The thoracic spine off which the ribs hang, plus the breastbone are great influencers on the functioning of the shoulders/neck and lumbar spine. The ribs go from just above your collar bone down to just above the waiste. So we need to:
to reduce shoulder, neck and lower back issues.
So how do you know if the thoracic spine is stiff? How far should it move?
So what do your symptoms suggest you may have?
This just gives you some ideas of where your pain could be coming from.
So to improve mobility in the area and thus help your neck, shoulders and lower back, massage can help loosen the muscles around the ribs and improve posture and mobility through exercises.
Exercises you may know and may be doing are as follows:
If you feel your mid back needs some loosening up and want some exercises to help please give me a call.
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