Melt away tension and eliminate tightness in your upper traps and shoulders! Simple tips and exercises you can do at home to relieve upper trapezius tension and improve your posture. Two simple steps - decrease tension to promote relaxation, and strengthen your postural supporting muscles. The exercises in this video will help you to do just that!

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Do you carry a lot of tension through your shoulders and upper back? Does that often escalate to pain and muscle knots in this area?

First of all you are not alone! This is one of the most common problems that I treat as a physical therapist.

Luckily, there is a lot that the right stretches and exercises can do to alleviate this tension, eliminate pain, and help you to feel better fast!

WHY DO I GET PAIN IN UPPER TRAPS?

Your upper traps are an important muscle that supports your head and controls movement. Tension and fatigue can develop in this muscle from poor posture, poor ergonomics (seat is too low at your desk), stress, improper sleeping position, and numerous other causes.

UPPER TRAPS PAIN RELIEF

Fortunately, the right stretches and exercises can help alleviate this tension and pain now and prevent it from returning in the future.

Your approach must be two-fold to be maximally effective… 1. Mobilization, massage, and stretches to decrease tension and 2. Strengthening the appropriate postural muscles to relieve overworked upper trap muscles.

Of the following six exercises, the first four are dedicated to mobilization, massage, and stretching and the last two are to help with increasing postural strength.

UPPER TRAP PAIN EXERCISES

0:00 INTRODUCTION
0:22 HOW THIS WORKS
1:29 MOBILIZATION
3:28 UPPER TRAP STRETCH
4:41 LEVATOR SCAP STRETCH
5:43 SHOULDER ROLLS
6:37 SCAP PINCHES
8:03 PRONE Y’S
10:19 DON'T MISS THIS!

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OTHER GREAT VIDEOS YOU MIGHT ENJOY

ELIMINATE UPPER TRAPS MUSCLE KNOTS: https://youtu.be/0phEzxzfUiI
CORRECT YOUR UPPER BACK POSTURE: https://youtu.be/jB1Yb9PMm-U
FAST FIX FOR NECK TENSION AND PAIN: https://youtu.be/OQZkF4p5xtc
FIX YOUR TIGHT UPPER BACK IN 30 SECONDS: https://youtu.be/sIuPoVu9-R0
ELIMINATE TENSION HEADACHE PAIN FAST: https://youtu.be/7QiTzZT0CAI



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