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No Weights, No Pain: 5 Shoulder Exercises for Lasting Relief

This routine will erase your pain and stiffness fast!

David Liira, Kin.
5 min readFeb 1, 2025
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If you’re battling with shoulder pain in everyday life, the last thing you should do is rest completely. The moment you become sedentary, you’ll only delay the healing process. Why is this the case? While rest may temporarily stop your pain, it doesn’t get to the root of the problem and may even leave you worse off. This is because you’ll be even more deconditioned in the upper body, leading to instability, poor motor control, and further injuries.

The quick fix is to dive into body-weight exercises that promote both strength and mobility to save you time and effort. In the next few minutes, I’ll show you how to activate dormant tissues like the serratus anterior and mid/lower traps to get back in control of the entire shoulder complex. This will both improve your sports performance and overall biomechanics for activities of daily living.

While it may sound overwhelming to rewire how you move this joint, this type of work can take mere minutes and you don’t even need to go to the gym! In turn, you’ll save countless hours of dealing with unnecessary injuries and even build beyond your current strength levels. Without further ado, let’s jump in and take just 5 minutes to restore your shoulder health for…

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David Liira, Kin.
David Liira, Kin.

Written by David Liira, Kin.

Kinesiologist. Writing on health and the human condition. Clap and I clap back. https://www.davidliirakin.com

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