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Rib Cage Stretching Exercises

Published Aug,17 2011 | By Kristin Dorman

Stretch the muscles in your rib cage through breathing exercises, back-bending exercises and forward fold stretches. Your rib cage has two major sets of muscle layers: the external and internal intercostals. The external intercostals lift your rib cage and increase lung volume.

Kristin Dorman has been writing since 1999 and has had work featured in "The Stylus," the University of Maryland's literary journal. She is a certified yoga instructor and teaches a "Yoga for Runners" course through community education. Dorman holds a Bachelor of Arts in studio art and art history from the University of Maryland, where she graduated with university and departmental honors.