# @elastaboy on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY-AIrinNal
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66139960-elastaboy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6f339f2464.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-30T16:03:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jake Blundell (@elastaboy) — https://gondola.cc/elastaboy

## Caption

Your rhomboids handle 3x more load than you think when your thoracic spine locks up. Here's the 4-move fix.
That stubborn knot between your shoulder blades isn't random. It's a signal.
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When you sit hunched over a screen for hours, your pec minor and front deltoids shorten and pull your shoulders forward. That forces your rhomboids and mid traps into a permanently overstretched position. They're weak, overloaded, and fighting a losing battle against your tight chest. The result is that deep, burning knot that no amount of foam rolling seems to fix. Because rolling alone only addresses the symptom. It never touches the actual cause.
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What you need is a combination approach. Mobilize the thoracic spine so the joints can actually move. Strengthen the muscles between the shoulder blades so they can hold proper position. And stretch the front of the body so it stops pulling everything forward.
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This reel walks you through a four-drill protocol that does all three. Child's pose lateral shifts to open the lats, tabletop scapula circles to wake up the rhomboids, reverse tabletop thrusts to strengthen while stretching the chest, and thoracic arches with chin tucks to restore neck and upper spine mobility.
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Save this for your next session.
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Comment BASICS and I'll send you my Grade 1 Mobility programme. 15 minutes a day, pure follow-along, built for any level. Just press play, move with me, and watch that knot disappear.
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#Elastaboy #Reboryn #UpperBackPain #ThoracicSpine #ShoulderBlades

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## Tags

upperbackpain, shoulderblades, elastaboy, thoracicspine, reboryn

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