Shoulder Blade Pain Relief Techniques

Most people with shoulder blade pain think

that massaging it or using other fancy massagers

like this will fix it.

But what they don't realize is

the most common cause of this pain

is when there's a problem in the neck

and it gets referred to that area.

So you feel it here,

but the problem's in the neck.

And the second most common cause is

a different part of the spine right here

where the rib heads attach to the upper back.

So all that time you spend

trying to massage the muscle doesn't fix it.

Try this to actually fix it.

You're going to tuck all the way back

and then look up as high as you can

till you feel a moderate pressure.

Then return to the starting position and repeat.

You want to move more through the lower neck down here.

You don't want to move through the upper neck

and compressing the wrong area.

This repositions tissues that commonly come out of position

in the neck referring pain here.

Next we're going to do these rib head rotations

where we rotate our spine all the way

with our hand up by our ear.

And then when we come down rotating

as far as we can,

the elbow comes underneath the hand

and we rotate up again.

So we're getting a full rib head rotation

to mobilize those tight points.

Next we're going to take a double ball

and you're going to lean into the wall.

Reach all the way overhead to straighten your elbows

and then back down.

Try to keep your arms as close to the wall

as you can during this movement.

So you're always pushing back and

keep your abdominals tight because

this flattens and stabilizes the lower back

so that the double ball puts more pressure into the upper back

mobilizing it while you build strength.

So get to fixing the actual root cause

of your shoulder blade pain and

if you need more help check

out the link in my bio for my root cause quiz

so you can dig a little bit deeper

into what might be causing your pain.