Movement · Shoulders
Scapular retraction
In Review
Drawing the shoulder blades toward the spine. The middle trapezius and the rhomboids pull the blade in along the ribs. Good looks like: the blades sliding in and staying flat against the ribcage, with the shoulders staying down and the neck quiet — not a shrug, and not the ribs flaring forward to fake the range.
Also known as
- retraction
- squeezing the shoulder blades
- scapular adduction