Breathe Into your Low Ribs
When you breathe into your lower rib cage, you move ribs 10-12. ✅And ribs 10-12 are important places for muscles to attach, including: 👉 The diaphragm 👉 The psoas 👉 The quadratus lumborum (QL)All 3 of these are hard to stretch when the back is in spasm-- most QL stretches you'll see involve side bending, which puts weight on the QL as well as length, and aren't appropriate for someone with a limited ROM, weak QL muscles, or who is in serious pain. 🙀But by bringing awareness and breath to the area, you can also bring gentle movement and stretching, even if a client doesn't have much range of motion in the lower back. 😻So the next time someone needs motion through their quadratus lumborum., but isn't ready for side-bend stretches, try using the breath to move the QL from the upper attachment. 💪Your client will be surprised at how effective that "one little breathing exercise" was!🌈(Like this? Get more anatomical gems in our LIVE CLASS March 21-22 in NYC: sign up here before we close registration: https://buff.ly/3bUkEfghttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10218261333343622&set=gm.1611602718997048&type=3&eid=ARCuWQDTtoG48HV8e7-mwG89J8Irc8AZlzTx9_aQXKB_OcFDRlrcGvoieBRgej-itvQh5dzF_F1g3aEa&ifg=1