{"id":15164,"date":"2018-07-27T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.sportspecialists.ca\/?p=415"},"modified":"2018-07-27T20:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T00:12:00","slug":"thoracic-flexion-and-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportspecialists.ca\/fr\/2018\/07\/27\/thoracic-flexion-and-rotation\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoracic Flexion and Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The thoracic spine is made up of 12 vertebrae from below the neck to the upper part of the lower back.&nbsp; The vertebrae in the thoracic spine are designed to be very mobile in flexion, extension, side flexions, and rotations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, far too often, we notice that people are very limited in these movements.&nbsp; Worse off, many are deficient on one side more than the other.&nbsp; This WILL cause a problem, it&rsquo;s just a matter of when!<\/p>\n<p>Following is an excellent exercise that addresses mobility concerns in all facets of the T-spine&rsquo;s range of motion (ROM).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On all 4&rsquo;s, place one hand on the nape of the neck<\/li>\n<li>WITHOUT bending at the waist and with the supporting arm, tuck and bring the elbow underneath you to attempt to touch the opposite knee<\/li>\n<li>Re-extend upwards and &ldquo;flap&rdquo; the arm open so that your chest is facing away from the supporting arm<\/li>\n<li>Repeat this several times per side a couple of times a day and you will slowly gain a lot of mobility in your thoracic spine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thoracic spine is made up of 12 vertebrae from below the neck to the upper part of the lower back.&nbsp; The vertebrae in the thoracic spine are designed to be very mobile in flexion, extension, side flexions, and rotations.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, far too often, we notice that people are very limited in these movements.&nbsp; Worse&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thoracic Flexion and Rotation - Sport Specialists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportspecialists.ca\/2018\/07\/27\/thoracic-flexion-and-rotation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thoracic Flexion and Rotation - Sport Specialists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The thoracic spine is made up of 12 vertebrae from below the neck to the upper part of the lower back.&nbsp; 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