If there is one exercise that even the top coaches tend to shy away from it would be overhead pressing, and with good reason. In order to be successful with the movement there is so much that has to go right from head to toe to elicit proper shoulder mechanics, rhythm, and functioning, otherwise injury is a certainty. If the hips, core, low back, upper back, or shoulder joint itself are dysfunctional in any shape or form it can affect the shoulder in a negative fashion result

The rotator cuff muscles serve as part movers of the shoulders through various actions occurring at the shoulder joint, but most importantly, they’re critical to primarily maintaining “stability” and control at the shoulder while the outer, more prominent, and more powerful perform a majority of dynamic motion. Failure to properly “centrate” or center the ball of the humerus inside the Glenoid Fossa (socket) will render eventual injury to either the labrum, capsule, and or v

When we consider our innate structural anatomy everyone needs to perform some form of horizontal pressing motion regardless of their...