Anybody have any techniques to take the stress out of your neck?
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Yeah, the massage is the way to go..but I can only afford one every bazillion months. Here are some ideas for on the cheap.
Get one of those neck buddies. It's a sand filled tube with cloth cover. Put it in the microwave for a minute or two and it works wonders on the neck. The best thing I ever found for my neck problems.
There is a Shiatsu massage technique you can teach a friend. You lay on the floor and they sit by your head cupping your head in their hands. With their finger tips under the back of your skull they put slight pressure on your skull while pulling. It relaxes your neck and will stop most headaches almost instantly. I learned this from a massage therapist.
I also have one of those inversion tables. It takes all the pressure off your spine (and puts it on your knees!) and works good for relaxing the neck and back.
Get a better chair for the office!
I hope that helps!
Yes, a wonderful message and I mean wonderful. Go to a message therapist or like me my boyfriend. he can message a knot out within seconds. Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
This is going to sound unorthodox and it is.I learned how to do it while in the Army.I was driving trucks and my shoulder and neck muscles would bind up and HURT!
Find a chin up bar or something like it.A set of monkey bars will work,reach up and grab an overhead bar using an overhand grasp.Just let your body sag so that you are holding your whole weight.
Take your feet off the ground and just hang there.You will feel muscles being pulled on.It will untighten a whole lot of muscles right in the upper shoulders and neck.
It was a lifesaver for me.
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