Non Specific Scapular Pain Protocol

Question 1

What are the 7 steps in the Scapular Pain protocol?

Answer 1

1) Rolling back of shoulder while moving the arm
2) Press & Knead point of pain while lifting & tractioning the arm
3) Press, Knead & Dig teres major & minor
4) Press SI 11 & ST 13, and Course the qi through the shoulder
5) Work the fingers under the scapula to release subscapularis & rhomboids
6) Pluck & Knead the attachment of latissimus dorsi at the inferior angle of the scapula
7) Rotate the arm

Question 2

What is the first step in the Scapular Pain protocol?

Answer 2

Rolling back of shoulder while moving the arm

Question 3

What is the next step after “Rolling back of shoulder while moving the arm”?

Answer 3

Press & Knead point of pain while lifting & tractioning the arm

Question 4

What is the next step after “Press & Knead point of pain while lifting & tractioning the arm”?

Answer 4

Press, Knead & Dig teres major & minor

Question 5

What is the next step after “Press, Knead & Dig teres major & minor”?

Answer 5

Press SI 11 & ST 13, and Course the qi through the shoulder

Question 6

What is the next step after “Press SI 11 & ST 13, and Course the qi through the shoulder”?

Answer 6

Work the fingers under the scapula to release subscapularis & rhomboids

Question 7

What is the next step after “Work the fingers under the scapula to release subscapularis & rhomboids”?

Answer 7

Pluck & Knead the attachment of latissimus dorsi at the inferior angle of the scapula

Question 8

What is the next step after “Pluck & Knead the attachment of latissimus dorsi at the inferior angle of the scapula”?

Answer 8

Rotate the arm (this is the last step)