Posture exercises for improved alignment.

Egoscue posture exercises for improved scapular and hip function

4/9/2015

Four quick ‪posture exercises to restore scapular position and function and engage your abdominal muscles in a truly functional way. Do these before your next run, hike, or workout and let me know what felt different.

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2 Comments

Sameer

6/7/2018 01:03:40 pm

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "restore scapular position and function"? Specifically, I have issues with forward head posture and tightness below my neck / between my shoulder blades, and am wondering whether these would help with that (I've been doing these off and on for a few weeks and they don't particularly seem to - they are energizing, so I still do them, but I feel sore in that area afterwards, which makes me wonder whether they'd actually worsen those issues.)

Matt Whitehead link

6/13/2018 04:22:06 pm

Hi Sameer,

There are several things I mean when I say "restore scapular position and function". First scapular position: the scapula are designed to sit flat to the rib cage and perpendicular to the ground and close to the spine. These exercises are designed to help restore that normal resting position of the scapula.

The second thing is restore scapular function: the scapula is designed to move in synchronization with the humerus allowing full range of motion of the arm. The scapula should also provide stability and shock absorption for arm movements. These exercises are designed to help restore range of motion, strength, and stability to the scapula.

Forward head posture can be caused by several different imbalances, but one of them is poor scapula position and function. Other causes include thoracic kyphosis, swayback posture, forward shoulders, and posterior pelvic tilt.

If these exercises are working well for you, you should feel immediately after doing them that your posture is more upright, your breathing is deeper, and your tension or tightness is decreased. Because these exercises are generic and not specific to you, they might work well for you and they might not. If you're feeling sore afterwards, these exercises are probably not the best ones for you to do right now.

If you'd like a free posture evaluation to look at your imbalances and help figuring out what is the cause of your forward head posture and neck and shoulder blade tightness, contact me and we can set it up. 971-279-2189 matt@oregonexercisetherapy.com

Hope that helped!

Egoscue posture exercises for improved scapular and hip function

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