Yoga Chest Opener for Carpal Tunnel

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm Theresa Murphy on behalf of Expert Village and in this clip we're going to continue with some more chest and shoulder and arm stretches, further opening the chest and the collar bones and the rib cage. So, simply interlacing your hands behind you, you can do this in a kneeling position. You could do it standing; you could do it sitting down. To get the arms behind you might be a bit of a stretch. So however you're comfortable, standing or sitting, interlacing the hands behind you seems like a simple enough movement. It can be quite challenging. So using a belt to make the hands come together more easily, you would hold the belt in each hand. Turn the palms to face forward and pull the shoulders back. So, you can put traction on the belt to create an opening of the shoulders in front, and a pulling together of the shoulders behind you. For most people, the hands should reach. It might be a little tight, but see if you can hang on. The heels of the hands don't have to touch. You can take the same opening through the chest, or if heels of the hands can come together and just continue to take the opening as far as it feels good, breathing deeply."