MyoMatters
The Myotherapy Association Australia began life as Myotherapy Association of Victoria. As an emerging health profession, the popularity of myotherapy as a valuable career pathway in health sciences meant the association quickly identified the need for graduates and practitioners nationally for peak body representation. Today, the Myotherapy Association Australia are Australia’s only industry association dedicated solely to the needs of myotherapists and myotherapy profession. In essence, myotherapists help people in pain to move better and live their best life.
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Episode 63 - From Pain to Press: Smarter Overhead Assessment & Loading
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Overhead pressing often gets labelled “risky”, but what if it’s simply misunderstood?
In this episode, we are joined by Luke Troiani from Avia Performance to explore a smarter, performance-driven approach to overhead shoulder assessment and loading. Luke shares why overhead capacity is a key marker of shoulder resilience — not something to avoid — and how clinicians can confidently return clients to pressing without fear.
We unpack meaningful overhead assessment (beyond surface-level checks), the compensatory patterns most often missed, and how to structure clear, staged progressions from pain to confident loading.
Plus, we finish with one game-changing coaching cue and the biggest overhead pressing myth Luke would love to retire for good.
If you want sharper clinical reasoning around overhead rehab, this one’s for you.