Click here for more informationthe best ways to have a pain free neck
What to do each day for a healthy neck:
•          Have good posture all day every day
•          Sit, eat, drink, drive without your head in a forward protracted position
•          Do the neck exercises 2-3 times a day(double chin and tennis in the sky) especially if you are looking down a lot(like sewing)
•          Do the chest, lunge and neck/back combo stretches throughout the day
•          Remember that the exercises are to help you attain good posture by loosening your tight muscles. Make sure you remain in good posture rather than doing the stretches and going straight back to slouching. 5 minutes of exercises per day cant fix 8 hours of slouching a day!
•          If you are tight through your neck and shoulders do the ‘I dunno’ exercise throughout the day
•          Look at your computer not into it.
•          Make sure your computer screen is high enough and if using a laptop either get a remote keyboard or remote screen especially if your typing is poor and you need to look at the keys a lot
•          If you use a computer a lot learn to touch type so that you can avoid looking down at your keyboard
•          Do not slouch
•          Don’t read in bed with many pillows behind your head pushing it forward
•          Don’t sleep with a pillow or pillows that push your head forward, up or down
•          Think of your head on your shoulders like a golf ball that sits on top of a tee
•          Good posture means sitting and standing tall but remember to do this in a comfortable and relaxed manner. You don’t want to look and feel like a robot.
•          Make sure that your workstation is such that you are not turning all day in one direction(like having your computer screen off to the left or right)
•          Don’t wedge the phone between your ear and shoulder-buy a headset if you have to be on the phone a lot
If you do the above your neck will not only feel much better but it will remain much better. Your upper back will feel less tense and your shoulders problems may magically disappear. You may also have less headaches and more energy (pain is draining). You will feel better emotionally, be happier and have a much better quality of life. An enormous weight will be lifted off your shoulders-that weight used to be your head!
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Neck Exercises-The Best and Worst to do and why
Stretching- Here is one of the worst to do
