Why & How "Hanging" STOPS Shoulder Pain & Surgery
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- Why & How "Hanging" STOPS Shoulder Pain & Surgery
Bob and Brad demonstrate how the "hanging" method can stop your shoulder pain.
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As a gymnastics instructor I would consider "just hanging" one of the most important and fundamental drills for all students.
Is it because of alignment, shoulder flexibility & strength, grip strength, all of the above?
I agree with! That's why so many of my former Parkour students increase their mobility because of Hanging!!
@@PABackpacker because competitive gymnastics involves it
yes
Hey man
I was hanging on the bar for quite a time about 20 days or so
But my hanging time has decreased alot from, from 20 seconds now I'm able to go just as far as 7 seconds. I did took a break of 72 hours but still.
Can you tell me what's going on, it's discouraging me alot
I have a very weak grip strength, that's why I started hanging but now instead of my hanging time increasing it's decreasing
Hanging with full body weight to failure (about 60 seconds each for 3 sets per day) plus working in actual pull-ups (about 30 a day) has helped my shoulders big time. I used to have nagging shoulder pain years ago. Now at 52, I have zero pain and can do about 15 pull ups in a row.
Congrats man my lordt!
15 in a row is awesome!
is it about stretching the shoulder fibres to make it less painful
Word…. Represent
I had really bad frozen should which my whole extended family had and everyone who had surgery had a bad experience so I asked my aunt who healed hers with physical therapy and she told me that if I just did 10 pullups each morning and each evening it would get better and it did.
know most kids in highschool are incapable of this feat
After a lifetime of sports, injuries, repetitive stress injury, swimming, tennis, my shoulder pain was so excruciating that I could not lift my arm over my head. I started doing hanging at first and then progressed to pull-ups. It was extremely painful at first but I pushed through the pain so that I now have NO shoulder pain. I play tennis again without any problems and workout on the gymnastic rings, and BTW, I'm 70 years old.
That’s awesome!
Perfect
I have shoulder impingement and hanging gives me more pain that lasts days. Is this normal?
@@jubyloo2 Probably not. You should see a physiotherapist
You've given me some hope.😊
One year later and all the pain on my shoulder is gone. And now I can hang for 2 minutes without effort. I can’t thank you enough.
wow being able to hang for a year is pretty impressive feat
2 minutes, impressive! I just started a few weeks ago. I'm in my late 50s and weigh 230 so could only do a few seconds the first time. I got 40 seconds today. Working my way up.
@@notmarr2000 40 seconds is great. If you do this every day and warm up beforehand by moving your arms, shoulders and elbows, you can hang longer.
It took 1 year of hangs to fix your shoulder pain? Fugggg… I have bad shoulder pain in my left shoulder which stopped me from boxing and I wanna box again so bad. Started a week ago doing hangs for atleast 2 minutes sets of 30 seconds. Hoping it heals my impingement asap
@@jlu11111update?
My surgeon laughed so hard when he saw this. But he also was stunned at how fast my rotator surgery recovery was taking place. So he said just keep hanging....
It's not his fault, though. The system that taught him have no interest in solutions that doesn't make them money. Modern medicine prioritizes profit before actually helping people.
@@kurtslavain depends if he takes the time and now integrates this info into his practice. Or if hes ok with only knowing what makes him money
@Olaka LOL!! Youre so right
@@kurtslavain would you say Ivermectin is the same story?
@@dmicah3960 I have no idea who or what that is.
Believe it! Hanging saved me from unnecessary surgery for my shoulder impingement.
Ok
this is probably the rotator cuff muscles(important shoulder muscles) being lengthened while controlling body weight👍
Thanks for sharing your experience with this method.
Same here. Had PT for impingement, 2 years ago, and now I hang for 1 minute or more a day for maintenance. No issues.
How often do you hang tho? And how long?
Just started today. Did 3×20 second hangs for now. Already feeling an improvement in my shoulder. Hope to work up to multiple 1 minute continuous hangs by the end of the week. I'm 72.
I had shoulder impingement/pain for 10 months. 2 months of physical therapy did nothing. I tried hanging for 2-3 minutes a day. At first, it was a bit painful (normal). By week 2, pain was almost gone. 1 month later, pain is completely gone, but the SHOCKER is I am 2 inches taller! From 5"11 to 6"1. Hanging saved my life 😁
Did the hanging stop any resurgence of the issues? As in did this just treat your pain, or actually restore your shoulder to completely normal function?
