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"LOCKED LONG": A muscle that is locked in a stretched state. The opposite condition is "locked short," a muscle that is locked in a bunched or shortened state. The concept originated with Thomas Myers, in his book Anatomy Trains (Churchill Livingstone, 2014). "LOCKED LONG": is locked in a stretched state. The opposite condition is "locked short," a muscle that is locked in a bunched or shortened state. The concept originated with Thomas Myers, in his book (Churchill Livingstone, 2014). 36 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k j u l y / a u g u s t 2 0 1 4 SAVVY SELF-CARE best practices Save Your Shoulders! 2 Exercises to Reduce Injury Risk By Peggy Lamb Dull ache in your deltoids? Screaming pain between your shoulder blades? Those aches and pains could be from locked-long, weak, and fl accid external rotators (infraspinatus and teres minor) and scapulae retractors (rhomboids and middle trapezius). Because our work requires so much shoulder and arm movement, massage therapists are at high risk for rotator cuff injuries. Save your shoulders—and your career—with two simple strength- training exercises for those overburdened and exhausted muscles. They will thank you!