Tightness in Lat

[ZGzaZ]

I woke up this morning with a tightness in my left lat, it's been about 8 hours and doesn't seem to be going away. I can feel it real good when i raise my arm over my head, it's kind of a SLIGHT pain but more of a tight muscle feeling. I've been stretching it most of the day, nothing helping though...anyone got any ideas?

 

[oso0960]

pulled back muscle? Slept wrong? Did you kill your back the day before, overstretch it? just throwing some ideas out there

 

[SgtSlaughter]

If it's more of an overly tight muscle and not so much pain as you said... keep streching.

If you can find a roller of sorts around... lay on the floor and roll it out, arm above your head... it'll hurt but feel so much better after.

 

[Protobuilder]

What he said. I scoffed at the whole foam roller concept . . . until Dan John recommended it (and i listen when he speaks). So I "made" one out of a 3" piece of PVC pipe ( no foam, just pipe, talk about pain, LoL). And man, it works. My shoulders, traps, erectors, and lats bug me from time to time from sitting at the computer, and if I roll them for a few minutes, they feel great sometimes right away and always by the next morning. It's basically self-applied deep massage. It works.

 

[ZGzaZ]

Thanks guys, I will do that now and before bed tonight and see how I feel in the morning.

 

[Czar87]

How does this roller look like ?

 

[SgtSlaughter]

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=475832

You can use anything round that will roll.