How To Un-F*ck Your Traps - Stop Endlessly Stretching & Try This!
Beginner Body Restoration Program: www.conorharris.com/beginner-...
0:00 Why Upper Traps Get Tight
2:59 Exercise #1
5:08 Exercise #2
7:57 Exercise #3 - For Single-Sided Trap Tightness
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As someone who regularly has my jaw eject from my face due to neck tightness, this video is fantastic.
@whisperingwings852
Ай бұрын
😂
@tonia9455
Ай бұрын
Pure comedy. You're playing, but I have this issue with pain in my jaw 😅
@bobbywjch
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@slavko321
Ай бұрын
@@tonia9455me too:) i had. A therapist found my jaw issues were connected to my hips and stretching helped.
@G_0_0_Zroot
Ай бұрын
Me too. . 😭
Jaw dropping information! Thank you for this
@Cara84de
14 күн бұрын
😂😅😂
I'm definitely going to do these exercises to prevent jaw detachment.
0:39 I cant stop laughing how calmly he said that hahahaa
@inggermanydeutschland3808
Ай бұрын
0:39
@dominicsaavedra5113
Ай бұрын
It took me a second to realize what he said because it was just so smooth XD
@nayelymoreno9261
Ай бұрын
I can’t believe he didn’t automatically start laughing 😂😂
@Awareness_With_Dennis
Ай бұрын
I’m so happy he didn’t cut that out of the video 😂
@carolinelaronda4523
Ай бұрын
I subscribed bc of it
I don't just need to unfck my trapezius, I need to unfck my whole body and my mind and life aswell (Edit: I found a way, you can inflate and blow up your lungs and muscles like a balloon, but it takes some time to train your diaphragm. Look up Gracie breathing or just try it out yourself. Don't clench your butt or butthole, breathe from your crotch area up or down to the place where you have problems, slow breathing and imagine the muscles expanding) Hold the stretch and imagine the muscle lengthening when breathing out. Use your belly muscles to push the air or blood (idk how it works exactly) from the lungs into your muscles and tendons. You will feel a lot of resistance so you'll need a lot of force but be carefull not to hurt yourself. You might lose consciousness or get dizzy
@ciprianionut8629
Ай бұрын
😆
@MarkNOTW
Ай бұрын
Assume the position. Legs at 90 degrees. Feet against the wall. Fixes everything…
@Victoria-bi8ee
Ай бұрын
Hahahaha
@Uhfffyeah
Ай бұрын
@@MarkNOTW i'll try tomorrow
@Wagglezzz
Ай бұрын
maybe the next video will cover all that
undoing 28+ years of untreated seizure stress. every vid helps. thank you.
As soon as the jaw unlocked, I couldn't stop laughing, refreshing to have a soh and informative. Appreciate having models to show exercises.
So far this is the best explained video from what the problem is, why it happens, what we need to do, focus areas, expected outcomes - then an example of how to do them. Actually learned something.
The exercise no. 2 is really good for pianists who suffered/suffers from upper trapz tightness. I am a pianist that experiences tightness on my back and it has compromised my arms to play the piano because the arms are attached to the back as well. I do hope I can maintain this position while playing to be more free when playing the piano
This is the video I’ve been waiting for, the sitting part is a f**king game changer 🙏🏻
Thanks mate, I have had neck and trap problems before which have gone away after a day or so. This time it lasted for almost a week, I look for so many different stretches and exercises and yours is definitely one of the best so far for instant relief. Is the pain gone away, no, but I think about a 60% improvement and I just started. Best of all its easy and you can do it in your own home with little equipment. I realised if I continue with poor ergonomics and posture this pain will continue...but these exercises really helped.
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.
You all do such great videos thanks so much, I love these. Very useful. Thanks for all the tips about what not to do. Great channel!
Really well explained,thank you. Glad I found his before my jaw flew off !
Can just say that good insight. I only see myself in mostly all of those video. You're doing great.
Really, really excellent info! Thank you!
I just got diagnosed yesterday with this. Been having trap and neck issued for months and even tingling down my arm cause my ribs are wacked out. These were all the exercises my PT gave me so I can refresh my memory watching thjs
Dud when i see your videos im starting to inhalate like a boss and my stiff body starts to feel better. Thank you for the content :)
EXCELLENT!!!! Wish you were in Tampa, Florida. Thank you!✌️ 👌
This is the best video i saw on this theme ever! I had several sessions with physiotherapists but this exercises did not help me. I did this exercises the first time now and i think if i will keep going on these my aliment goes away! Thank you so much!
