Breastfeeding Aches & Pains // Short routine

Lots of women complain about POSTURE after having a baby – feeling like their upper back is getting rounded, their shoulders are tight and their neck hurts.
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Posture, surprisingly, doesn’t actually seem to be the cause of pain in the literature.
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But the way it looks bothers some women, and they want to improve it.
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Also, while no posture is bad, we do tend to get stuck in the same position for hours on end while #breastfeeding and holding a baby in our arms… especially a newborn. Much like when you get achey being slumped over the computer for 8 hours. It can be beneficial to move out of this position as often as possible.
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Variety of movement is key here.
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So if you constantly find yourself sitting with a rounded back as you breastfeed, and with internally rotated shoulders, rounded back and tucked under bum as you hold your baby, you might find that the muscles of your chest and shoulders get tight and the upper back muscles get weak.
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You might then benefit from this little routine:
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MOBILIZE – STRETCH – STRENGTHEN
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1. A couple of exercises to MOBILIZE the thoracic spine (upper back)
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2. A couple of exercises to STRETCH out the chest and open the shoulders through their full range of motion (which are a bit short and tight).
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3. Finally, STRENGTHEN the upper back muscles, which will help you hold your baby.
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Try this little routine out, do 10 of each, and let me know how it goes.
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Ok admittedly this is a bad video, I didn’t tidy my house up, put clothes on the baby, sort my shorts out, get the mushed banana off my chest or even tie up my hair properly. But my current mantra is DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT…