How Do You Decrease Rounded Shoulders & Slouching?
4 simple stretches you can do daily to decrease your rounded shoulders and give you better posture- it only takes 5 minutes! First of all, how do you get rounded shoulders? Most people have some sort of extent of rounded shoulders. This is usually due to poor posture (especially when sitting), sitting at a desk, and working on the computer. We also tend to see it more in women in Western society as a subconscious means to not ‘over-present’ themselves with their chest. What tends to happen is when being in a slouched position with your arms extended forward, the shoulders will curve forward and in toward the chest causing the chest muscles and all other anterior muscles to shorten and tighten while the back and neck muscles tend to get lengthened and stretched. The more you are in the hunched over or reaching position, the more your muscles become constricted in these positions. Follow these simple exercises daily and this will help gain back the natural setting for your muscles. 1. “U
