Today Dr. Aaron Horschig discusses a few simple ways to screen your thoracic spine mobility and corrective exercises to address your restrictions. These include:

1) Foam Roller Extension
2) Prayer Stretch
3) Box T-Spine Stretch
4) Seated Rotation & Side Bend

The thoracic spine (mid back) is an area of your body that is inherently stable. It has to be to protect our vital organs. However, if we don’t have enough mobility in this area, our barbell technique (especially with overhead lifting) suffers and we can easily develop pain elsewhere in our body as compensation.

To learn more of my favorite exercises for improving t-spine mobility, check out this blog: https://squatuniversity.com/2018/08/25/how-to-improve-thoracic-spine-mobility/

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