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The Secret Reason Your Shoulder Pinches When Reaching Overhead
"Shoulder impingement is rarely a bone-spur issue; it's an eccentric braking failure at the back of the shoulder."
You stretch your shoulder out and take anti-inflammatories, but every time your arm passes eye level, you experience a sharp, pinching catch that forces you to drop your arm back down.
Your posterior rotator cuff (specifically the Infraspinatus and Teres Minor) has developed dense, fibrotic adhesions. When you lift your arm, these muscles fail to lengthen eccentrically, which prevents the head of your arm bone from dropping down smoothly, causing it to smash upwards into the acromion bone gateway.
How we remove the bottleneck
Targeted structural stripping of the posterior cuff fibers to restore native elasticity, allowing the humeral head to clear the bone arch effortlessly during arm elevation.
This is for chronic cases. Not first-time tweaks.
Dealing with a pinching shoulder catch for 6+ months and standard mobility drills aren't working? Your braking system is jammed. Book your advanced shoulder assessment at Aches Away Toronto.