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A Kinesiologist’s Quick Fix to Mid Back Pain
For those with busy lives and limited time.
Life can be busy and stressful. Adding on extra time to do hours of back rehab a week isn’t always in the cards…and that’s okay. The biggest misunderstanding about back pain is that it requires you to drop your life and focus solely on recovery. While there are severe cases out there, I’d argue that 90% of cases can be significantly alleviated with just a few minutes of daily movement!
Working at a chiropractic clinic for years, I ran into practically every type of back pain client. Many of these folks struggled with thoracic spine stiffness and limitations with rotation. Below you’ll find the 5 movements I most frequently prescribed to help these folks get back to functional living without having to drop everything else. If you want to get the most bang for your buck with rehab, you’ve come to the right place! Let’s dive in.
Quick Exercises You Can Do Anywhere for Relief
The focus today is on the knots that form around the mid back. The little articulation sites around the ribs and spine can only be healthily maintained through appropriate, consistent movement and healthy posture patterns. If we refuse to mobilize these areas, tissues around the rhomboid muscles (right between the shoulder…