That knot between your shoulder blades

You know the spot.

Right between your shoulder blades.

The one you keep pinning a lacrosse ball into against the wall.

It loosens for an hour, then it's back by the afternoon.

The space between your shoulder blade and your spine has gotten small.

When that room disappears, the muscle around it has nowhere to go, so it holds on and guards.

Stretching it or digging into it feels good for a minute, then it tightens right back, because the space is still gone.

Give the joint some room and the muscle lets go on its own.

Here's the drill I use for it.

The band and breathing reset. 3 sets of 5, daily.

Sit at a preacher pad, or anything you can rest your forearms on.

Hold a mini band about shoulder width.

Push your forearms gently into the pad and exhale all the way out.

Let your ribs come down.

Soft breath in through your nose, and feel the space between your shoulder blades open.

Then exhale again.

That's one breath.

Do five, then rest. Three rounds like that, once a day.

If you want the rest of these, the reasons your body keeps holding on and the drills I start clients with, they're in my free Rebuild Movement Manual™.

Grab the Rebuild Movement Manual™ here.

Gabe

PS. Want a hand getting back under the bar without training around this stuff? Book a call and we'll map it out.