"Some of the best stretches for upper back pain target the thoracic spine, shoulders and surrounding muscles," explains ...

Knee to chest further eased the tension in my lower back and hips, plus my hip flexor on the straight leg got a nice stretch. The lying thoracic rotation felt more like hip circles and they gave ...

Given that the thoracic area is the largest part of your ... draw a large ‘8’ in the air in front of you. A great dynamic stretch for when you’re feeling stiff through the muscles and ...

Cat cow stretch — This is an effective movement, often performed during yoga, that helps to stretch and mobilize your hips, spine and lower back, promoting flexibility. Pigeon pose — Another powerful ...

lowering into a plank position and back up into this stretch. There are lots of ways to work through the thoracic spine (the section at the top of your back which so often gets hunched), but one ...

The science around what actually happens in your body when you stretch can get a little complicated. But all you really need to know is that when you stretch, you develop the relationship between ...

There are stretches for flexibility and then there are their lesser ... Keep your hips still and rotate your upper body ...

And, to address thoracic outlet syndrome, trigger point therapy and ischemic compression with stretch and spray (after compression, the muscle is stretched and sprayed with Fluori-Methane ...

That doesn't mean you need to stretch for hours a week, but a small amount of regular stretching can help to build both strength and flexibility, save you weeks of running with niggling pain ...

In 2020, the department created a six-year Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency Program, leveraging the strengths of our long-established training programs in cardiothoracic surgery and general ...

Hartford HealthCare is leading the way with a unique lung cancer screening program that saves lives. Dr. J. Tyler Van Backer, a thoracic surgeon with the Hartford ...

In thoracic surgery, our faculty members are renowned for their experience in video thoracoscopy, emphysema surgery, and their surgical expertise in benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus. Our ...