The importance of your upper and middle trunk cannot be underestimated when it comes to your body's efficient function. Typically a stiffer part of the trunk due to the protective cage for the heart and lungs underneath, the ribs and associated thoracic spine posture issues can quickly arise with our sedentary lifestyles and lack of postural strength.
This important region of the trunk relates so closely with many other functions of your body. Think about your breath and diaphragm action, your neck above, the shoulders and the lower back below. The ribs also play an important role in good pelvic and pelvic floor function, hips and the lower leg. You could say, they play a part with just about everything!
How can we keep our rib posture and awareness here more simple?
✅ Imagine your rib cage like a stack of 12 dinner plates. Feel how they would sit on top of each other. Note how there would be a small space wrapping all the way around each rib or plate, allowing it float from the plate below.
✅ Pause to take a few comfortable, yet deep breaths, becoming aware of the extra space you create in these ribs as you inhale.
✅ Does your breath bring more mindful focus to how your 12 ribs really are like a floating stack of dinner plates, with your neck above and waists sitting below?
✅ Where do your ribs sit at the moment? Are they stacked?
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