THORACIC OPEN BOOK

This is a thoracic mobility exercise. Lie down on your side with your top leg support with a yoga block or foam roller. Both of your arms straight in front of you. Lift your top arm up towards the ceiling then behind your back while rotating through your thoracic spine. Complete the movement without letting your leg come off of the foam roller / yoga block. Slowly return to start to complete a single repetition.

Structures Involved:

• Thoracic Spine

• Lumbar Spine

• Scapulothoracic Joint

• Internal Obliques

• External Obliques

• Multifidus

• Semispinalis Thoracis

• Rotatores Brevis

• Rotatores Longus

• Serratus Posterior Superior

• Serratus Posterior Inferior

Related Conditions:

• Text Neck

• Thoracolumbar Syndrome

• Cervicothoracic Irritation

• T4 Syndrome

• Upper Cross Syndrome

Required Exercise Equipment:

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