Pec Minor

This next anatomy post i'm going to tackle is a big one. It's a muscle that i see causing shoulder, back, and neck problems on a daily basis. It's a tiny muscle but this little guy knows how to throw its weight around.

I'm going to talk about pectoralis minor. Pec minor is a thin, flat muscle found under the pectoralis major. It attaches to ribs 3, 4 and 5 on the front of both sides of the rib cage and goes up to the coracoid process of the scapula.

Pec minor is responsible and helpful in movement and stabilization of the scapula and shoulder. It's a downward rotator of the scapula as well as an internal rotator of the humerus.

A lot of times shoulders that are slumped forward, or what we hear called "poor posture" are caused by a shortened and overworking pec minors.
When i hear people say "i just have bad posture, i always have." I cringe a little. There is a reason for your "bad posture" and sometime pec minor may be a culprit!

Let's release those nastly little pec minors and strengthen some other opposing muscles that aren't working correctly, and allow your body to naturally relax back to where it should be!