I don’t know where to hang. Every pull up bar I find is for the doorway which is not high enough
@@Zodorac Both. Pain is gone and functionality is back. I'm taking it slow and easing into shoulder activities though.
@@Johnnysmithy24 You should have your feet on the floor when starting anyways. It's after a couple of weeks that you want to advance into no feet on the floor. You can just bend them your legs back.
I tore something in my shoulder at work 3 years ago. My shoulder has hurt everyday since. Finally got rehabbed enough to workout a few months ago. I'm going to try hanging i just made a pull-up bar yesterday. Thanks for the feedback brother hope your shoulder stays healthy man
I followed your advice and after only three weeks of hanging 3 mins a day, my shoulder, back and tongue pain stopped, my bank balance tripled, my girlfriend came back and my cat stopped pee-ing behind the sofa. Thanks Bob and Brad !!
You give me hope. Maybe if I dead hang for 3 mins a day my wife will leave me.
@@deeorr6403 😂😂
@dee orr I’m so sad for myself that I find this hilarious! Lmao
HA!!! That was a Riot! I read your comment to my wife, yessroman;
She Cracked UP!
( Nothing that a good Skin cream couldn't clear up).
@@raygsbrelcik5578 I'm guessing she wasn't a fan of my comment.....or the possible benefits of dead hangs.
I've hanged my neck and died now I'm a spirit now. Yes indeed no more shoulder pain.
May God rest your soul in peace!!!!
thats actually pretty funny
See it works ! ლ(・﹏・ლ)
😂😂cant stop laughing at that one
Jesus 🤣
I was diagnosed with bone spurs in both shoulders. Opted for a cortisone shot just to get out of immediate pain. Then I saw this video.
A $18 pullup bar at wally world saved me from surgery. What can I say but THANKS.
Please elaborate for me. I need help
Hanging unfroze my shoulder. I try and hang every other day. If I don’t, I start losing range of motion in that shoulder. I also do leg lifts from a hanging position. I was working out with weights, doing all kind of stretching, but I was still losing serious range of motion. I wrapped some tennis racket tape to cushion the bar and I use weight lifting gloves. I love hanging now. I also do leg lifts from a hanging position. I’m 66 years old.
🙌🏼
Try hanging your arms outside your body with dumbells. I feel this helps me the most.
eccentric muscle contraction is the key!
So true. Same for me.
How long after you started hanging your self did it take for the pain to go away?
I was that viewer....your welcome, love ur vids
What book did you recommend
ryguyiskindofaflyguy I’m glad you brought this their attention. Thanks
You're
@@ryguyiskindofaflyguy was just a joke
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I had shoulder pain and couldn’t lift my arm for over 4 months. I went to a physiotherapist, a chiropractor and even had acupuncture though the pain would not go away. I saw your original hanging video, ordered the book and started hanging daily at the gym at work. At first I couldn’t even bring my arm high enough to reach the bar, but I stuck with it and within a couple of weeks, I was hanging for 3-5 seconds at a time (doing 4-5 reps)and my arm felt so much better. For me, I feel the major stretching that happens when hanging is what helped my pain. I tell people with shoulder pain about hanging but they are all so sceptical and feel that their shoulder pain must be so much worse than mine. Thank you Bob and Brad for introducing me to this!
Sylvia Tevlin me too! When I read the book I couldn’t believe it would help. It was so painful at first but as I did it more and more the pain went away. Now it feels so good. My husband also helped my shoulder with tigger point therapy.
My story is exactly like yours. 😃
Can you hang if you have a 50% tear in the supraspanatus tendon?
hanging itself is a bit different to static stretching. in hanging, your muscles are contracting as they have to hold your body weight. so they get stretched out while being used(it's called 'eccentric contraction'). Anyway, it is a very good exercise for shoulder, forearm and back pain too
@@patriciabaylor4573 yes you can maybe with your feet on the ground first and if you feel better, with feet off the ground
Actually started doing this a few weeks ago. Love the glove idea as it is hard on the hands. But it totally works! My impingement was bad enough I could hardly wash my hair or pull my pants up. Now after months of PT both shoulders are like new again. Unexpected bonus: improves posture!
Something so simple worked. Amazing isn't it. Feels great to just not have pain
Did it take you months of hanging to see those results?
