SPINAL ROTATION with @drmalekpt ⬇️
✅ Save this if you've ever had back tightness, shoulder pain, or stiffness with rotation!
👉🏼 The upper back can feel notoriously stiff for most people cause we live our life in front of us and that's where most of our arms do work.
👉🏼 Labor-intensive jobs, computer work, some sports, driving. Things can get sticky and that can limit how well it allows for the rest of the body to move!
⬇️ Try these options to gain a little movement here. Included are a few dynamic ways from easier ➡️ harder positions to help you move in this area AND ⚡️challenge the rest of the body too!⚡️
1️⃣ Quadruped Sidebend
2️⃣ 90/90 Banded Rotation
3️⃣ Wall Rotation * ignore. *sorry this clip is missing😅
4️⃣ Wall Rotation + SB
5️⃣ 1/2 Kneel Bilateral Rotation
6️⃣ Half Moons
7️⃣ High Split Weighted Rotation
⚠️ General Rules: try to stay square in pelvis by stabilizing and slightly tucking the tailbone with most of these (except half moons). This will allow for less lumbar rotation that might kick in when you've reached past available thoracic mobility. A little is fine, just tune into where you want to work most! INTENT is everything.
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👇🏼 Lmk how they go!!
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