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ER the PEC minor originates from ribs three four and five and it inserts at the coracoid process of
the scapula so this is one of the muscles that you know moves the the arms for you know anteriorly
and this one is also known as the nerve and Trapper because you've got your plexus nerves that
go through here you've got five nerves that go through the axillary you know plexus which is the
axillary nerve the median nerve the ulnar nerve the radial nerve and the muscular cutaneous nerve
so this is why this is known as a nerve entrapper and it's very important for you guys to work this
muscle when there's any thoracic syndrome going on or numbness in the hands so one of the movements
that you can do is you're going to ask your client to move her arms out and then I'm going to go to
the origins here and you can do if you're going to use your palm you know your palms just make
sure that you're very careful not to touch anything that your hands are up but okay now
I'm going to ask her to close her arms back down again forward like she's going to hug somebody
and then back so this is a good pin and stretch
hug somebody forward and then back you can do this obviously more than three or three or four times
okay so that's one technique that you can do to release some of the some of the pack and she puts
her arms back now you're going to the coracoid process when you palpate be very careful this is
the coracoid process of the scapula and it's very tender because it has three attachments here so
when you palpate be very careful and you know do some circular some circular motions you can also
cut from the back support the scapula from the back and use your your hypocena eminence here and
just rub gently on the insertion of the PEC minor another thing that you can do is long strokes
long strokes cross fiber cross fiber to release some of this tightness here especially like
I said people that spend a lot of time they have hunched shoulders or spend a lot of time
you know looking at their phone which we all do now you can do cross fiber you can do the again
if she has a tight area here another one that you can do is you're going to put your left hand right
underneath her scalp you know her scapula then bring her arm she she can lean it here and uh
you're gonna ask her you're going to hold and pin right at the origins so you're going to ask her
like if she's gonna hug somebody and move there you go and then back and you can really feel that
PEC minor underneath your fingers and you can do that several times this is another good way and
if you need to work out trigger points then you hold it for up to 20 seconds have them breathe
but I like to do some of this pin and stretch and active uh movements because they they really work
so and you can always do some soothing Strokes soothing Strokes to really work out
the fibers to release and relax the fibers a little bit so that would
be the PEC minor the PEC Miner from the Supine position [Music]
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