shoulder

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This Muscle Wants Your Attention

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This Muscle Wants Your Attention

Cueing with - open your chest doesn't always cut it when it comes to mindful movement and relief for muscles like pectoralis minor.

No worries if that's how you cue. It's a starting point. Much like using the ever so common door stretch for addressing chest tightness, it is helpful. 

Six exercises to alleviate shoulder and neck tension

Six exercises to alleviate shoulder and neck tension

When it comes to shoulder and neck discomfort - being gentle is key.  The shoulder joint has many bones joining together in a small area.  The scapula, clavicle and humerus all connect to form your shoulder joint, which attaches to the cervical spine through muscle attachments.  In short, there are a lot of moving parts!  This allows a lot of mobility in our shoulders and neck.  However, there is also high potential for mis-alignment and dis-comfort.  The more moving parts, the more potential for dysfunction.