How Massage Relieves Shoulder Blade Knots -- including self-care

July 31, 2019Cassie Floreno

A client points between their shoulder blades and says “this is sooo tight”, “this is where I hold my stress”, or “I always have knots here”. Their therapist says “okay, we’re going to do some shoulder opening and stretching, and work on releasing the pectoral muscles.” That might sound counterintuitive when the pain is between the shoulder blades and not in the pecs, but it’s not! Here’s what’s going on...