not that strong very sore to use, and the bicep is pretty tight so they could be pulling on that scap anteriorly too I guess. Maybe its not the pec minor so much anymore. More that and parts of the deltoid.

I have struggled with this for a long time as a former asymmetrical throwing athlete. Kait’s on point about the push-up diagnostics, and the use of a slingshot. I made my a loop with a weak theraband to encourage proprioception in that region during the push-up and it has helped a lot. One thing that has helped me is inverted rows concentrating on internal rotation and a pause at the top of the maneuver. Feels unnecessary to the uninitiated but after a set take a look at your resting scapula posture. I found it really flattens the blades to the rib age and encourages the coveted posterior tilt as well. All that being said–one night of sleeping weird on my side will have me revert back

Im a side sleeper and it seems to be a problem no matter how i place my arms. It really messes up the mobility work I do. Thanks for the input!!!

With situations that need attention you may need to do something that others may not do.
There is nothing wrong with that because you are addressing a situation the other person/people are not dealing with.
Good to hear you identified something that is helping the situation.
Yes, side sleeping can be an issue as the top shoulder many times has the scapula winged and reinforces the poor positioning…