Didn't Fall Out of Tree, This How To Video Could Save Your Shoulder

Christmas is two short weeks away.  ARE YOU READY!?  I am about done with my list and am working on my two final giftees: My nieces.  Allison is 5 and Sarah is 2.  The issue here is they have everything.  I do not mean they have everything they need.  That would imply they do not go without food and warm boots, which they do not.  But they also have everything they want!  Unless of course you consider an ipad a necessity.  If that is the case then you live with my sister on Planet Silliness in the Obscene Consumerism System.

The list I received for the girls is as follows:
Allison: Markers, plain white paper, every Barbie in the world and the Barbie Dream House.
Sarah: A digger, a horse, a unicorn and crayons and the Barbie Dream House.

Looking at my budget, which does not include horses, mythical horse-like creatures or anything Mattel calls a "dream" anything, it looks like Office Depot is the big winner when I go shopping this week.

"What does any of this have to do with shoulder, or fitness, or anything," you might ask?  I will tell you.  Today I am giving you, the reader, an early Christmas present!  I have produced a Jerry Bruckheimer-quality video so stunning and engrossing you will be riveted to your screen for at least 20 seconds.  The video contains stretches AND exercises for that non-falling-out-of-a-tree-related shoulder injury!  The stretches are as described in the "Falling out of the Tree..." post and the video has the added Straight Arm on the Ball bonus stretch because I forgot to ask the girls to do the "Straight Arm on the Wall Stretch."  The three exercises with the bands are great for strengthening the rotator cuff.

Thank you again to our excellent demonstrator Courtney and the newest addition to our demo team Megan!  They both play volleyball for the Niwot High School Cougars in Longmont, Colorado.

Please, as always, post or email tom@canyonptandf.com with questions or comments.  Now that I have more or less figured out how to create a video, look for more video blogs and be sure to visit us at www.canyonptandf.com.