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Upper Trapezius SA Static Release

A simple and effective video showing you how to do a self-release of the upper trapezius muscle for shoulder pain relief through static stretching. Learn how to perform this easy self-massage technique to restore healthy movement and reduce discomfort.

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00:02 - 00:06This is Brent, President of B2C Fitness, and we're talking about static,
00:06 - 00:10self-administered release for those muscles that lie just above your scapula.
00:10 - 00:13Now, in the first video we did levator scapulae, because it has the propensity
00:13 - 00:17to get tightest first. Then we did supraspinatus, and now we're going to go
00:17 - 00:20ahead and do upper trap. So, I'm going to have Laura come out and help me
00:20 - 00:25demonstrate this. Now, in the first video we did levator scapulae, which is a
00:25 - 00:28muscle that runs down like this to the superior angle of your scapula, and the
00:28 - 00:32trigger point is right about here. Just above the superior angle. In the second
00:32 - 00:37video we did supraspinatus, and those trigger points lie just inside the
00:37 - 00:42supraspinous fossa, which is about there. The trap, the trigger points are a little
00:42 - 00:49anterior, and a little superior. So right about in here. Now, unlike the other two
00:49 - 00:54videos where I had Laura just lie flat back against this wall, to get the type
00:54 - 00:59of pressure that we're looking for, I'm actually going to have her turn 30 to 45
00:59 - 01:05degrees from the wall, and then lean kind of sideways, and back into it. She's then
01:05 - 01:09going to look for the most tender area.
01:09 - 01:11-Okay, I found it.
01:11 - 01:19Good, and then she can passively just relax her head to the opposite side, and
01:19 - 01:24she's going to hold that position for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, or ideally until
01:24 - 01:27she gets release. Thank you.

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