These exercises felt really good. It helped me hone in on my breathing allowing me to fully relax with those quiet breaths. I def gotta stay aware of my breathing throughout the day. Thank you Conor 🙏
Very very interesting😊
Thanks you doc!
Forward head posture causes jaw dislocation… well noted 😮
@whisperingwings852
Ай бұрын
😂
@EscapeGoat-Band
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂 that scared me for my posture!
Thank you Doc
Thank you Dear One for sharing this. 😊
Great video connor, got plenty of relief from the exercises...how often do you recommend doing these?
I see that kind of ball in a lot of your videos; can you give a recommendation for which ball to get? Thank you!
love your videos but I find every single exercise you recommend to be really complex, also how do I keep a good posture once I get is there a routine that you would recommend.
The jaw bone😂😂 nice cover😂
Thank you ❤
This seems to explain why when I wake up, I often have the feeling of needing to pull down my shoulders to crack my collar bone.
To the Point!
I work in healthcare and my neck is permanently looking downwards to treat. This video has made so much make sense to me. How many repetitions would you suggest for exercise 3? And how long should I hold? Many thanks!
Damn, i've looked alot of videos. but this one hits exactly when he showed the ribcage bent on one side it clicked for me. I finally know why i have constant pain in my trap and upper neck thanks!
This is EXACTLY what happens to my jaw! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank u so very much for this video 🙏 I came home from a longer jog than I do ×1pw I run to a supermarket on the other side of town because it is in the 💰💰💰 side of town & has better selection ( need to know ...not) then I walk briskly back holding shopping bag & carrying backpack. I do exercises with the shopping bag both sides. I have noticed lately that my right traps tight but the top of shoulder up to base of head on the left side is tight & that side feels weaker and tired easily. It also doesn't work the same muscles evenly. My breathing is from the neck once I start getting puffed no matter how hard I try not to. I just can't get the air in. I'm getting older and I guess things are getting worn out as I've pushed my body hard over the years physically & mentally. Happy to mention though...that my jaw hasn't come unhinged...yet anyway, that will be the next thing. Blah blah anyway this video was the first one came up on my feed when I got 🏡 The algorithms knew🤔🧐
真的是 非常 謝謝你 無私的付出
10:41 - correction (possibly). We can breath with our back (singers do that to have more air as an example). In such case, it's okay for shoulders to go forwars since the expansion goes near the spine
Do you have any videos that address a tight nervy pain around the pec minor? I have rib flare with an elevated shoulder and painful sensation in my pecs near my underarm.
Nice! I just went to pt for my shoulders, apparently my left side was super tense and the posture advice was well needed 😊
tried the sitted exercize and felt a lot of stinging in my back and side muscles and it was really hard keeping the right posture. definitely will do these more often to see the results
Oh Dr , this is so Helpful for me , I'm 23yo and ,the last Exercise is my situation, I'll make it my mission to try these exercises. I'm truly grateful for this video ,Thank you 🫶watching from🇻🇺 South Pacific Island nation ✨️👏💐👏💐👏
Where do you get that Block? What do you call it?
Phenominal video, the way you added the common mistakes and what they looked like was very helpful. Not many videos explain the common issues so well that we know what to look for as much as a trainer would. Well done and thankyou 🙏
Another thing is that tightness specifically in this area can be directly related to magnesium deficiency! (Also contributes to insomnia, anxiety, muscle cramps, heart palpitations, etc) A significant amount of the population has this deficiency since our food has become less nutritious.
I have been doing all kinds of theraband, aggressive foam roller stuff........i have titanium,medical plastic in between my c4,c5,c6......the exercises in this vid work way better than the theraband,roller stuff
I came here to learn how to make my muscles green, and therefore good, and also 👍
How do I fix a high and forward left hip and a high and forward right shoulder? The cause of my postural assymetry is the lack of a left molar in my upper jaw. Whenever I chew on my left side i become way more even but the muscles are still keeping me in a fixed postiton. I was wondering which muscles to stretch and which muscles to strengthen, and what else i should do to become symmetrical.
I lmao at jaw popping off!
Luv the title , my whole posture getting f**ked up after an accident
This is a perfect explaination. Why are doctors not able to explain it this way? This video is great
is there a vid for pinched nerve pain in neck? Also wow, I know the other guy in the vid, he and I used to hang out haha.
