Dislocations
of the shoulders



Ever wanted to learn how
to do shoulder dislocations? It has been used as a party trick and act
for ages now. Something that is a fact as you probably know from doing
the shoulder exercise 1 is that the shoulders get very supple and feel
much more loose. This helps you if you want to dislocate the shoulders.
Dislocating the shoulders isn't dangerous at all, but it has to be controlled.
The feeling when the shoulders are dislocating is that you feel and hear
all the popping sounds as the arms slide out of the shoulder sockets, then
slide back into them again. Of course you have to limber up your shoulders
to do this, you cannot do it right off or you would injure yourself.
I have done this many times
and enjoyed every time, but there are some things important to know and
that's also why I want you to look at the pictures above. Doing a dislocation
is really about two things: believing that it's possible to do easily and
doing it right. The pictures and what I will tell you helps you with the
first part and later on with the second part.
The dislocations above are
controlled, there is a vast difference between a dislocated joint that
has fully come out of the socket and a joint that has moved from the normal
position. So long as the joint stays within the normal socket range of
movement it can be controlled and will carry weight and have strength.
If the joint comes right out of the socket then it no longer has any pivot
point and the muscles can not control the limb movement If out of
the socket the limb has to he held or it will get into an uncontrolled
position and the brain will make the muscles go into spasm. Therefor dislocations
are much about believing or even better knowing it's possible and holding
the limb. Also the muscles has to be stretched out to the maximum. Knowing
that you will be able to very calmly dislocate your shoulders one at a
time and hold the arm with the other hand. It is the same with the hip
sockets. If you have done all the exercises you have already done a partial
dislocation in the frontbends exercise 1 position 1 in the variation and
you probably didn't knew about it.
Before doing dislocations
there are different ways to limber up. Except for the exercises here a
good and easy way to limber up your shoulders, which is possible to do
everywhere, is to get something like a piece of rope (or towel), hold on
to it in front of you with your hands about 70-90 cms apart and then, without
letting the rope slide in your hands and while keeping your arms straight,
rotate your arms up and back until both your hands are pointing at the
floor behind you, then rotate it up and over your head until your arms
are in front of you again. As you progress keep bringing your hands closer
together until you can do it without using the rope or towel. As you progress
your shoulders will dislocate, but it's a controlled dislocation.
When you're limbered up
this is an easy way to do a controlled dislocation. There are a few steps
and the important thing is to hold the arm with the other hand all the
time you're doing it.It will take some time before you get a grip of it,
so don't get dissapointed if you don't have any success the first times.
1. Lift your arm so that
it's pointing up vertical.
2. If the arm is the right
arm rotate it clockwise while helping with the other hand to get it out
of the socket pushing it upwards to the front. Don't use any force!
3. Your arm should be now
be dislocated and you should always hold it with the other hand whatever
you do. One thing you can do is to lay it on your shoulders. This is something
that is very enjoyable to do.
Now when you have your shoulder
dislocated just do things above reversed and it''l fall back in to it's
socket. Again remember to stay relaxed and do not tense up if you loose
control over the limb for a moment – simply try to return the joint
to natural state and everything will be as normal.