10/27/2026
Sometimes the upper back needs more than another elbow between the shoulder blades.
As a dental hygienist, she spends hours working with her arms forward and looking down. Her upper back and neck are where she feels the strain, but during assessment, the restriction we found was through her pecs and the front of the shoulder.
When movement is restricted at the front, the muscles across the upper back and into the neck can spend hours working from a lengthened position—contributing to that familiar ache between the shoulder blades and discomfort through the neck.
So I’m not just chasing the sore spot.
You’ll see me working through the restricted tissues at the front while moving her arm through different ranges. The focus is on improving the movement we found limited and giving her shoulder more options outside of the position she works in all day.
Her upper back and neck still get some much-needed attention, but treatment is guided by what we find restricted—not just by where it hurts.
**This is only a brief look at one part of her session.** There are many ways we can approach the same complaint, and what I work on—and how I work on it—depends on what I find during each person’s assessment.
No two bodies, jobs, or movement patterns are exactly the same, so the treatment shouldn’t be either.
**Assess. Treat. Move. Retest.**
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