@@frankcheco7550 No, my shoulder PT was several months of progress through ROM to rubber band exercises and planking. Those exercises worked so well I went from near frozen shoulder to full strength and mobility in about 3-4 months. So I was already fully recovered even before trying hanging. Which I only did for a couple months. The PT exercises I still do regularly and on both shoulders, even though one never was injured, because they work so well. Hanging was good but hard to find a place to do it.
@@charlesmiller6281 planking? I been sufferig for years cant even throw a punch
@@Positivevibesonly3-16 Planks were only after about 2 months of PT building up flexibility and strength. Almost all the shoulder exercises are like planks in that they are resistance with zero range of motion. All the ones that involve motion the key is to maintain correct neutral shoulder position the whole time. Not one "normal" shoulder exercise. No military press, no bench press, no fly's none of that. Mine was messed up a very long time too and I thought it might never recover but it only took a couple months and now both are better than ever. If yours is torn or was dislocated that's one thing but if it was impingement syndrome get some good PT you will probably be able to get your life back.
I bought the book last night and I am halfway through it. It makes so much sense when you can see the body parts and how they work together. I did a little hanging at the gym this morning and plan on doing it regularly along with the light weight exercises. I like the fact that you take a conservative approach as you educate us. Great job!
I did this every day for a 1 month period and my shoulders and chest were completely reshaped and the power and strength I gained from just hanging 1-2minutes was incredible. Definitely need to start doing my hangs again.
I have a question.
Did you hang for 1~2 minutes in one go or do 2 sets of 1 minute hangs?
How do you progress with the hang time. Do you increase by 5 seconds every week or so?
@@scrificium2022 I’d say I increased about ten seconds each time and couldn’t say for sure because it was so long ago but you’d probably get best results going 3-5 sets until failure
@@GetMoneyFuggBidges thank you!
This absolutely works. I had pretty severe pain. It took several months of hanging every day, but the pain is gone and I have full range of motion. Thanks for cluing me in tot this technique.
I'm going to try it, but how do you know if you did nothing you wouldn't have had the same results. Saying "this absolutely works" is founded on one occurrence that could be coincidental.
@@dooovde I can only speak to my situation, however I had severe pain for 3-4 months. The original injury was caused by exercise and repeated motions that damaged the rotator cuff. I could not lift my arm, shifting my manual transmission car was very painful, could not sleep on the right side. I went to a highly regarded physical therapist for 6-8 visits, and did all the standard exercises he recommended. There was no improvement and he told me to go see a surgeon. This is when found the B&B videos on hanging. Since I had no improvement for at this point, about 6 months, and when I practiced hanging there was slow steady improvement all the way back to normal, I can say, yes, it worked for me. It has also worked for 2 friends of mine. I suggest you get Dr. Kirsch's book if you would like to learn why this works. BTW, I would hang only once or twice a day for about 60 - 80 seconds. The only thing that hurt was my hands gripping the bar!
@@ps4402 I’m not gonna buy and read a whole book just to know how this works. Why can’t you just explain it?
@@trappz_io2620 Bob and Brad have several excellent videos explaining how and why hanging works, if you're not inclined to purchase the book. This would be a better source of information than me.
@@ps4402 Where the hell does one go to hang at? Do i need a gym membership or?
As Brad and Bob stated, this is also good for spinal decompression. I’ve been doing dead hangs to help my lower back stiffness and discomfort. I add a 10 pound ankle weight to both ankles. I wear a pair of gloves that are coated with rubber that makes gripping the bar much easier.
3 years of Javelin throwing (1 in high school 2 Collegiate) left my shoulder hurting all the time and forget ever throwing again. But after discovering hanging it’s been so incredible. This video is great! Get the word out there you don’t have to get surgery for everything
I watched your first video on this about a year or so ago. Started out hanging supported and have worked my way up to an unsupported hang for 1 full minute. Do this about 5 days a week. Has really helped my shoulder mobility and reduction of injury when working out.
I preach it to whoever will listen.
That’s a great book! I got it about 4 years ago but unfortunately the damage had been done for me. I wound up needing surgery but have been incorporating hanging since I recovered in order to avoid needing the other shoulder done. Thanks for spreading the word fellas!
I followed this instruction. It took me about 6 months, but it worked. It hurt like hell, but it worked. I did it little by little. Now I'm pain free and I can easily lift my arms. Fixed. Thanks Brad & Bob. I tell everyone about your videos. First rate.
This is miracle work, after benching for over 2 years and coming up with heavy rotator cuff pain and immobility I was plateaud. I was doing so many exercises and stretches to help with it with little progress. These deadhangs gave me instant pain relief and after 3 days I went back to the gym and hit bench with no pain or discomfort at all. I think this will finally allow me to hit 315, thank you.
