
Total PT – Shoulder Pain? Chest tight? Check your Rib-cage!
Are your Pecs tightDo you have shoulder pain
If so, you need to check your ribcage orientation (we can do that
) before you start jamming away with a lacrosse ball or doing that doorway stretch from 40 years ago.
If your ribcage is oriented to the R – trying to bring that L arm out to the side as shown won’t work well since the L Pecs will already be on stretch – cue top pic
After several breathing/repositioning drills to re-orient the ribcage to mid-line – – cue bottom pic
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Pec is placed on more slack afterwords and then my patient is able to bring her arm into horizontal abduction with much less tension & much more range!
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