Coaching practices for Scapular Mobility

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• 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 is locked from hunching at a screen all day
• 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.
• After years at a desk my hips feel jammed and rotating-stuck

Practices that may help

1. Overhead shoulder preparation
   Restore the thoracic extension and scapular mechanics that safe overhead movement requires.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
2. 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
3. Thoracic spine rotation
   Unlock the mid-back rotation that your shoulders, neck, and lower back depend on.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
4. 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
5. Hip 90/90 position
   Sit with both knees at 90 degrees to simultaneously work internal and external hip rotation.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
6. Daily floor sitting
   Replace some chair time with floor positions to maintain hip and spine mobility without extra gym sessions.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
7. Controlled Articular Rotations (CARs)
   Slowly rotate each joint through its maximum range every day to maintain and map that range.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
8. End-range loading (strength through full range)
   Train muscles at end range of motion so new flexibility becomes strength, not vulnerability.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
9. Mobility Training, Made Practical
   Mobility training develops usable range of motion — the ability to actively control a joint through its full arc under load. Unlike passive stretching, it trains the nervous system to trust and use that range, reducing injury risk and improving movement quality over time.
10. Convert passive flexibility into active range (PAILs and RAILs)
    After reaching end range passively, isometrically contract against the stretch to teach your nervous system to own it.
    Mobility Training, Made Practical

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