Rori and team are taking a quick break from podcasting for the fall. Stay tuned, though, because they'll be back soon with more podcasts!

In the meantime, check out the PRS website (link below) as well as the many other resources PRS offers.

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Shoulder surgery is one of the most painful and debilitating surgeries that we see people go through. Because of this and the comparable outcomes of physical therapy relative to shoulder surgery, we encourage powerlifters to exhaust all conservative options before having shoulder surgery.

1. Personal hygiene

2. Driving

3. Feeding yourself

4. Putting on and taking off shirts

5. Sleeping

6. Cooking 

7. Grocery shopping 

8. And much more

Contrary to popular belief, barbell training and powerlifting alone do not usually cause most of the “injuries” associated with the shoulder. Things like rotator cuff tears and tendinopathies, labral tears, “impingement,” etc. are all things that affect the general population. So it’s more likely that training volume, intensity, and barbell techniques are irritating a shoulder that already has some of this going on. And it’s more than possible to reduce symptoms and make a full recovery without surgery.

Dr. Rori Alter and Dr. John Petrizzo discuss common shoulder injuries that affect barbell training and strategies for managing and rehabbing them, including physical therapy, training modifications, medical interventions such as cortisone injections, and finally, surgery.

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The shoulder is one of the most commonly injured areas of the body in the sport of powerlifting and strength training. But injuring your shoulder does not mean you should stop training. Barbell lift modifications can be made so you can continue to powerlift while you rehabilitate your shoulder injury.

In this episode of the PRS Podcast the Clinical Coaches discuss our algorithm for technique modification to allow you, your clients, or patients to continue to train each powerlift while rehabilitating a shoulder injury. Additionally, we discuss how you can continue to train your whole body early on after having shoulder surgery and what early return-to-sport for powerlifting  looks like.

We break down technique modifications and return-to-powerlifting after surgery via a discussion on each lift so there is no reason why your athleticism should decrease when you are recovering from a shoulder surgery or injury. 

1. Pain & Injuries Part 1

2. Pain & Injuries Part 2

3. Pain & Injuries Part 3

4. Barbell Strap 

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The shoulder is one of the most common sites of injury in powerlifting and barbell training because it is involved in every single powerlift. So in order to protect yourself from shoulder pain or injury, it’s important to have good bar placement, grip width, and shoulder position to optimize force production while minimizing extraneous forces on the shoulder.

In this episode of the PRS Podcast we discuss not just the functional anatomy of the shoulder and the four joints it’s composed of, but how it functions in each lift and how you should move to reduce your risk for injury while getting as strong as possible. 

This episode is broken down by lift and common myths or misconceptions about technique and the shoulder in barbell training.

1. What are some misconceptions people have about bar placement, stability, and grip width in the squat?

2. How does the shoulder impact grip width and bar position in the squat?

1. How does arching your back improve bench press execution and support muscle development? 

2. Why does excessive arching in the bench press create a problem at the shoulder?

3. Why do we want to maintain tightness and not sink the bar into the chest when bench pressing?

4. Why is the idea of tucking and flaring during the bench press problematic for the shoulder?

1. What role do the lats pla in the deadlift?

2. How does the role of the lats in the deadlift influence our back/shoulder angle?

1. Why is overhead feared by doctors and physical therapists?

2. How do you protect from impingement in the shoulder while overhead pressing?

If you’re a chiropractor, physical therapist, medical doctor, strength coach, or student clinician, this episode is a great review and application tutorial regarding the foot and ankle in barbell training.

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In a perfect world, you should pull all the slack out of the bar and body system in the deadlift set up. The deadlift should leave the floor in a very smooth, quiet manner. You shouldn’t hear the bar, yank it, or get excessive body movement before the bar leaves the ground. 

In this What We Saw Wednesday episode of the PRS Podcast, Dr. Alyssa Haveson reviews a PRS client’s form check video where we see a very jerky deadlift start. 

1. What these deadlift set-up errors look and sound like

2. The importance of why the slack must be pulled out before the deadlift is executed some strategies to address these issues

3. How to make sure you pull out the slack and maintain it before lifting the bar

To view what this deadlift error looks like and the weekly form check that his PRS Coach Rori provided, check out the video here!

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Neck tweaks and dizziness can sometimes occur with barbell training and powerlifting. So if you’ve ever wondered why you get dizzy when you lift heavy, why you tweaked your neck from the overhead press, where you should look when you squat, etc., you should understand that your eye gaze and neck position is very important when you lift heavy.  

The neck is a region of the body that does not actively contribute to the bar moving up in the squat, bench press, overhead press or deadlift. Therefore, we consider the neck joints accessory joints rather than mover joints. While it’s impossible for the neck to stay completely still when you lift it should be your goal to keep it as still as possible and reduce the amount of position change that occurs as the rest of your body moves in space. 

Our eyes also play a significant role in our overall lifting experience and execution so we should be very specific with what we are doing with our eyes as well. 

1. Provide visual feedback about the environment/where our body is in space

2. Maintain as much neutrality in our neck as possible to support the function or structures in our neck and inner ear that promote balance and equilibrium

1. The cervical spine or neck and head are extensions of the spine and should remain in line with the rest of the spine throughout the lift

2. If the cervical spine cannot remain in neutral throughout the lift, it should be positioned at the start and end of the lift such that it is positioned in neutral during the most stressful parts of the lift

3. The eyes should be positioned perpendicular to the line of the spine when it is at its most neutral position during the lift

In this episode of the PRS Podcast we dive deeply into our eye gaze and neck position recommendations for each barbell lift. For some lifts this is obvious,for others it is not. Check out the full episode to learn how to improve the execution of your lifts while reducing injury to your neck.

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The unrack of the overhead press should put you in the right start position. Yet you may be unracking poorly causing a higher energy expenditure, stress on the shoulder, elbow, and wrist, and putting you in a poor position to start the overhead press. 

In this What We Saw Wednesday episode, Dr. Alyssa Haveson reviews this video of an Overhead Press and identifies a common unracking mistake. 

She then goes on to review two types of overhead press unracking mistakes and how to properly unrack the overhead press so you don’t hurt yourself and can perform the lift well.

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