These mobilizations will improve the ability for you to extend and rotate through your thoracic spine taking load off of the lower back muscles and spine.
Foam roller thoracic spine mobility.
Do these thoracic spine mobs to help prevent low back injury and improve your dead lift.
This movement is very similar to a wall angel.
The foam roller prayer stretch is a great way to increase thoracic spine mobility.
Most people rolling their spine tend to just go back and forth for several minutes over their spine.
2 while grabbing onto a stick pipe elevate your arms as far back as you can in an attempt to touch the floor.
1 place the foam roller perpendicular to your spine onto a segment that you want to work on personally i like to work from bottom to top.
Kari elste pt dpt explains how to use the foam roll for upper back thoracic mobility exercises that are beneficial for the everyday person or high level.
The foam roller is a great tool to assist in improving thoracic spine mobility.
For a full thoracic spine mobility plan check out my thoracic mobility overhaul program.
This is an exercise camas chiropractor dr.
But you would be surprised at how many people perform this exercise incorrectly resulting in slowed mobility progress.
Foam roller thoracic extensions these are almost everyone s go to stretch to get the upper back moving better.