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Shoulder and back stretch arms overhead
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In this article we are going to show you how to make Shoulder and back stretch arms overhead:
Summarized explanation
Standing on the floor, take stretched arms above head and intertwine hands. Stretch arms up and backwards and hold.
Step by step
1-Standing on the floor.
2-Place extended amrs above head and twine fingers with crossed hands.
3-Stretch arms upward and sligtly back. 4-Hold position for a few seconds.
| Must Place head between arms to ease the stretch. |
Don´t Get on tiptoe on the floor to try and stretch more. |
Tips Pull chest out to help stretch the back a bit more. |
Extended Explanation
Standing on the floor, extend arms above your head with hands together, that must be crossed and with fingers twined. Stretch arms up and slightly to the back. Hold this position for a few seconds.
Basic Muscles Explanation
The wide dorsal is a long muscle that covers the sides of the back. The round major is a small muscle located alongside the superior part of the wide dorsal. In the scapular zone, the rhomboid and the middle zone of the trapezius are involved. The trapezius is a diamond-shaped long muscle that descends from the neck to the middle back. In its middle zone, the trapezius contracts also, and is located in the middle of the back, alongside the spine. The rhomboid is located hidden under the trapezius in the middle part of the back.
Muscles & Joint Actions
In back stretches, arms move away from the body, either upwards or to the front to stretch the scapulas from the shoulders and stretch all the dorsal muscular group. The lower back or lumbar stretch is done by joining the superior zone of our body with the inferior or viceversa.
Sport Uses
The muscles involved in back (spine) stretches are beneficial to the majority of sports like rowing in all its variations and gymnastics with machines. We must also include these movements in sports like rugby, judo or swimming. In relation to other sports that emphasize the involvement of spine muscles in some of their technical movements we can mention archery, bounces in basketball and raquet sports.
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