While I DO have a jacked shoulder/neck, with Katilin’s and Kelly’s input from another thread I’ve managed to decrease that specific restriction enough that my coach will now allow me to work on front squats with light weight rather than goblet squats 🙂 The MOB I’ve found that REALLY makes a huge difference is the video: Overhead Rib Mobilization from April 30, 2013 – and of course it also targets the Traps and Rhomboids.

The interesting thing is the major impact this mobilization made even after the very first time, and this restriction has been in place for years. There is some tenderness when I shear the ball back and forth at the bottom of my scapula in one isolated spot – but not what I would call pain. Thanks to Kelly for the June 17th video that seems to tie them all together.

Given that this particular MOB has had such a profound and immediate effect, and so many others have had no effect, are there other related mobs that should be used along with it? I DO have the Gemini now – just trying to get the best bang for my mobility time. I spend a LOT of time mobilizing before my workouts and am trying to streamline that a bit by focusing on a more targeted approach. 

I AM focusing on mobilizing in the position of restriction.