Thoracic mobility refers to the ability of the middle part of your spine, called the thoracic spine, to move and bend properly. It describes how flexible and mobile your upper back is. Having good
thoracic mobility is important for maintaining good posture, preventing back pain, and having a healthy range of motion in your upper body.
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The Arm Bar will not only mobilize the shoulder by stretching the chest muscles, but will strengthen the stabilizer muscles in the shoulder,
increase thoracic mobility, and build shoulder strength in all ranges of motion.
Too many people have poor
upper thoracic mobility — tightness in area between your shoulder blades — due to spending many hours at the computer, poor posture, not being active enough, etc..
Focusing on «lengthening» the spine and scapular control makes it an excellent tool
for thoracic mobility.
The
extra thoracic mobility you have with a single arm snatch and the fact that it bypasses the AC joint are why it works.
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Overheads are fantastic
for thoracic mobility an also for teaching how to «sit between your feet» as opposed to «folding over.»
The arm bar will not only mobilize the shoulder by stretching the chest muscles, but will strengthen the stabilizer muscles in the shoulder,
increase thoracic mobility, and build shoulder strength in all ranges of motion.
To correct this, you'll need to improve
your thoracic mobility and shoulder extension by performing thoracic bridges and similar exercises that open up your T - spine and shoulders.
In that case, you should pair your squat training with corrective exercises for improving hip, ankle and
thoracic mobility and core stability.
This will help improve
your thoracic mobility into extension.
Thoracic Mobility: Position yourself as in the picture below.
People look like this above image more than they are aware - and they sometimes think their shoulders hurt because of poor
thoracic mobility.
Here are some sample practices we put into daily preparation for shoulder mobility and stability, and
thoracic mobility and lower back strength for our kettlebell lifters.
Shoulder mobility can limit your ability to load overhead, and your upper back mobility -
thoracic mobility - may be to blame as well.
The 37 patients who completed the study were evaluated for their levels of stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, pain, insomnia, quality of life, heart rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure and
thoracic mobility.
Tips and Summary: Make sure you can get into a full squat position and have the necessary shoulder and
thoracic mobility to perform this movement.
I move down to shoulder rotations,
thoracic mobility, hips, knees, and ankles.