This exercise is intended to stretch
the rhomboids and release any shoulder blades that may be stuck. The log
also allows for proprioceptive feedback and massage.
To do this exercise you will
need a mat and a foam roller. Start by lying on your back on the Foam
Roller. The Foam Roller should be parallel to your spine. Your knees
will be bent and your feet will be planted in the ground. To begin the
exercise reach your fingertips towards the ceiling above your chest.
Inhale as the muscles between your shoulder blades stretch, which allows your
reaching fingertips to pull the shoulder blades up and away from the log.
Exhale allow the shoulder blades to plop back on the log. Repeat this 6-8
times.
Things to think about:
This exercise is called puppet arms because you
want to imagine that there are strings attached to your fingertips and that
someone else is pulling your shoulder blades away from the log. Then the
strings are cut and this is what causes the shoulder blade plop.
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