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What Causes Pain And Discomfort In Shoulders?
Question: I am 80 but have been working out all my life I am in good health except aches and some discomfort in my shoulders.rotator cuff. I have developed soft areas under my arms between arm pit and ribs. All the exercises i have done do not seem to harden and develope firmness there Is there an exercise I can do to firm this area?
Brief Answer:
Do isometric exercise.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have read your query.
At your age people usually don't care about their physique but they just dream, I am highly impressed by you.
So coming to the point, I want to tell you that at your age muscles and skin including soft tissue get laxed, so I wouldn't be overly bothered about the laxity as long as your fit and healthy. But if you are very worried, start doing isometric exercise under guidance of trainer. In addition do stretching exercise and aerobics and important thing is that movements should be done in a slow to moderate and deliberate manner.
For rotator cuff you need to visit physiotherapy center.
Otherwise you can do exercise like diagonal inward shoulder rise and diagonal outward shoulder rise, curls for biceps and chest. All these you can see on you tube, be cautious don't increase weight of dumbbells too much atleast for one month weight should be same.
Do yoga daily.
Do isometric exercise.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have read your query.
At your age people usually don't care about their physique but they just dream, I am highly impressed by you.
So coming to the point, I want to tell you that at your age muscles and skin including soft tissue get laxed, so I wouldn't be overly bothered about the laxity as long as your fit and healthy. But if you are very worried, start doing isometric exercise under guidance of trainer. In addition do stretching exercise and aerobics and important thing is that movements should be done in a slow to moderate and deliberate manner.
For rotator cuff you need to visit physiotherapy center.
Otherwise you can do exercise like diagonal inward shoulder rise and diagonal outward shoulder rise, curls for biceps and chest. All these you can see on you tube, be cautious don't increase weight of dumbbells too much atleast for one month weight should be same.
Do yoga daily.
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