Cupping for rotator cuff in this video I'm going to be showing you how to do cupping for the rotator cuff in four parts. Start with a client in prone position, glide the cup around the posterior rotator cuff muscles and lifting slightly and then twisting and dragging the cup towards the armpit. Place the clients arm to their side and work their upper traps and super Spinae this gliding toward the top of the shoulder. It's not uncommon for the cups to get stuck over areas that have natural adhesions. It's a perfect time to do trigger point work. The plunger method Oh by the popping method position the clients arm behind their back and cup over the superior angle of the scapula and collide the cup around the perimeter of the scapula.

Next, reposition the arm off the table cup over the trigger points and do active cupping with a client raises their arm over their head like Superman. Finished by gliding the cups over the entire scapula, draining toward the armpit, simultaneously treating the teres minor muscle. Now what's left is the anterior aspect of the rotator cuff. So we'll need to do opinion stretching the pecs in subscapularis. So we'll cover up the client and have her flip over. So in part two of the copying for the rotator cuff, I'm going to be demonstrating how to do reverse pin stretch to the right pectoralis major and minor while the client is in supine position.

With your left hand, take hold of the client's right wrist and then with your right hand, place a large or medium sized cup over there pectoralis major pectoralis minor and anterior deltoid. Then have the client Take a deep breath and as they exhale, perform a pec stretch for one to two seconds. Repeat the process repositioning the cup over the pecs working all the way to the anterior deltoid. palpate the pecs and anterior deltoids to feel for a softening. You can repeat this up to 10 times or to your discretion. So in part three of the cupping for the rotator cuff, I'm going to show you how to do reverse pin and stretch for the anterior deltoid and biceps brachii.

I first suction the client's biceps working proximal to distal, similar to the suction release method. You flex their arm 90 degrees to shorten the biceps muscle suction down and then extend their arm stretching the biceps, then release. Repeat this process until the muscles feel softer. This is the final part of the cupping for the rotator cuff muscles series. So in this video, I'm going to be performing reverse pain strategy for the subscapularis. Start by placing a large cup in the armpit area, targeting the subscapularis muscle.

Then stretch the client's arm over their head. use one hand to hold the client's risk and the other to support underneath their elbow, and then guide their arm into a passive stretch. Do a one to two second stretch to repeat up to 10 times on each area. When you're finished with the move, gently reposition the arm so it rests by their side