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Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet on the floor, and hands behind your head with your elbows relaxed out to the sides.
Movement:
A) Slide one shoulder blade up toward your ear, releasing as slowly and as smoothly as you can. Repeat on the other side, noting what muscle is working and allow your head to roll towards the shoulder that is shrugging up. Go back and forth a few times.
B) Slide both shoulder blades up toward your ears. Then, release with as much control as possible, perhaps counting to 8 or more. Repeat a few times.
C) Slide your shoulder blades in opposite directions; slide one down toward your hip while sliding the other up toward your ear. Then, release both shoulders to neutral as in slow motion. Then switch and try to get these opposing muscles contracting at the same intensity. You can lightly press your elbows into the floor.
There is a tendency to actively bring your shoulders back to their neutral starting position. If you do this, you will not get the benefit of the movement.
This is the simplest exercise to learn and it’s easy to do throughout the day because you be either sitting or standing. This upper trap release is a simple shrugging your shoulders up then a superslow lowering them down. Count to 8 to lift your shoulders towards your ears then slowly count to 20 to drop them down. Rest in neutral completely before repeating. On your second rep, make sure you give your upper traps a light squeeze at the top then challenge yourself to release to a slow 30 count. For a more advanced version, and this might hurt your brain a little, inhale into your belly then shrug up on the exhale. This will help keep your neck muscles relaxed as you breathe in. Breathe normally as you move in the smoothest and tiniest increments. In the demonstration exercise I’ve shown you here, the release lasts 60 seconds so go into this with a sense of curiosity…how small can I make these micromovements and how gracefully can I let go?