This also is very good for lower back problems. It cured mine. Thank you Bob and Brad, you guys are life savers.
I saw a different video from bob and brad about hanging. And this has helped my shoulders a TON.
I found this video several months ago dealing with difficult shoulder pain and started hanging, which was hard at first and I couldn't lift my feet, not from lack of strength but from pain. I worked through all that and once I found the best width, which was quite wide, the vast majority of my pain resolved immediately. Now I am doing pull-ups with bands and hanging almost every day. THANK YOU!!!
I'm a believer in the hanging physical therapy routine. Probably a third of my workout every day is based around this concept (I do throw some pull ups in, too, which I think have the same benefits as hanging). I also think it helps with your posture and some back problems.
I'll throw my hat in the ring: This hanging routine has gotten rid of my shoulder pain. I just do it for 30 sec at a time whenever I think about it- about 6x a day. It works. Like San Antonio Shoes did for my Plantar Faciitis. Amazing the things you can find on TH-cam.
I am so excited to try this! I have some issues with limited range of motion in my shoulders during my yoga practice and have been trying to free up the area. Thanks guys!
I came across this video 9 months ago while attempting to self-diagnose shoulder pain. I couldn't sleep, drive school bus, work out or pour a glass of milk without pain. Deciding I had nothing to lose, I tried it. I wasn't strong enough to hang my full body weight, so I modified the exercise so I wasn't hanging my legs. I felt relief after just a few days. Encouraged by the results, I continued to build strength and now can hang my full body weight for 1 1/2 minutes. My shoulder is so much better. I am now beginning to do upper body strength work outs that before seeing this video I would have never thought were possible. Thank you!
Hey thanks guys…. After 3-months of A/C joint discomfort, I tried this exercise.
Just 30 seconds 3 times per day and after 3-days, and a lot of cracking sounds in strange places, Wow no more pain.
Thanks 🙏
Had bad shoulders from neglecting my pushup form, hanging really helped me getting rid of that. So easy and cheap, too.
I had surgery on my right shoulder and I started to hang because my surgery shoulder didn’t have full motion. At first I hung crooked but over time it loosened up back to normal. In that time I realized my left shoulder stopped hurting and saved my self from having surgery.
That was over ten years ago! Good job guys getting the word out!
What a type of surgery have you done?
Wow - I just tried this and it totally works! Amazing and nearly instant relief. Thanks so much you guys!
I had pain in the left shoulder for months.
After starting to do this exercise regularly I have improved a lot.
Thank you very much!
I've been doing this for a few weeks now, my shoulder impingement has really improved, however, it does hurt my fingers! I will now add in the swinging motion. Thank you for your informative videos
Works for me. Dislocated my shoulder years back. Hang anywhere you can. Gym, park, at home. Hurt like hell at first but I hung with my feet touching the floor and now I hang with legs up. Pull ups are no problem or training in general. John Kirsch is a legend.
Did you tear your labrum? They don't know if I did or not, but my shoulder is practically worthless right now. Super concerned about hanging with it, but I'll give it a try since it worked for you despite a dislocation.
@@mayowankenobi I have no idea. They did X-rays but couldn’t find any muscle damage. My mobility is really good and I can move my arm up over my head and around it. Started doing small exercises like holding 5kg dumbbells in either hand, palms down and then rotate both dumbbells up at the same time towards the ceiling. Slow and controlled. Seems to help. If you are planning on hanging, I would start hanging first with both feet on the floor and slowly let your shoulders and lower body drop. You can gauge the pain level better and your feet support you if it’s too much. You’ll gradually get stronger in your weaker shoulder but don’t rush things. Best of luck.
Eleven months ago, I slipped and fell on ice landing on my right shoulder. Up until last month, I had to do push ups from knees on the ground due to pain in that shoulder. I purchased a chin-up bar two weeks ago. Within five days, shoulder pain completely went away. Now I can do 15 push ups from the toes.
This totally worked for me. Undiagnosed shoulder pain for 18 months. Not just in my shoulder join but down into my shoulder blade. Saw multiple doctors, nothing helped until a friend sent me this video. Sorted my pain overnight. It comes back occassionally and a few hanging sessions knocks it on the head again pretty quick. Highly recommend giving this a try if you are able.