Interesting Idea for you. I had upper left trap problems and I think it's due to a dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint. It was causing all sorts of problems like glenoid joint problems, psuedo rotator cuff problems, levator scapulae tightness sternocleidomastoid tightness, tightness at my hips, glute engagement problems, dysfunction is good walking patterns ( all in my left side). I think I had this problem since HS due to a wrestling injury. Randomly last week I did some weird stretch and I felt my clavicle pop and my left clavicle now feels even with my right clavicle. It was weird because I mentioned my weird clavicle position to my PTs before and none of them would look into more. I can't say for certain this was my issue but it makes sense after feeling a random pop at my sternoclavicular joint with an instant wave of relief throughout my entire body. Oh something else, I think this injury was over looked because supposedly sternoclavicular joint dislocation can be present but overall shoulder health will be "good".
@I_Call_You_Moonchild
Ай бұрын
I can relate to a lot of what you wrote. I have hypermobility and my clavicle is shifty at both the sternoclavicular joint and the acromioclavicular joint. My shoulder is janky, my sternocleidomastoid hates me, and I have issues with all the other things you mentioned, too. I don't think I have had a clavicular dislocation, but definitely subluxations. Good luck with your health journey. I hope you continue to have relief.
@frankcano4893
Ай бұрын
Yes a subluxation feels right. I haven't learned about that before so I didn't know it existed. Thank you, everyday I get stressed wondering when all my problems will come back but so far so good. I hope it stays this way. I've dealt with this problem for years and lost hope till now. @@I_Call_You_Moonchild
@Hologram_
Ай бұрын
Describe this weird stretch of possible
@frankcano4893
Ай бұрын
Please? I was bent at my back crossing my arms as I was holding /pinching the tip of my upper trasp as I was pulling my elbows forward and up. Idk why I did it. I just did. @@Hologram_
@Matija-ml4zq
Ай бұрын
@@Hologram_ I think I had a similar issue described that started when I was training BJJ. My theory was it happened due to excessive chest activation and internal rotation. I found cobra pose in yoga caused that helpful pop. But I had to ease my way into it over time because I'd feel a lot of tightness in my sternum when I tried that position out.
Don't buy gaming chairs. I have a one right now, and while it's not the worst gaming chair I've had (So far they've all sucked), it's literally hurting my neck back and shoulders because of how bad the ergonomics are on the back.
@Mookeiz
20 күн бұрын
My gaming chair literally has caused my sciatica to get pinched 🤣 tossing it out when I move next week
@sk4tec
15 күн бұрын
I’ve got a 2nd hand recon office chair. I always choose one where I can set the angle to slope so my hips are (slightly) higher than my knees.
@lykoe4045
13 күн бұрын
Gaming chairs are flashy but mine absolutely destroyed my shoulders.
So essentially the first two ezecrises are dsigned to expand the rib cahe (anterior/posterior) and the last one is no doubt mid to low traps and the rest. But going back to the first, whays the need for the lower body position? Whats that doing exactly? I could hypothesize but I feel it could be explained more.
I am currently experiencing severe pain around my outer and upper chest area and sometimes in the ribs too. My upper back has been quite painful as well, often around the shoulder blades and lats. I am only 25 years old and have been checked for a heart attack in the ER but they say it is most likely muscle-skeletal, nothing heart-related. I would greatly appreciate a video on this matter.
@red-inc.2579
Ай бұрын
Exact same Problem here! I am 29 and I go to Physiotherapy since May 2023... nothing happend
@timonhildebrandt7676
Ай бұрын
@@red-inc.2579 Have you had any scans of your spine done? I have an appointment soon to get an x-ray... I also tried physio and a lot of stretching and exercise drills as well as fascia release. But the pain comes and goes regardless...
My phone is definitely listening in
I'll be trying that single sided today. Desk job, left hand is on a keyboard, right hand is more extended on a mouse all day. The mouse side is always much tighter than the other, being more extended.
I'm hoping this will help.. after chiropractic treatment & massage, everything keeps coming back. Granted I sit all day at a desk & know it's my posture, I feel so out of whack that I never know what's truly neutral. I've got scap flare on my left. Rib flare on my right. My neck vacilatte from left to right on stiffness. I'm a mess!
How to stick back ejected jaw, pls help
Sadly, my Forward head posture has already caused jaw dislocation and spine issue. I have been suggested a proper Jaw and Spine surgery now 💔
I picked up a Vibra Band massage gun with strap I put the strap behind my back with relief from years of Walmart receiving and Maint. It's like Dental Floss for your back. Just stay from kidneys with and behind the knee. The thing reset me back about 20 years.
