The Ultimate Thoracic Mobility Routine (Get Rid of Stiffness Fast!)

Today Dr. Aaron Horschig discusses a few simple ways to screen your thoracic spine mobility and corrective exercises to address your restrictions. These include: 1) Foam Roller Extension 2) Prayer Stretch 3) Box T-Spine Stretch 4) Seated Rotation & Side Bend Get my book on fixing injury here: https://www.amazon.com/Rebuilding-Milo-Foundation-Enhancing-Performance/dp/1628604220 Get my book 'The Squat Bible' here: https://www.amazon.com/Squat-Bible-Ultimate-Mastering-Strength/dp/1540395421/ Get olympic weightlifting programming (part 1): https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/vaughn-program-1626381817?attrib=547878-aff-squatu Get olympic weightlifting programming (part 2): https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/program/vaughn-program-1627319357?attrib=547878-aff-squatu _______________________________ The thoracic spine (mid back) is an area of your body that is inherently stable. It has to be to protect our vital organs. However, if we don't have enough mobility in this area, our barbell technique (especially with overhead lifting) suffers and we can easily develop pain elsewhere in our body as compensation. To learn more of my favorite exercises for improving t-spine mobility, check out this blog: https://squatuniversity.com/2018/08/25/how-to-improve-thoracic-spine-mobility/ Subscribe to this channel here: https://tinyurl.com/y2eq7kpr Recommended products: https://squatuniversity.com/recommended-products/ ____________________________________________________________ Big thanks to 3d4Medical and their app Complete Anatomy for the visual of the body today. If you would like to use their app at a discounted price, check out this link: https://store.3d4medical.com/application/user-kind?id=1&promo=uRSj7I7YOr Music credits Opening track by JookTheFirst: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jookthefirst Connect with SquatUniversity: Visit the website: http://www.squatuniversity.com Like the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SquatUnivers... Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/squatuniversity Follow on SnapChat: @aaronhorschig Follow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/squat_university Listen to the Podcast on: apple iTunes, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Google Play and the Anchor App! Special thank you to Evan Pierson Productions for his help in making this video!