Hanging variations (including pull-ups and chin-ups) and crawling variations are basically my two main exercises these days. They're great maintenance moves and it's easy to turn them into difficult training movements by going for longer distances or adding a small load.
Hanging pops my back really good. It also makes my low back feel better for a few minutes
Same here. Forget the shoulders -- this is lower back therapy for me. Stretching and working those muscles out with the help of gravity is what its all about.
That is good. One benefit from hanging is decompression of your spine
i was about to set an appointment with an ortho because because of the pain in my right shoulder that's been going on for months already until i stumbled upon your video "Best Tests to Diagnose Shoulder Impingement & Rotator Cuff Pain". then i found this another video of yours and i can't thank you enough. the first night i did it, i was sleepless because it hurt. but the morning after, it was slightly better..i continued this "hanging" method, and in 3 days, it has greatly improved my condition.. i can bend my arm in front again, twist it.. still got a little pain but so much more tolerable compared to before.i did not need to go to the ortho anymore. i just stopped "hanging" for now coz i just got my 2nd booster shot, but once the pain is gone from my arm, i will do this "hanging" again.. i cannot thank you enough
I’m a manager of a large care home complex and the one thing I can tell all you over 60’s is - get in shape now cos you’ve got 30 years to live minimum most of you guys… the sooner you start the better. I’ve got a lady aged 102.. first at keep fit every time - doing her warm ups and she’s last to leave doing her own warm down. Consistency and good programme and good technique is key. She was 95 when she moved into a sheltered accommodation with us. Lots and lots of very fit folks into their high 90’s..
I've been hanging daily, multiple times if possible, for 9 months now. It's helped me tremendously. When I started I could only do it for about 1 second with one arm because of the pain. Now I can hang for a minute or more and even do a pull up or two. It has greatly increased my strength and flexibility. I still have some shoulder and neck pain but I'm doing some nerve flossing/stretching that is helping. Thanks for the helpful videos, you guys are real life savers.
I was skeptical at first, but this was the only thing that gave me long term relief in my shoulder! I saw results in less than 3 days and I wish I tried this sooner. I've had a problem with my shoulder for a year and half now, mainly due to rounded shoulders from driving long commutes and working at a desk job for over ten years. I went to physical therapy for several months and did a ton of different rotator cuff and shoulder exercises. I was getting stronger, but there was always a tightness when I would reach for something and I would feel tenderness and inflammation in my armpit (probably tight pecs). I knew about this hanging method but was scared it would hurt my shoulder even more. It became my last resort when it should have been my first! I do this multiple times a day and it basically replaces all the different arm/shoulder/chest/back stretches I used to do. It opens everything up and you don't have to do repetitive motions, you literally just hang there for 30 seconds! Thank you Bob and Brad for sharing!!
Thank You for your story. I messed up my shoulder from studying/working at the computer. I hope this works and that I can return to work. Also I want to be a dance teacher and I need healthy shoulders for that.
Worked in two, painful, five minute sessions. Couldn’t believe it. I had a rotator cuff tear before and recovered through exercise and stretching, but after 6 months this time no go. Now I can finally raise my arm again laterally all the way up. Can’t wait to get all the way through all the progressions. but I’m already completely happy! Thanks. I was missing out on so many activities and just couldn’t sleep right. What a life changer!
good to know, started doing hangs this week as a progression to doing pullups, knowing there is a health benefit just gave me extra motivation!
You guys mentioned this a bit in a previous video where you talked about other stretches to help the shoulders. My shoulders had gotten so bad after years of weight training that I could barely lift my right arm past shoulder height. I went to see an orthopedic surgeon. He gave me a cortisone shot in each shoulder and ALSO suggesting doing hanging exercises. I have been doing this now for about three months. The cortisone has long since worn off, but doing these hanging exercises has given my shoulders a new lease on life. My pain has gone from a 9 to a 1 and I am back to working out like I used to. Only in extreme movements now do I feel any pain. I do this every single night with a pull up bar above my bathroom door. Trust me. This WORKS!!!!
How often did you do it? Did you do that for 15 minutes like the doc suggested?
G C
how's your shoulders doing now.
Still fine, or back to the issues as before.
Feedback please on this.
@@Ve-suvius commenting just for the update
@@FATEYYYY
I read a lot of good things on shoulder issues and 'hanging' to resolve this.
It is adviced by specialists, being really good for the shoulder. So I read..
