RELIEVE AND PREVENT UPPER BACK PAIN

This session soothes and relaxes the upper back through targeted work on the shoulders, neck and shoulder blades.

This sequence is there to release tension in the upper body and to help memorize how your shoulders and neck should be in terms of sensation and placement so that the rest of the back does not compensate with poor alignment.

The back is a part of the body that accumulates daily tensions, mental or emotional burdens and this leads us to adopt a bad posture.

Generally, poor posture starts from the upper body because the head is heavy and tends to roll forward, and the further the head is from its center of gravity, the more the muscles will have to work to carry it. Then the shoulders follow, rolling forward and down, and the spine tries to compensate for this imbalance by shifting. The body ends up rolling completely forward and compensates with a hollow, compressed lower back.

The nerve center , which is also located under the diaphragm, is compressed and is no longer massaged by the breath, which increases the feeling of stress.

To avoid collapsing into poor posture, you need to do deep, regular work to loosen and strengthen your back and open up the front of your body.