Why Your Upper Traps Feel So Tight — Explained by a Physical Therapy Assistant

Prone Y Raise is an excellent rehabilitation exercise which targets your lower trapezius. To perform it, lie flat on your stomach. Rest your head on the floor. Create a letter Y with your body, by keeping your arms overhead. Now lift your arms from the floor and hold this position for a few seconds. This movement will also engage helper muscles like middle trapezius and posterior deltoid, but the main focus will go to lower trapezius, which works on a really long lever, trying to bring the scapu

Understanding the Trapezius Muscle: Origins, Insertions, and Functions