<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Guess what is my favourite muscle to exercise? </strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>I am sure you guessed it.</strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>I love to work my back and I often receive compliments on it.</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As a child, I had many serious falls: down a slide, tubing in the winter, even a concussion while biking with my dad when I was six. My mother had brought me to a number of therapists/healers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I remember clearly the first time I had acute back pain. I was 13years old. I stepped out of a car and my back seized. It lasted a few days. At 19, I had a serious car accident that broke my femur and cracked a few ribs. A few years later, I had another car accident with serious whiplash, and not even a year later, I got hit by a ten-wheeler while biking. I must have been a cat in another life! I lived through a lot of pain and many back sprains. Every few months my back would seize and I would be in pain for weeks at the time. I have consulted some 40 different therapists, from chiropractors, massage therapists to osteopath, and tried a host of different therapies: kinesiology, Rolfing, etc.</p>
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I became a fitness professional in an attempt to heal myself and get out of my cycle of pain and injury. I chose to be pro-active and get stronger. I feel so empowered now that I am strong and not in pain anymore! It took a while and I am sure that every therapist that I consulted helped me in some way. It’s so important to work on back muscle to improve posture, be free of pain. I breastfed two boys for two years each and I am sure that all these strengthening exercises helped to keep my shoulder healthy.

I want to share with you some of my favourite ways to strengthen the upper back.

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With gratitude, Vero