Pectoralis Minor Muscle Stretch

To Stretch the Pectoralis Minor Muscle

Manual Stretch 

Patient position- Sitting,

procedure:- place one hand posterior on the scapula \ other hand front / anterior on the shoulder just above the coracoid process 

 As the patient Inhale, Inferior angle of the scapula posteriorly by pressing up and back against the coracoid process while pressing downward against the inferior angle of the scapula:  while the patient breathes out / exhale then hold it at the end-position . Repeat it same procedure the end-position with each breathe in and stabilizing as the patient breath Out.

⏩ Active stretching of the pectoralis minor muscle therapist holds the scapula and coracoid process the end as the patient breathes out

Self Stretch

Patient position-  Standing

procedure:-   shoulder at 90 abduction and elbow at flexion  stabilized forearm against a doorway Instruction of  patient to rotate the trunk away from the stretch side of  shoulder  stretch is felt. Note that this stretch may not be apropriate for patients with anterior instability this the position of apprehension and it may overly train theater restaurants.