The foam roller exercises to decompress your spine 1.
Foam roller t spine.
Your shoulder blades and back muscles act as a natural shield for your upper spine but the lower spine doesn t have as much protection.
Begin exercise in supine position with t spine placed directly on the foam roller with both hands supporting body weight.
Using a foam roller on your lower spine can cause the spinal muscles in the area to contract causing even more problems especially if you re dealing with a pinched nerve or bulging disc.
1 arms extended t spine foam rolling coaching notes.
Maintain proper neck alignment with active control.
This helps breakdown any facial restrictions and improve t spine mobility.
Relax your arms and let them aid you in adding force into the thoracic spine on the roller.
Never perform exercise to the point of pain but make sure that your muscle is feeling just short of the pain threshold as this will.
Next roll the t spine across the foam roller.
These mobilizations will improve the ability for you to extend and rotate through your thoracic spine taking load off of the lower back muscles and spine.