I have been following your channel for a while now (about 1 year) and like that you offer the most focused suggestions of any I have found. After 3 years of pain in this area I finally found the term scalenes and have been able to focus my therapies on this area specifically. What you describe here is spot on with the only things I have found to truly be helpful to me. Thank you for providing this content which I trust is helping many people.
omg that scalene stretch with the pushing the other way for 5 seconds helped soooooooo much! omg. I have h ad severe cervical instability for 3 years, bedbound, and I really needed to loosen up those scalenes as they are a big part of the problem. I'm feoleb on youtube if you are curious as to this cervical hell I've been through
You can also use a yoga block to put the trigger ball or they have a occipital massage tool designed for this as well called the DaVinci Tool. Theres usually tightness starting at the back of the head that has to be addressed too.
Hi Grant! You videos are great and I have been following them since the last few months. It helped me recover from costo pain in some of my rib joints. I was wondering if it might be possible for you to get some videos out here that might help patients with SRS (slipped rib syndrome), where they might be able to strengthen their body (avoiding injured parts) without using weights and to do safely. This condition is not that common and is looked over by many physicians. I have heard with the right physio and workout, it may be possible to recover somewhat and for the pain to lessen, and in some cases even disappear. Looking forward to more videos from you!
The real benefit of this exercise is actually more likely to be the hooklying position. This position on it’s own is fantastic for decompressing the ribcage and getting foot contacts.
Hi Grant. Thanks for doing this much needed video! So to be clear - are you putting the ball on your vertebrae itself? And when you talk about "joints" what and where exactly do you mean?
Hey Chris! The idea is to find the bony bump down the middle of the spine and have the ball just directly off that either side to find any tightness or stiffness. The joints are the individual facet joints that connect the back of each vertebra together. Hope that helps!
It’s often a similar idea mate. Looking for some underlying joint stiffness at the back and then finding a good muscle stretch for the front to hit those tight areas.
Hey Man, I really hope you see this comment, I have a Hard scalene on my right side and Lose on the left, My neck appears to tilt towards the Left side which give me an Ick! Can you confirm the problem is on my right or on the Left?
Hey mate, unfortunately I can’t really confirm anything without assessing you for myself. It’s always best to get someone to check you out specifically!
What about those that its caused by 1st and 2nd rib fused causing TOs and cascade of issues. Surgeon says removal of scalene and 1st rib but im concerned about risks and damage long term. But also being in this constant neck chest shoulder and arm pain and inability to use right arm or exercise or basically do anything that uses pressure on right aide body for rest of life iant good as its getting worse anyway. Any advice on people who have tos surgery and they remove scalene and rib. Surely this will create more issues as stability in these areas gone
It’s hard to comment on your specific situation, but from a general perspective, I would always discuss with my patients the possibility of trying to optimise the mobility, strength and posture of an area before considering any surgery. Not only will this help optimise any outcomes if surgery has to happen, but there’s always the potential that by improving the function of the area we can avoid surgery altogether.
@@YourWellnessNerd Awesome thsnk you. This is my plan its just hard to find anyone who has enough expertise to help as physio sometimes makes things worse as they dont realise what needs to be done to strenghten safely without aggravating
It’s hard to say over the Internet without assessing you mate. Typically, this often suggests that underneath those tight and tender tissues are spinal, or rib joints that are stiff tighten overloaded as well.
