Name: Teres Major and Latissimus Dorsi SA Static Release
Uploaded: 2023-04-26T01:02:06.000Z
Duration: 4 min 7 s

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Learn how to properly perform the teres major and latissimus dorsi self-administered static release in this comprehensive step-by-step instructional video from the Brookbush Institute. This evidence-based video provides expert coaching on setup, placement, tissue targeting, and safe pressure application to effectively reduce muscle tone and trigger points, improve shoulder mobility, and enhance external rotation range of motion. Optimize scapulohumeral rhythm, improve posterior shoulder flexibility, and support rotator cuff function with this targeted self-myofascial release technique. Perfect for athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and rehabilitation clients seeking to increase shoulder mobility, improve movement efficiency, and restore optimal shoulder mechanics while reducing injury risk.

Introduction to Static Release Techniques

Anatomical Focus: Teres Major vs. Latissimus Dorsi

Performing the Teres Major Static Release

Targeting Latissimus Dorsi Trigger Points

Conclusion and Final Insights

Teres Major and Latissimus Dorsi SA Static Release

This is Brent, President of B2C Fitness and we're talking about more static self-administered release techniques. This time we're going to get a little bit more accurate with a technique that's very common. Usually this was referred to as a latissimus dorsi static release technique with a foam roll. We're actually going to call it a teres major static release technique, and I'm going to show you  how to be a little bit more specific if you do have latissimus dorsi trigger points. I'm going to have my friend, Laura, come out and help me out here. First, just a little anatomy lesson. So, when we do this technique, and you will see in just in a second, she's going to be on her side foam rolling the lateral portion of her scapula, her shoulder blade. Now, your lat, however, runs primarily on your back,  from thoracolumbar fascia, all the way up into the front part of your humerus. There is a small insertion here at the bottom angle of the scapula, but if we're doing this lateral border, the biggest tissue, the most tissue that we affect is probably to be the teres major. Now, that's not a problem. The teres major is also indicated as short and tight in our predictive models of upper-body dysfunction. So, whether you're doing teres major, or lat, as far as affecting posture, affecting movement, improving the quality of our movement, you're still a good shape either way, however, we might need to add another technique to ensure that we're getting the primary point of which we're going to get latissimus dorsi trigger points, which is going to be right in the middle of that belly of that muscle, just below the inferior angles of the scapula. So, I'm going to have Laura here get into a better position. She's just going to lay on her side in a comfortable position, usually knees bent so you're nice and stable. She's going to get that foam roll right underneath her scapula there. Good. She's then going to roll along the entire border of her scapula and look for the most tender point. -Got it! Alright, once she has, it once she's found that point, I'm going to make sure she's relaxed, so her legs are relaxed, she's using this arm which is the arm she's not foam rolling to stabilize herself. This arm should be limp. We don't want this muscle active, because that will definitely cause muscle guarding. That will definitely cause that muscle to contract, and then we won't be able to release that trigger point. Now, she's going to hold that position for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, or until she gets a release. Don't roll back and forth, you're just going to excite those pain receptors, possibly make trigger points worse. We want to make sure we hold on that most sensitive point until it goes away. Now, like I said, this is teres major, an internal rotator, also a tight muscle, but lats are indicated too, so we need something a little bit more specific for her latissimus dorsi. I'm sure you have done this technique as well. I'm going to have a roll over on her back, she's going to put her hands behind her head, she's  going to keep her butt on the ground. Make sure she stays drawn-in. She's going to go up and down the length of her thoracic spine there. Now, you could have trigger points in your rhomboids and those little muscles right around the thoracic spine that might cause some pain, but what we're looking for right now is specifically those trigger points that are going to be lateral to her spine, just underneath her scapula. She's found them. Hopefully she's not guarding, you want to make sure people can still breathe. If you need to you can put a medicine ball underneath their head for support, just so that they don't have so much pressure back over the foam roll, and once again, she's going to hold this position for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, or until she feels a release, a reduction in discomfort, in those trigger points. So there you go, that's the static release techniques for both the teres major, as well as a more accurate way to do our latissimus dorsi static release. I hope you enjoy. Thank You Laura.

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Latissimus Dorsi and Teres Major SA Static Release:

Have your patient/client assume a side-lying position, with the foam roll placed underneath the axillary (armpit) border of the scapula closest to the floor, and with the same arm extended and relaxed (full shoulder flexion).

Explain to your patient/client where they should apply pressure with the foam roll (inferior angle of the scapula).

 for the latissimus dorsi exists at the attachment of the latissimus dorsi to the inferior angle of the scapula; however, searching the entire axillary border of the scapula is likely to highlight trigger points in the teres major, teres minor, and posterior deltoid.

Have the client search for “tender points” by gently rolling forward and back and up and down around the inferior angle of the scapula.

Once a tender spot is located, have your patient/client try to hold and relax on that spot.

Wait for the discomfort to subside or for a “release” (generally 30 – 120 seconds).

Move on to another tender point or the next muscle to be released.

An active lat - Your patient/client should not be using the target arm to stabilize the body and maintain the side-lying position. Make sure to position the knees and contralateral hand in such a way that the ipsilateral arm can relax completely.

“I feel a pinch”: If the client feels a pinch or pain in their anterior/superior shoulder, experiment with different degrees of shoulder flexion and rotation until a pain-free position is found. Pain is likely to prohibit a patient from getting a release.

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