# @elastaboy on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db00i_DzhXA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68902067-elastaboy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8cde183c7a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-09T16:03:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jake Blundell (@elastaboy) — https://gondola.cc/elastaboy

## Caption

Stretching your neck every day and it’s still tight? The stiffness is often one joint lower, in your upper back.

Your neck isn’t the problem. Your thoracic spine, the upper back between your shoulder blades, is. It’s built to rotate and arch so your head can turn without a fight. Hours of sitting and scrolling stiffen it up, so your neck often ends up covering the difference. That can show up as tight neck, headaches, even that stiff-after-30-minutes feeling at a desk.

Try this:
1. Foam roller across your mid-back (bra-strap level)
2. Hands behind head, let your upper back drape over it
3. 8 to 10 slow reps, neck relaxed and heavy the whole time

Sharp pain, numbness, or pain radiating into your hands is a different issue, get that checked before training through it.

Follow me then comment “BASICS” and I’ll DM you my Mobility Basics program 👇

#Elastaboy #Reboryn #NeckPain #UpperBackPain #ThoracicSpine

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## Tags

upperbackpain, neckpain, elastaboy, thoracicspine, reboryn

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