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MOMENTUMWELLNESS

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