In baseball, a player’s ability to generate power through a swing or throw depends on seamless thoracic rotation. If mobility is restricted, performance suffers, and injury risk climbs.

Quadruped Thoracic Rotation. ... Focusing on your horizontal abductors and the external rotators of the shoulder, sit on the ...

In baseball, a player’s ability to generate power through a swing or throw depends on seamless thoracic rotation. If mobility is restricted, performance suffers, and injury risk climbs.

Many people don’t recognize the importance of healthy thoracic spine rotation until they experience low back pain. That’s because the lower back (lumbar spine) isn’t built for rotation ...

What’s often overlooked is the role of the rib cage in thoracic spine rotation. The thoracic spine consists of 12 vertebrae, spanning from the base of your neck to just above your lower back.

Why it works: This exercise integrates thoracic rotation with breath-driven rib cage movement to improve spinal mobility while reducing compensatory stress on the lower back. Practice these two ...

Repetitive movements — such as swinging a baseball bat or golf club, throwing a ball or lifting weights without functional thoracic mobility — can create imbalances that limit rotation and increase ...

What’s often overlooked is the role of the rib cage in thoracic spine rotation. The thoracic spine consists of 12 vertebrae, spanning from the base of your neck to just above your lower back.