Coaching practices for Rounded Shoulders Fix

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• My shoulders have rounded so far forward from years of typing that my chest feels permanently tight and closed, like the front of my shoulders has shrink-wrapped and I can’t draw them back even when I try.
• Whenever I reach straight overhead
• When I try to reach straight overhead my shoulders feel jammed and restricted, and I can tell my shoulder blades don’t move the way they should anymore
• My upper back has rounded into a permanent hunch from leaning over a screen, and it feels stuck there
• My shoulders round forward and ache, and I’ve realized I only ever train the front of me

Practices that may help

1. Doorway chest opener
   Use a door frame to open the chest and anterior shoulder, counteracting the hours-long forward-rounding of desk work.
   Posture Resets: Breaking the Desk-Posture Cycle
2. Overhead shoulder preparation
   Restore the thoracic extension and scapular mechanics that safe overhead movement requires.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
3. Wall angels for scapular control
   Slide your arms up a wall in a goalpost position to rebuild scapular motor control and thoracic extension.
   Posture Resets: Breaking the Desk-Posture Cycle
4. Thoracic extension over a foam roller
   Rolling the thoracic spine over a foam roller in extension reverses the thoracic kyphosis that desk work compounds.
   Posture Resets: Breaking the Desk-Posture Cycle
5. The barbell row for back thickness and pulling strength
   Rowing a barbell from the floor trains the entire upper back as a unit, balancing horizontal pressing movements.
   Compound Movements: The Foundation of Strength Training
6. Posture and embodied confidence
   Getting stronger tends to change how you carry yourself — and that feeds back.
   Strength Training for Confidence
7. The overhead press for shoulder and upper-body strength
   Pressing a barbell overhead trains the entire shoulder girdle and core as a coordinated unit.
   Compound Movements: The Foundation of Strength Training
8. Chin tuck (cervical retraction)
   Gently draw the chin straight back to restore neutral cervical spine position and relieve forward-head tension.
   Posture Resets: Breaking the Desk-Posture Cycle
9. Thoracic spine rotation
   Unlock the mid-back rotation that your shoulders, neck, and lower back depend on.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
10. Rucking for postural strength
    Sustained loaded walking trains the erector spinae, glutes, and upper back in exactly the way desk workers need most.
    Rucking: The Evidence for Loaded Walking

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