Stretching areas that were worked and need lengthening after a session enhances the effects post massage.
Whether you’re sitting at a desk or actively using your arms to reach and pull, these two poses can help to relieve upper back and shoulder tension caused by rounded shoulder posture and overuse. Opening up the front body creates more space for deeper breathing and gently lengthens the pecs, biceps, coracobrachialis and even forearms.
This stretch is great for everyone, especially for gardeners, kayakers, and ice-cream scoopers. Place hand around doorway or corner to help protect wrist (varies slightly from image). With a very small bend at the elbow turn your body away from the hand and breathe:)
This reclining supported chest opener is delicious and necessary after a long day and easy to do while in bed. Lie over a bolster or thick pillow with your arms outstretched facing upwards. Have the bolster support your entire low back and up to the head for neck support. The higher the bolster, the deeper the stretch. Legs can be bent or outstretched depending on how your low back feels.
Emily Luhrs Massage & Cranial Sacral Therapy 