Episode 63 - From Pain to Press: Smarter Overhead Assessment & Loading

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.