@@Ve-suvius I am currently having shoulder pain and pain around the scapula on the left side. I also noticed winging scapula on my left side. The pain goes through the scapula and around the upper Chest (around anterior serratus muscle). I'm very disheartened that I may not be able to lift weights if this doesn't get diagnosed amd treated.
This just came up in my feed but it really is a magic bullet. I had issues with back and shoulder for years because I sit all day at work. One day was trying to do a pull up at the local park and couldn't get up, so ended up just hanging there for a bit. I felt better immediately so kept doing it each day and within weeks I could hang much longer was back to feeling normal again.
I told my parents (in their 70's) to give it a try to see what would happen. It was hard at first but again within weeks they both rave about it saying they've never felt better.
Such a simple thing that will change your life!
Thanks gentlemen! I’m 64. Lift weights 5 times a week. I have mild tendinitis in both shoulders. Definitely will try this out. Also am trying your shoulder massage for shoulder pain. Just trying to avoid injuries while working out.
I've had aching shoulder pain for months. Tried this over the last week, and the pain is nearly all gone. Just hanging every so often for 30 seconds. This works. Wow.
I was skeptical at first also. But it really does work. Thanks guys.🤗
This seriously works! I already had surgery.... chromial decompression... started tendenitus in a differet area.... And this really still works!
As usual you two are AWESOME. You have been very helpful to me, and i'm sure countless others. Wish I had found you before I went through surgery for one shoulder and had to have my arm immobilized for 5 weeks. Very cumbersome! Now two years later it's the OTHER shoulder giving me problems. I am certainly going to try all your methods before I decide on surgery again. Thank you for all the details on the book. God bless you guys.
Hanging was the only thing that worked for me and I went through the gamut of other PT exercises/stretches that did not take the pain away. Hanging finally provided relief and I have been pain free ever since. It saved me from endless pain filled sleepless nights!
Mary Anne Gladyszewski how long did it take before you had results?
Hanging has been the single best exercise I've come across in my entire life. Fixed my shoulders and also got them looking better. Like bodybuilder shoulders! A few minutes a day consistently over a few weeks & months. Now it's the one thing I do every time I find anything to hang off of.
Yep, I also hang from anything I can find, not only does it help my shoulders it helps with decompressing my back after a day at work lifting vbery heavy stuff.
Im 67 and started hanging just a month or so ago. Just feels right. I also recently added a squat routine whilst cleaning teeth with elec brush :) I alternate 12 - 15 squats each evening.
Thanks once again for your excellent, very helpful professional advice. I’ve been following your advice on shoulder impingement for a couple of weeks and think I see improvement of symptoms.
Thanks also for helping me to successfully diagnose and treat my patellar-femoral pain. It worked!! I’m 90% improved. Definitely a home run. Thank you guys!
Props for talking about this - I've already tested this weeks ago and it worked wonders for me
Once I had a frozen shoulder and after all the physical therapy was done I still practice hanging so I hope to never again have a frozen shoulder! You guys are both great! Thanks for this video!
where do u hang at?
Working through a frozen shoulder at the moment - major PITA! Stopped me lifting pretty much any decent size weights at the gym so most upper body muscle has dropped right back in strength/size.
I'm hanging around since I was an Teenager and my parents strongly disagreed but my shoulders are in top form.
Guys, thank you so much for your videos, especially this one on shoulder pain, I can't believe how well it works, my pain was getting bad and I was afraid surgery was in my future but after a week I've had a huge improvement !!
I corrected my imbalances in my shoulders by using the rings at my gym and combined it with trunk rotation. It worked a treat. Now I have full range of motion and work on the stability. Thank you for posting this video
Hanging is an excellent exercise, it will help train your grip as well. Get some chalk and train your grip. Work up to one minute. Your forearms will become much stronger as a side effect.
I cannot recommend this enough. I’ve had pain in the neck, middle back, chest (chostocondritis) and left shoulder and left side of the face for almost three years. The pain started in the middle of the night, first as an extreme head ache that then went on to the neck. It has progressed worse to the level that whenever I do even gentle stretching with a PT the pain would get worse and shot down in the left arm. I’ve met doctors, neurologists, chiropractors and PTs but they haven’t been able to make it better.
This sole excercise have saved my life. Two months after this excercise I’ve been able to go back to rehab again. I can do sit-ups without having pain for weeks afterwards (yea, weeks!). Thx a lot guys, you’ve saved my life!
At 37 I suddenly and recently got a horrible pain just left of below my neck…almost center of back. Sometimes it is left 9 pain for a few moments sometimes it is not noticeable. It got so bad my Pinkie is tingling and it radiates all through arm, elbow to pinkie. I commented because it sounds same as your injury. I really hope hanging helps me!
