Pain in your shoulders? Try this
Do you get pain in your shoulder joints? Especially when you lift something?
Then here’s how to use the Tube Principle to get rid of the pain. It’s actually very straight-forward. Just imagine someone taking hold of the very top of your arm with both hands so that their thumbs are on your shoulder joint and their finger tips are in your armpit. Imagine them gently spreading and softening the shoulder muscles under their thumbs and bringing the freed-up muscle around toward the arm-pit.
That’s it.
If you were holding your shoulder joint tight, that should free it up and ease it. If you had pain from the tight muscle it should go (at least until you tighten it up again).
The intention is enough
There’s actually no need to have anybody take your shoulder for you. All you need is to remember to allow the outside of your shoulder to soften and spread into the arm-pit.
Having said that, if you’re used to holding your shoulders tight, it helps a lot if somebody does it for you the first time. That way, you get to know what a free shoulder feels like.
If you learn how to apply the Tube Principle like that wherever you’re holding your muscles stiff and tight, you can be as happy and care-free as this young man.
By the way, carrying your shoulder bag with the strap across your body like that also helps.
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