Coaching practices for Shoulder Blade Posture

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• 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 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
• By the end of a screen day my head feels like it’s permanently jutting toward the monitor, and the base of my skull and the back of my neck ache from holding it out there all day
• My upper back has rounded into a permanent hunch from leaning over a screen, and it feels stuck there

Practices that may help

1. 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
2. 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
3. Overhead shoulder preparation
   Restore the thoracic extension and scapular mechanics that safe overhead movement requires.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. Thoracic spine rotation
   Unlock the mid-back rotation that your shoulders, neck, and lower back depend on.
   Mobility Training, Made Practical
8. Postural variety through intentional position changes
   The best posture is your next posture — build deliberate position changes into every hour to prevent any single posture from accumulating damage.
   Posture Resets: Breaking the Desk-Posture Cycle
9. Adopt expansive posture to shift subjective confidence
   Upright, open posture — not a "power pose" — reliably correlates with higher self-reported confidence, even if the hormone claims did not hold.
   Power Posing Revisited
10. Build the strength that makes upright effortless
    Strengthen the postural muscles so an open posture is your default, not a constant effort.
    Posture and Confidence, Honestly Explained

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