@@connectedcalcat7558 Start gentle with ”partial hanging” the first weeks, that is support your weight a little bit with your toes. Do full hangs whenever it feel comfortable:)
Great vid! So glad to see more support for this idea!
I have suffered from frozen shoulder twise in the past 20 years. The first time it took nearly a year to get about 80% of my movement back using conventional frozen shoulder exercises. This time around I learned of this hanging technique from Bob and Brad, purchased to book written by the ortho doc who came up with the technique, and started hanging. Initially I had problems due to severe deformation in both hands from RA. So I purchased a set of strap on hooks used by weight lifters to take the strain off my fingers. Long story short within just a few weeks the pain in my frozen shoulder was gone and within a month or two I had almost total movement back. Nearly a year later I ho hangs 3/4 times a week and remain pain free. Sliced bread pales in comparison to this technique!
I started hanging years ago for traction to stretch my lower back, which really helped my back pain. Then when I developed shoulder pain from something else I continued hanging, not knowing for sure if it would help or hurt. After a few weeks the pain went away, though I also do weight training. At 64 I still do hanging leg raises for ab muscles, and stretching my back and shoulders.
Hanging leg raises do not affect the abs as they don't cross the hip joint. You're just feeling it in the psoas muscles.
@@tommyharris5817 not even wym just raise your knees with them bent down. if that’s too easy the make legs straight and lift them to level of ur hips or past that
@@jorge7246 No! Leg raises do not work the abs as they don’t cross the hip joint. What people feel is the psoas contracting as it crosses the hip joint. Crunches are the best although any standing exercise where you tense your and will work them hard too.
@@tommyharris5817 there are also different exercises you can do. i rather do hanging leg raises rather than doing the crunches, because you are putting less stress on your vertebrae when you're doing the leg raises versus the crunch. yes i agree with it also using ur hip flexors but it also works abs, grip strength and more even while hanging helps with shoulder mobility and decompress spine all these at the same time pretty much. if u simply google the question what does hanging leg raises affect it says abs
@@jorge7246 You need to learn basic anatomy and physiology.
My shoulder pain is from the way I sleep. I tried hanging from a bar at the gym for about one minute it definitely help .
Great video about hanging and shoulder pain - thanks Bob & Brad. I am going to give this a try this afternoon on my lunch break.
I read the book by DR. Kerch but found it a difficult glean usefull rehab info. I got the point clear enough but the book is not arranged very well. I feel the hanging has helped me but it took these two Dr.s to clear up the process of rehab much better than the book does. Thank you Dr. Kerch for bringing this info to the rest of us and, thank you Bob and Brad for giving us a clearer picture with this and other videos on shoulder pain.* I purchased the original edition of the book. I hear there might more useful rehab instructions in the second edition.
1:17 i coulda swear he said "the vibrating penile massage ball". Had to do a quick rewind there for a second.
Thats called wishful thinking
Ahahahha
All of the thumbs down on this video are from surgeons.
Not true. I use their exercises and give them to my patients. My job is to do whatever I can to get improvement without surgery
Henry Small very good. Thumbs up to you Henry 👍🏽
You are so fine
With really bad internal shoulder rotation 😅
@@SK-kh2rs Thank you
I had shoulder pain for YEARS especially in the mornings because I sleep on my side. Hanging helped tremendously but do not over do it . I also realized that I was walking around all day with a lot of tension in my shoulders and I had to consciously relax my shoulders an that has also helped.
I definitely agree! I use these commonly to help with my shoulder flexibility. It has really made a difference.
Was getting a dull, nagging shoulder pain at 34. Prob due to a muscle imbalance cause I do a lot of shoulder presses and lateral raises. Hanging and the occasional pull up fixed it.
Every time I go to the gym I hang for about 5-10 mins, resting in between. Next to yoga it's lead to the most improvements in my back, neck and shoulder health. I can often feel my spine and muscles popping and releasing while I do it.
Glad I found your channel! I'm 27 years old and have enjoyed watching your videos over the past year. You have helped me recover from a moderate shoulder injury as well as a pulled lower back. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, I’m very excited to start this exercise.
This is a great way to build grip strength too. I've been hanging every day to help with grip and hand health
it is a great way to build your overall upper body strength!
