Hip to Shoulder 101

Here's an athlete who's never been exposed to our brand of condtioning for throwers. He began the season with some elbow and shoulder soreness. The exercises I'm using are typical warmups I use with pitchers: the 3D common lunge series c/ in/out of sync arm drivers. The top one is a RLE diagonal lunge with same side hand reach; the L hand is reaching posterior at shoulder height. The bottom pic is a LLE lunge with an opposite hand reach; L hand reaching posterior at shoulder height.

The sequence is as follows:

3D lunge c/

-BUE reach anterior @ ankle height

-BUE reach posterior @ overhead

-Same side hand reach @ ankle height c/ contralateral posterior hand reach @ shoulder height

-Opposite side hand reach @ ankle height c/ contalateral posterior hand reach @ shoulder height.

4x of each lunge= 1 set.