03/26/2026
In order to get a full inhalation, your rib cage needs to be able to expand and your shoulder blades pivot in that process.
Shoulders that spend all day being oriented to things in front of us can get stuck. This is another reason why I don’t like cues involving ‘pinning’ or ‘pinching’ the shoulder blades because it leaves out the subtleties of how mobile the shoulders are actually meant to be.
Note the difference in left shoulder here and how jealous that right shoulder (to be worked on next) is in this video. 😉