Absolutely true, I’ve had SIS for years and a slight tear was detected after a fall on the ice last winter. You had mentioned this book in another video and I downloaded it about 6 months ago and I’m 98% better. It’s so easy! The book also has some light weight exercises to do to further strengthen the surrounding muscles. I’m amazed, I thought I was headed for surgery I was in so much pain. I’m 63 and this works, simple as that!!
Just bought the book you mentioned and will try the hanging method for 30 days and see how it goes! Thank you Bob &Brad!
Roughly 7 months post-op from shoulder surgery, I tried it once and this exercise really seems to be doing miracles... My shoulder was delighted already!
What the type of surgery?
I am starting to hang now ! Thank you ! But wondering why do you think only one of my shoulders gets numb , is actually the one I have pain from time to time , do you think it is because it is fixing itself ? Thank you so much ! Love you both !
Thank you may Allah reward you for this
Thanks! My right shoulder has been painful. Thanks for the reminder that I can stretch it out. I use a total gym when I can make myself do good things for myself and I use that to traction my shoulders and lengthen the arm muscles as well.
I took your advise , hang all day! I now have wrist tendonitis ! But also it did help my hamstrings and took care of my hammer toe! Thank you!
LOVE hanging. My massage therapist who's also a PTA told me about it 7 years ago and it's fantastic.
That ending 😂
Where should you focus the tension? When I do this I find myself trying to shift the tension into my core so I can stay more still and last longer. Does this have the same benefits or should you feel the majority of the tension in your shoulders?
I started going to the gym 1 month ago; frozen shoulder pain gone! I was hanging from equipment & simply allowed my arm to stretch until I was able to raise my arm without tightness. If I miss 2 days at the gym, tightness in shoulder & arm returns. The key is stretch your arm & shoulder until it's upright again. It hurt like heck & would pop in the beginning, but my shoulder feels great & I have zero pain. 9/12/19 @ 9:53P.
absolutely works. after therapy on shoulder pain, i stopped and pain came back. it was clear i needed to continue to do a shoulder workout or have pain and go back to shots and maybe surgery. somehow i found the Dr. Kirsch book and have been doing an upper body workout twice a week ever since. then i decided i might as well add squats too. i was in early 60's then. now i'm 70 and no pain anywhere. movement matters. you have to actually do it regularly and it works.
Straight Hanging for couple of minutes (intervals with 30s hanging followed by 30s rest) in the morning can also stretch your spine real good and protect you from low back pain.
with straight I mean dead hang in which you're not bending your knees and every muscle in your body (except for your wrists and your forearms) are relaxed.
bob&brad thanks for this video and all the others that have helped me. I bought this book after seeing it mentioned in a previous show. My question is that John Kirsch MD recommends weight lifting exercises immediately after hanging but they appear to be ones with range of motion that is often is associated with the cause of impingement. Could you guys do a video some time with Shoulder exercises that you would recommend following hanging that I could use as part of my workout.
No 1 Shoulder Impingement Exercises (98% Success Rate!)
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Great video and this is really helping me - going through the journey hopefully to get pain free.
Just great, these two are awesome. The tips they give really work I have tried a few and I really appreciate them. Thank you Bob & Brad! :)
i concur. bought a simple pullup bar on amazon which easily installs in a door frame. i can hang up to a minute now although i doubt that is necessary. multiple sets of 30 seconds will do. you WILL get calluses on your hands and it does really work your forearms but you can always start with your feet on the ground / varying levels of support. It REALLY has helped me. watch B&B's other videos on shoulder rehab / impingement exercises. These guys know what they're talking about. it will save you a lot of money and time going to a PT person. Thank you again, gentlemen!
#Nick Ruechel is this a tension-type bar(like for shower curtains), or does it actually screw into the door frame? Thanks in advance
esterixis look for:
Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar on Amazon. it’s about 30 bucks and has tons of great reviews including mine.
Studies suggest 45 seconds × 5 reps but you can do at your own pace
Have you thought of doing a video about the sacroiliac joint and problems with it?
This has done wonders for my shoulders...Thanks Bob and Brad
Thank you Bob & Brad. Bar hanging excercise helped a lot on my left shoulder pain. You guys doing a wonderful job to the people. Thank you TH-cam for such a wonderful video ❤️❤️.
Why i haven't seen this video earlier? Suffering from shoulder joint pain since 2014 after terrible car accident... thankyou for your hanging exercise advise... the moment i did this exercise for 5 minutes, my shoulder felt so relieved.. and i feel so good now... thankyou