OPAL Movement Therapy

01/12/2026

Symptoms improve when movement mechanics improve!!🔥

At OPAL, we're passionate about teaching you what to do and how to do it so that you can move with confidence & feel powerful again!

Do you want to move better for life?💙
Schedule your FREE Discovery Call through the link in our bio or by going to OPALMovementTherapy.com/contact-us 📱✨

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01/12/2026

We see a lot of Team Neck with lateral and front raises in the gym, which can contribute to neck/shoulder problems.

Next time you do lateral and front raises, we challenge you to see how quiet you can keep your neck during this shoulder movement.

To set yourself up for success, start with your neck in a neutral positon-- which means your head is not up or down, just stacked over your neck with a slight chin nod toward your Adam's apple. Sometimes it can help to gently look down with your eyes since we are often looking forward and jutting our chin out.

Then softly grip the dumbbells and imagine your shoulder blades floating apart to move the dumbbells up to shoulder level. A soft bend in the elbow is helpful.

If you grip really hard and tighten everything, then you are more likely to tighten up your neck and use your neck muscles to lift rather than the shoulders.

It can be humbling to do these without Team Neck, so you'll likely need to lower the weight and try it lighter in order to connect more to what the shoulder blades should be doing. Good luck!

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01/11/2026

You're invited!!🥳 Join us for our JanYOUary Community Wellness Event!

🗓️ Saturday, January 24th, 2026
🕘 9:00am - 11:00am
📍 at OPAL Movement Therapy

This is a free event to help bring people together to celebrate health & wellness and kick off 2026 with a bang!

You are welcome to come and participate in the whole event, or pick and choose what activities you're interested in. We will have vendors showcasing their services, light refreshments, fun activities, and a raffle with great prizes at the end of the event.

Slide to hear more about the event and to read all about the amazing vendors that will be tabling there!

We can't wait to see you there and start off 2026 right!! 💙💪

RSVP today by clicking the link in our bio or by going to OPALMovementTherapy.com/janyouary-wellness-event 📲✨

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01/11/2026

When we raise our arms overhead, the arm bone spins in the socket of the shoulder and the shoulder blade upwardly rotates to achieve full overhead range of motion.

However, a lot of us struggle to get our shoulder blades to upwardly rotate due to a variety of reasons including: decreased shoulder complex mobility, increased activity of the rhomboids and levator scapulae muscles (both downward rotators of the shoulder blade), and/or poor motor control and/or strength of the serratus anterior, lower trapezius, and upper trapezius (all upward rotators of the shoulder blade).

We still have to get our arms overhead even if we can't upwardly rotate the shoulder blades optimally and we will often overuse upper trapezius and levator scapulae to elevate the shoulder blade rather than upwardly rotating it.

Overtime, this can lead to stress on the neck and the shoulder complex.

The fix? Check out our Digital Course Shoulder Blade Foundations or book a call with us!

Schedule your FREE Discovery Call by clicking the link in our bio or by going to OPALMovementTherapy.com/contact-us 📲💻✨

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01/10/2026

You asked, we answered!
Is bad posture causing my headaches?? 🤔

Posture can be a contributing factor to headaches.

We typically find chronic, rounded shoulder postures with a forward head (“tech neck”) most associated. If you are spending lots of your time in this position, this can contribute to muscle tightness and joint limitations in the neck that can be the source of your headache. But it would take a more thorough examination to tease this out, and it depends on your symptoms.

Incorporating mobility drills for the spine, taking small, but consistent bits of intentional time throughout the day out of these postures, and teaching corrective postures/movement patterns can be a helpful place to start.

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01/10/2026

Here's a clip of Dr. Morgan demonstrating how to build awareness of your shoulder blade mechanics on all 4s. We call this a serratus rockback, and it can be a helpful drill to learn how to feel shoulder blade movement.

We teach lots of ways to learn how to move the shoulder blade (touchdown with a shrug on the roller, assisted lat pull downs, bar-assisted pull ups, etc.), but everyone learns differently and different drills work for different folks.

With the serratus rockback, you start on all 4s. Gently push away from the ground to separate the shoulder blades. Be careful not to overdo it and just round into a cat position. Sometimes it can help to place a small object between the shoulder blades while you're doing it. Once you've gently separated the shoulder blades without over-rounding the whole spine, gently rock back toward your heels.

You'll feel the shoulder blades continue to separate as you rock back and your arms move into an overhead position. Try to keep the spine flat the entire time. At a certain point, you'll run out of room so return to the start position and repeat.

Try to relax and make this as effortless as possible!

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01/09/2026

Want to give Dr. Morgan & Julio's wedding workout a try?? Let's get it!🔥💍

▪️Ball & Chain: Slam Balls and Battle Ropes
▪️The Wedding March: KB Farmers Carry with a March
▪️The Proposal: Kneeling Single Arm Row with a Cable
▪️Cut the Cake: Bandwalk Squat Complex
▪️Runaway Bride: Sprints/Walk

45 seconds on, 15 seconds off for 40 rounds!
Good luck!🤞

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01/09/2026

Dr. Morgan loves to workout, but you know what she loves more?🤔

Planning a themed workout for her family!! Christmas, New Years, 4th of July-- the wedding was no exception!

If you know anyone getting married soon who'd be into a wedding workout, here are some ideas! 13 of Dr. Morgan & Julio's closest family members and friends joined them at 8 am on the morning of the wedding. To determine how many rounds they would do, Dr. Morgan asked how many years everyone had been married--25, 33, 43!!!

What better way to celebrate love and marriage than with a family workout?

The wedding workout:

▪️Ball and Chain: slam balls and battleropes

▪️The Wedding March: KB farmer's carry with a march

▪️The Proposal: kneeling cable row

▪️Cut the Cake: lateral bandwalks + banded squat complex

▪️Runaway Bride: airrunner sprints/walk

45 seconds on 15 seconds off!

Need more help?💙
Schedule your FREE Discovery Call by clicking the link in our bio or by going to OPALMovementTherapy.com/contact-us 📲💻✨

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01/08/2026

There couldn't be a wedding without a killer pre-wedding workout!!! 💍💪

Congratulations to Dr. Morgan & on tying the knot and cheers to a lifetime of love, fitness, and fun! 💙

01/07/2026

Hey Facebook friends,

Did you know that more than 23,000 people in the U.S. report ankle sprains each and every day?? And that's just the people who are reporting them!

Ankle sprains are a super common injury and unfortunately, most people just wait it out, missing the opportunity to restore movement to the joint and restrengthen the muscles that help to prevent future injury to the area.

In our new YouTube video, Dr. Morgan dives into the anatomy of the ankle, how to support recovery in the first few weeks after the sprain, and how to build back up your strength & balance.

Give it a watch, save it for later, and drop us a comment if you learned something new! As always, let us know if you have any questions or if you need help recovering from your ankle sprain. 💙

Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries, with more than 23,000 people in the U.S. reporting an ankle sprain every day. In this video, Dr. Morgan Ri...

01/07/2026

One of the benefits of being a cash-based clinic is the ability for our DPTs to spend time with you 1-on-1, for a full hour!🔥

At OPAL, we don't take short cuts. We dive deep to find the root cause of your pain, make a plan that's unique to you, and get you back to performing at your highest level!

That's the OPAL difference 💪

Ready to work with us?
Schedule your FREE Discovery Call and work with us from anywhere in the world by clicking the link in our bio or visiting OPALMovementTherapy.com/contact-us 📱 ✨

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