I had a heck of a time trying to pick a muscle for you today. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to do an anterior muscle or a posterior muscle because both areas can affect the back of the shoulders, in between the shoulder blades. But in the end I decided to go with the #RhomboidMajor
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The rhomboid major is a muscle located in your mid back. It originates from the spinous processes of the T2 - T5 vertebrae, or the little bony parts of the vertebrae of your mid back area. It inserts onto the medial border of your scapula inferior to the spine of the scapula, basically the bottom half of your shoulder blade.
I know it’s a little hard to see here, but this muscle is responsible for shoulder retraction or the movement you make when you pinch your shoulder blades back in together.
Rhomboid pain is usually felt under the neck, between the shoulder blades and spine. You might have a shooting pain, or spasm, or you can even have pain with breathing. I see this happen a lot with people who have poor posture especially when sitting at a computer for long periods of time, or those who sleep on their side, and even people who carry heavy bags or backpacks or kids.
There could be a few different reasons why this is causing you pain, but like I mentioned most often it’s caused by poor posture. I do however encourage you to speak to a licensed professional body worker to help you figure this out and help you alleviate this pain.
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Let me know if you liked today’s #MuscleMinuteMonday and stay tuned because I’ll be providing you with a few stretches and/or self massage techniques for this muscle later. Let me know what you’d like to see next time in the comments below 👇🏽
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