Muscle Imbalance Exercises for the Right Handed Athlete

Sometimes we are born with scoliosis, sometimes we create a functional scoliosis from our repetitive motions or sports driven activities and hobbies. In this video, Jill and Greg demonstrate how to reset your body’s imbalances using the Coregeous Ball and breath techniques.

Begin by lying down and placing the Coregeous Ball on your left rib cage (you would reverse this for left side dominance) and a block under the head to balance the position. Using your right hand to pressurize your right rib cage. Breath heavily into your thoracic cavity feeling the rib cage spread apart, hold your breath and activate the muscles of your trunk creating tension in this overinflated state. Exhale and use your upper hand to force the air completely out, repeat 3 times. This improves the upward and downward rotation capacity of the rib cage.

The next exercise focuses on over-inflating the right side while closing down the left rib cage. Deep breath in, hold and on the exhale, shorten into the Coregeous ball, folding the left side of the rib cage into a side bend, while focusing on creating distance in the right side body. Repeat 3 times. Watch for spinal flexion, keep the alignment.

For the final exercise in the transverse plane, bring your knees to a 90° angle and arms overhead. With the hips stacked and stable, follow the inhale with sweeping arm circle allowing only the rib cage to tag along, hips remaining stacked. This allows the right rib cage to move around the left rib cage, open and move in a large range of motion. Be dramatic with your circles. Reverse your circles to complete this sequence.