Over the last few weeks we have been exploring the idea of wellbeing, what that means to us, and how we can use it to inform our treatments.
During these conversations we have used the example of rounded shoulders, or protraction, to talk through how the elements of lifestyle, posture, and emotional content can present themselves in the body.
Last week Chris also looked much more closely at the muscles involved in rounded shoulders and the accompanying client complaints you might see that present alongside rounded shoulders.
This week we want to explore what you can do about it!
You don’t have to be a sports therapist or even a massage therapist to perform a few simple massage moves and stretches to help relieve protraction.
The primary aim is to stretch the pectoral muscles across the chest, allowing the chest to open and the shoulders to gradually sink backward.
Below Chris demonstrates four simple massage movements that anyone can do to help relieve protraction, he has also included two straightforward stretches, again, that anyone can do.
Give it a go!