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Latissimus Dorsi Pain Relief – Lats Stretches & Releases

By: Leon Turetsky (NASM-CPT, NASM-CES), Last Updated: March 5, 2020

Latissimus Dorsi Pain Relief

Latissimus Dorsi or commonly referred to as “Lats” is the biggest muscle of the back and it starts roughly from the pelvis area and runs on both sides of the back, all the way up, and finally attaches into both arm bones (humerus).

This muscle gets very tight and cause pain in the upper back in and around the shoulder blades. In this video I cover ways you can release and stretch this muscle:

Latissimus Dorsi Stretches & Releases:

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Leon Turetsky CEO of Back Intelligence
Leon Turetsky (NASM-CPT, NASM-CES)

Corrective Exercise Specialist (NASM-CES), Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT), Professional Dancer

As a long time back sufferer Leon found unique methods to alleviate his pain using natural methods including self massage, exercise/stretching and postural habits. He founded Backintelligence.com to empower others to fix their postures and ease their back pain from home.

Filed Under: Back Pain (General), Posture Correction

Comments

  1. Elaine RicheyElaine Richey says

    November 5, 2019 at 1:02 am

    Lat stretches are the answer to my shoulder and forearm pain. I need to do them several times daily, plus watch my posture and do a trigger point release every other day. But now at last I’ve found the way out of my pain. Btw, I think shoulder migration ( constant shrugging from anxiety over YEARS) let to my chronic problem

  2. Nitareon TuggleNitareon Tuggle says

    September 17, 2019 at 5:48 pm

    My lats hurt bad i play football and i did lat pulldown’s in weight training all the time, how can i get back into football as soon as possible?

    • Leon Turetsky (NASM-CPT, NASM-CES)Leon Turetsky (NASM-CPT, NASM-CES) says

      September 18, 2019 at 4:21 pm

      Try some self massage to relieve it.

  3. shubham sawantshubham sawant says

    August 26, 2019 at 3:34 pm

    I overused my arms in boxing and gym then now from last 5 months my lats are paining what should I do because I wanna return to boxing early as possible

    • joshua doctsonjoshua doctson says

      September 11, 2019 at 10:20 pm

      I am sorry I hope you get better. Crossfit is great.

  4. CurtisCurtis says

    February 9, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    I was hit by a 18 wheeler 4yrs ago and I can’t do alot of moving and stretching. My right Latissimus,over the last year has just started spasming. It comes and goes.by the time i can see a doctor I don’t have the simtoms .what do i do?

    • Leon Turetsky (NASM-CPT, NASM-CES)Leon Turetsky (NASM-CPT, NASM-CES) says

      February 12, 2019 at 2:56 pm

      Have you tried foam rolling it to see if you can get relief? You can do it gently… Otherwise see a physical therapist in person to diagnose your issue.

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