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How does BackHug help with tight shoulders when the robotic fingers don’t touch the trapezius muscles at all?

Discover that joint stiffness in the neck, upper back, and shoulder blades is the root cause of trapezius tightness, and how to alleviate it. Say goodbye to temporary relief with massage, and hello to lasting results with BackHug.

Body-man-trapezius-muscle-anatomy

The trapezius muscle is a large muscle group that extends from the base of your neck, down to your middle back, and across to your shoulder blades.

Most people think that the only way to release their tight trapezius muscle is to directly massage that area. 

However, the truth is that tightness in the trapezius muscle originates from stiff joints in the neck, upper back and shoulder blades, not the muscles themselves.

As a result, the effects of massaging the trapezius muscles are temporary and limited, leading people to continue to suffer, and they do not get better for that very reason.

If you want to fix your tight trapezius muscles, you need to go where the problem started in the first place. That is, joint stiffness in the neck, upper back and shoulder blades.

By removing stiffness from your neck, upper back and shoulder blades, BackHug can help relieve tension in the trapezius muscle as well.