Chest Opener
Instructions
- Stand up straight and tall, feet hip width apart
- Interlock your hands behind your back
- Slowly stretch your arms up and away from your body
- Feel the stretch in your chest, shoulders, and upper back
- Hold for 20-30 seconds
- Release and repeat 2-3 times
Benefits
- Shoulders: This stretch helps to improve the range of motion in the shoulder joint, as well as reduce tension in the muscles that attach to the shoulder blades, such as the trapezius, rhomboids and levator scapulae.
- Upper back: This stretch helps to improve the mobility of the thoracic spine, as well as lengthen the muscles that run along the spine, such as the latissimus dorsi, rhomboids and trapezius.
- Chest: This stretch helps to improve the range of motion in the chest muscles, as well as reduce tension in the pectoral muscles, such as the pectoralis major and minor.
- Arms: This stretch helps to improve the mobility of the arms, as well as lengthen the muscles that run along the arms, such as the triceps and biceps.
- Neck: This stretch helps to improve the range of motion in the neck muscles, as well as reduce tension in the muscles that attach to the neck, such as the sternocleidomastoid and scalenes.