Your shoulder blades and back muscles act as a natural shield for your upper spine but the lower spine doesn t have as much protection.
Foam roller t spine.
Relax your arms and let them aid you in adding force into the thoracic spine on the roller.
It sounds too good to be true but you can benefit from just lying down on a foam roller and breathing says lubart.
These mobilizations will improve the ability for you to extend and rotate through your thoracic spine taking load off of the lower back muscles and spine.
1 arms extended t spine foam rolling coaching notes.
This helps breakdown any facial restrictions and improve t spine mobility.
Start oscillating up and down on the roller while targeting specific segments.
Using a foam roller on your lower spine can cause the spinal muscles in the area to contract causing even more problems especially if you re dealing with a pinched nerve or bulging disc.
Next roll the t spine across the foam roller.
Never perform exercise to the point of pain but make sure that your muscle is feeling just short of the pain threshold as this will.
Begin exercise in supine position with t spine placed directly on the foam roller with both hands supporting body weight.