Shoulder Pain Caused By This Hidden Muscle? Pec Minor 

For the article I wrote regarding this video on shoulder pain do to pectoralis minor - www.hollandreflexology.com/pec-minor-the-modern-reason-for-shoulder-pain/

Received a diagnosis of shoulder impingement several years ago. Saw a sports medicine doctor, general practitioner, and several physical therapists. Nothing worked. Endless exercises to strengthen the rotator cuff muscles, the lower traps, the rhomboids. During covid the PT on an video visit did not diagnose my winging of the scapula after I told her that I felt a bump in my back.One GP was ready to do a cortisone shot. I said no, let my try physical therapy again. Another doctor saw me and said that at 63 years old, it probably wouldn't get better. An overuse condition. Finally a physical therapy's assistant said that I had a tight minor pec muscle. After a couple massages and a little time it is now all good! So my respect for this doctor to raise awareness for this minor muscle that is majorly important!

This is the most helpful I’ve come across which tied together all of my symptoms, of which the 3 top orthos in SD nor 3 highly regarded PT’s could not figure out. Thank you for caring! This is so helpful!

I had a broken collar bone that never mended. It filled in with cartridge. 26yrs I unconsciously compensated by using my lower arm. I have a huge 'Popeye' muscle instead of a bicep. Working on this whole area NOW to rebuild shoulder and bicep. Caused my whole posture to Lean crooked. Lots of work ahead for me. Very helpful video.

What a brilliant doctor. Love this video.

This is what helped me fix my shoulder pain when most other suggestions and exercises failed. Thanks a lot!

Don’t know all the terminology, but a very logical, common sense explanation. 👍👍

Great video, informative and straight to the point. Really enjoy watching your workshops, thank you!

Awesome video! My husband (who does a lot of weight lifting) recently went to a PT for some nagging shoulder pain and the pec stretches they gave him made a big difference. So now I'm excited to test out some of these massage techniques and assisted stretches to give him some more relief. Thanks for such a thorough video!

Seems to help. I overlooked this muscle and most of the stuff online does as well. Thanks

This is exactly what i needed, thanks a lot

Thank you, it really helped me a lot.

I have watched so many videos and this is one of the best and most informative I have come across. Thank you very much for such great and clear information.

Doug, I’m so glad that I was able to be part of your learning and experimental! Lol Great explanation and video as always!

I agree, and this is a great demonstration and visuals. I have also found that all the coracoid process muscles can be injured, tight, scar tissue, etc. After the tissue is addressed, I love eccentric lengthening exercises.

Great information and you explain it in a very simple way to understand. Thanks please keep doing videos

Thank you so much for taking the time for this video. I was a brand new truck driver and put in a terrible position, almost like those monkey handle bars for 12 hours a day. Until I lost all grip strength and tremendous pain and numbness. I've been diagnosed with pectoralis minor syndrome and thoracic outlet syndrome. Can't work, lost our health insurance and it has literally debilitated my life. It's been the worst 2 years of my life. I'm very thankful for this and can hopefully mimic this on myself by what you've shown

Great information

Standing ovation. Learn so much

Very informative thank you so much!

Most of my colleagues grab to massage the trapezius muscles or rhomboids when their clients complain about shoulder neck pain. But those muscles are just victims... the fugitives are in general the chest muscles who get ignored most of the time. Yet again good job sir. Short sweet and quick to the point!

[• massage Therapist here in Canada. Pec minor was my nemesis! I had 12 therapists working on me. It wasn’t until I got pec minor (as well as subscapularis, which seem to regulate blood flow) released, that my shoulder went back in position.•]

Thank you so much you are absolutely amazing.Thank you again 🙏❤️

Excellent Video and information. LOL.... I've seen so many therapists say you shouldn't ever have the patient c/o pain during tx. Ive found that doesn't work :) When I personally went to the chrio for arm pain, he used active release, and I was better instantly from nerve pain acquired during moving. It hurt like hell, but I was instantly better. I use it on my patients, and most the time they gain ROM and at least 50% or more pain reduction. I wish the surgeons would listen to people like you because sometimes, they just don't have a clue.