Can you do a video about how to elongate the neck please?😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
for the last exercise I really have troubles.. I did it without a resistance band just with a slight pull and the most difficult part is keeping my back on the ground even without any arm movement.. but when I do those, my lower arm seems to get numb after like 20 to 30 seconds and gets tingly 😮😅
So should we strengthen the upper traps after relieving the tension . Thank you
What if you have tight traps but your ribcage is forward and you have scapular winging?
I always be having one of the right traps rising more than my left during lateral raises.
@kevinb7058
Ай бұрын
Me too buddy, I really have to sweep out more on the right side during lateral raises
@allengaible6436
Ай бұрын
For me, it's the left that is constantly popping up.
@comradericefarmerhao2269
Ай бұрын
@@kevinb7058 I have scapular wining on the right side so that may be the reasoning for me
@chrismersits3504
12 күн бұрын
PC gamer or spend a lot of time using a computer mouse with your right hand?
@comradericefarmerhao2269
12 күн бұрын
@@chrismersits3504 really is that how it works? Dam that’s probably me then.
Thank you for teaching me how not to explode my jaw.
Neuromuscular retraining LFG
Sir I feel that my left side traps muscle is less and right side is more i mean it feels that way
Exhale with mouth without tongue on roof? Or exhale with nose while keeping tongue on roof?
God damn it. Forward rib cage compensates being able to fill the lungs and pulled down ribcage makes you breath through neck and makes traps tight. The breathing exercises before have helped though, just the other day was standing sideways to the mirror and decided to check inhaling, and was almost shock how massively the back expanded like a balloon. Haven't felt like the upper back was a concrete block in a year or two now, only gym makes shoulders tight now. I no longer have regularly forward and tensioned neck and I no longer feel like neck muscles are doing the breathing. I wonder what I should be doing with the last exercise when my left ribs and scapulae are flaring, but my right shoulder is high and the head is turned to that right side. I'm also always confused when these should feel like engaging obligues/abs. I don't feel the need to bend the back at any point so that the pelvis bones wouldn't contact either.
What does he mean by side abs? Obliques ??
The video cut at “the jaw detaching itself”. Why does that occur?
I just put my hands with finger grossed behind my back and look up and I bent every diection like grazy. It fixes this issue.
when i breath like how you say, calmly and without my neck, it feels like i dont get enough air and i end up panicking by the 3rd or fourth breath
People who have short breathing..... it seems like this would help. ❤
Thanks for the education. Care about are body is important. Thanks. Question....I got diastasis recti any exercise to help my core get strong. Thanks
well there's something else I can try been Driving a commercial vehicle since 1997 It was shortly after that I developed TMJ
What if my shoulders are so rounded they're always "popped up" from the ground?
Looking for your book that you comment would be attached
gotta row ma man
I feel painfully called out just before 30 seconds into the video... (already excited for the rest of this video!)
@adamloepker8057
25 күн бұрын
0:40 how to hurt your skeleton.. ☠
as im doing exercise two my whole left hand starts getting intense pains and needles. i suffer from a severly tight upper back and cannot really get expansion thru the ribs
@conorharris
Ай бұрын
You are very likely exerting too much effort. Try to relax your arms a lot more
I was just about to stretch my upper trap when this came up. Thank you KZread algorithm
I do deep self massage but I need something else. Massages work though! Hurtful but pleasant
Uncle vester has joined the chat
I can’t touch my psis to the floor. Why?
😂😂😂 the crunchy sound the skeleton makes when he moves it around to show us what he’s talking about
Prosím české titulky....
1:15 6:46 key
Ugh hate when my jaw detaches
It's Frieren on his leg
Didn’t watch the video yet, but I have a feeling it has something to do with the ribcage.
is it me or are these exercises pretty much all the same?? Once I got the notification for Conor's new video I was like "I wonder if there's gonna be a guy lying on his back with his legs bent against the wall" 😂🤣😂
@Hoenhighn1
Ай бұрын
They pretty much are, but there are like a hundred vids
@soups1083
Ай бұрын
Thank you i thought i was going crazy.. like why is exercise just laying down and breathing 😭😭
I was on fire once and putting my feet up a wall and bending my knees at a 90-degree angle put it right out
@conorharris
Ай бұрын
My girlfriend broke up with me and the 90/90 was the only thing that made me feel better
Lmao the jaw part made me cry
How many times a day you reckon we bust these bad boys out?
Is it normal to get kind of dizzy while doing this?
@kierap
Ай бұрын
stay hydrated,move slow,make sure your breathing