If your neck and shoulders are constantly tight, and massage only gives you short term relief… the joints in your spine, not the muscles, are the underlying problem. Restricted, irritated spinal joints at the base of your neck are the no.1 cause of chronic, stiff, tight shoulders. These joints can also cause neck pain, upper back pain, arm pain, or pins and needles in the arm. So instead of massage, which doesn't address the underlying issue, these neck exercises will mobilise the joints that cause the stiff shoulders and neck. If done regularly they can provide long term neck pain and stiffness relief.
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WHAT CAUSES NECK AND SHOULDER STIFFNESS? Spending too much time in forward flexed neck position. Eg... • Looking at a phone place at stomach level • craning your head forward, or down, to look at computer screens • and especially... leaning back against sofas or bedheads where your head is pushed forward.
So instead: • Hold your phone up with a supported arm • lift screens and bring them closer • sit up straight on the sofa • and read on your side in bed, rather than sitting in bed.
0:00 The underlying cause 0:27 Exercise 1 1:37 Exercise 2 2:16 Exercise 3 3:05 Exercise 4 3:42 What causes these restricted spinal joints?
