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Originally Posted by nick0
Ic thanks... do you have like pain, tingling, and tenderness around your scapula... I've been experiencing this. I'm trying to sleep with a folded towel on my spine to see if it'll open up my pecs while sleeping and lessen the symptoms.
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Yes re: scapula. For that, I like a couple things:
- Spiky massage ball against the wall. Press your upper back into it and then roll around. This was a breakthrough improvement for me! Here are ones that I like:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C4CQQ2C/
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ECASXAS/
I guess that first one is not available, but search for "massage ball" and you'll find them.
- Loosen up the neck and improve posture. This reduces my "downstream" symptoms whether shoulder blade or chest & intercostals.
It's up to you on the folded towel, but personally I wouldn't want to stretch an abnormal amount of time. In addition to stressing the stretched muscles, that stretch brings the collar bones closer to the first rib. As a temporary stretch, I don't have a problem with that. But I wouldn't do that for hours or even more than a few mins.
When I stretch my pec minors more than a few mins, I get symptoms in my hands. YMMV