If your upper back perpetually feels tight and achy, add this move to your stretching routine. It’s excellent for targeting pain or stiffness in the middle- and upper-back regions. Beyond feeling really great, it improves spine mobility and control for better flexibility and stability.
The Goal
Aim to do this move every day for a week.
- Sit up straight in a chair with your feet flat on the ground.
- Give yourself a big hug and hold on tight.
- Keeping your feet firmly planted and without moving your pelvis or your lower half, slowly rotate your upper torso in a circle, breathing evenly. Pause and rotate in the opposite direction.
- That’s 1 rep. Do 10, or as many as feels good.
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