Good vid

Great video. Took me 18 months to find out it was the pec minor

you are a genius

You are legend

Thank you for posting the visuals!! Have had two years of agony and anguish, dealing with progressively worsening shoulder neck and back pain with over ten unhelpful (expensive) doctors and a few who helped one aspect of the issues. I have shoulder bursitis, osteoarthritis of the SC Joint and a herniated disc. I think something is wrong with my serratus anterior, but can’t get doctors to take it seriously, even though I’ve been through the imaging and proved I have osteoarthritis and need help. Do you have any advice? Any specific specialist types I should google? Anyone in CA? Thank you for any and all help, including these videos ❤

I had rotatorcuff issues about a year ago. Now due to work I have pain right on the bicep tendons followed by a tight pec minor and bicep. Mostly on short head.

Thank you for this… I just want to say that.

Please show where to work to release sternum pain.my sternum popped after I rolled over in bed. Sent shooting pain and sent all muscles on right side into spasm. Could not catch breath. Went to ER 10/11/23. DX costochondritis. Ice helped, heat made it worse. The side pain and spasm left after 4 days. But the center of sternum has a lump in it and still in alot of pain . Doctors said X-ray showed nothing. I’m going to try this massage but if you have other methods I would be so grateful. Happy new year

Thanks. You just confirmed where my pain originates

Hello, could this condition be mimmicking tge Parsonage turner syndrome regarding biceps or deltoid atrophy etc.?

Great video, can it be also done with la cross ball on the ground?

Found this video because I found by experimentation that a massage ball in my chest / armpit area relieves my scapula pain for a few hours.

11:30 stretches.

been having pain in shoulder and biceps.pec minor is definelty tight .when i try to stretch my pecs out i get pain in my bicep and shoulder. do you have any suggestions? how to stretch it out

Can tight pec minor cause rear shoulder pain bossman? I assume so since the mechanics will be all over the place. I have a rounded shoulder, and I do notice the tendency of my arm to internally rotate when I do everything (steering, etc.)

With a hypertonic pec minor causing scapular protraction and anterior tilt, could that be the causal reason for radial nerve compression and subsequent triceps and pec atrophy/weakness? The hypertonic pec minor seems as though it would also be the causal point for a hypertonic coracobrachialis and biceps brachii as mentioned in the video. I have experienced distinct lateral head triceps atrophy along with an inability to fully contract my pec, triceps and even lat over the past 5 months. I never experienced an injury per se, but did take a full contact punch to that same pec a week before I started to experience the weakness and parasthesia. The punch did not phase me at all at the time, so I dismissed it. But now I have distinct tightness mostly in the proximal biceps, coracobrachialis, pec minor, teres major, and external rotators.

This is what Im suffering many years now and I don’t know but doctors diagnosed it as COSTHOCONDRITIS i have so many scan and blood test coz i though i have a heart problem but they said nothing wrong with my heart

This pec minor is often the real problem, but is a bear to stretch .

thanks for the video. i go the infos i needed. could the the tingling of my little finger and ring finger be cause by the pecs minor?

Good video, and maybe I missed it, but this video doesn’t tell me how to distinguish if it’s actually the pec minor or subscapularis causing shoulder issue. If I massage or press on the trigger points in the teres or subscapularis region, I feel referred pain to the shoulder region. But massaging the pec minor area doesn’t cause any referred shoulder pain. Is the patient suppose to feel ‘anything’ while the pec minor is being worked on? Should they feel referred shoulder pain or anything.

Just found out yesterday that the pec minor had me in pain after my frozen shoulder surgery

Can any of this cause neck pain or does neck pain cause tight pec minor?Is the pec minor muscle close the the arm fat by the crease? I def have rounded shoulders but also have pain on the shoulder blade as well.

How long does it take to release a tight pec minor?? Please reply

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