Exciting news! We're thrilled to welcome Meaghan Osmond, RMT at Nurture Family Chiropractic beginning January 1, 2022! Meaghan is a warm and friendly practitioner who has a wide range of skills in various massage therapy techniques, including Swedish and deep tissue massage. Check out her bio below or on our Team's page! Welcome Meaghan, we are so excited to have you as a part of the Team!

Ever heard of Bruegger's Stretch? It's an excellent stretch that reverses all the postures you're holding while sitting and working from your desk all day which can help relieve tight and achy neck, midback and shoulder muscles. Let's break it down. When you're sitting at your desk, chances are your back is hunched, your shoulders are rolled forwards and your neck and hanging out way too far in front of the rest of your body. What are these postures in anatomical terms? Check this out below:

-Hunched back: flexed thoracic spine
-Forward rolled shoulders: flexed shoulders and pronated forearms
-Neck hanging out too far in front of your body: neck protraction

Bruegger's Stretch works to do the OPPOSITE of these postures which will give the muscles in your neck, midback and shoulders a break and also some movement (and we know that muscles love to move!). This movement will help reduce any tightness, aching or pain you may be experiencing from sitting at your desk job too long.

Bruegger's Stretch will work to have:
-Extended thoracic spine
-Extended shoulders and supinated forearms
-Neck Retraction

Remember, motion is lotion!  No posture is inherently bad in itself, but rather staying in one posture for too long is where you'll start running into trouble with tightness, soreness and aching in your body. The more intentional movement you can bring through your body, the less sore you'll be and who doesn't love feeling good? Give this stretch a try and we'd love to hear your feedback about it!

Know someone who's experiencing tightness, soreness or aching in their neck, midback or shoulder muscles? Contact Dr. Brenda Yee at Nurture Family Chiropractic in Guelph to see how a combination of muscle work, joint work and realistic and convenient exercises can decrease your pain and improve how you feel.