Neck Stretches to Alleviate Neck Pain
We’re here today to discuss a couple of home exercises and stretches you can do if you're suffering from any neck pain or discomfort.
A lot of us at our jobs are sitting all day at the computer with shoulders and neck bent forward and that's a really common problem in today’s society. So if you want to help yourself a little bit let us show you a couple stretches.
Range of motion stretches are relatively easy to do. You're just stretch your neck to one side to get the full range of motion and hold it for approximately 10 seconds. Go to the other side 10 seconds and get a good stretch.
There's your levator scapulae muscles on your shoulder. It attaches to your neck. You're going to bring your head down, you're going look towards your arm pit, you're just going to force you head toward your arm pit. Hold that for again for approximately 10 seconds. You can do the other side as well, neck down, look over pull.
Another really good exercise is called chin tucks. That's for your posture and your suboccipital muscles right up there at the base your neck. You're going to look forward straight ahead and all you're going to do is bring your chin in and tuck it. Don’t bend your neck. Hold that for about 10 seconds. If you want you can push it down a little bit. If you do that about 10 times with a 5 to 10 second hold a couple times a day that'll be really good for your neck posture.
So those are some things you can do at home for your neck pain. If you have any concerns you can come on in we'll take a look at your neck.
