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Rhomboid muscle stretch and massage

to relieve pain and improve arm and hand co-ordination video#014

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Bruce Thomson
May 20, 2023
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Because the rhomboid is a bracing muscle (it braces your shoulder so that your arm and hand have a stable base to work from), it contracts a lot, but scarcely ever changes its length. This is a recipe for trigger point knots and tight bands in the rhomboid muscle and surrounding connective tissue. Two minutes a day of stretching mobilising and massaging can change that.

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