Ī tight pectoralis minor muscle is implicated in a very common (especially among office workers) posture condition called kyphosis. You may be more familiar with kyphosis by its slang phrase "hunch back." Įither way, when the pec minor muscle gets tight, it pulls the front of the shoulders forward, which in turn either rounds your back into a kyphosis or increases the rounding that's already there. So, one way you can address a "hunch back" is to stretch this all-important muscle. As many of us are social distancing at home, and partaking in some killer at-home workouts, we need to remember to stretch too Make it a fun goal to get more flexible while your self-quarantining during COVID-19 Incorporating stretching into your daily. In fact, a 2006 study published in the Journal of Elbow and Shoulder Surgery found the way of stretching the pectoralis minor muscle you'll learn in this article resulted in more muscle lengthening (which is what you want to achieve in order to achieve good upper body posture and the benefits that go with it) than two types of manual stretching (generally given by physical and/or massage therapists). Stretching is very important for flexibility, range of motion and injury prevention. This particular chest stretch gets a really important posture muscle called the pectoralis minor. Experts say those of us sitting at our desk for long periods of time should take mini-breaks to save our hands and back.
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