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Tips: Neck and Shoulder Tension
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Neck and shoulder pain and tension
are a huge problem especially with
more and more people working on
computers daily. The below stretches
will help this painful condition.
Like any problem, neck and shoulder
pain should be reported to your
physician. This is especially
important in the case of injuries,
pain that radiates to the arms or
jaw, pain that comes with a tingling
or weakness in the legs or arms, or
pain that is accompanied by flu-like
symptoms.
Stretch only as far as comfortable,
and contact your healthcare provider
if you experience any pain while
stretching. This series of stretches
takes about 2 minutes to complete,
and will bring enormous rewards if
done 2 - 3 times daily.
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Sitting up straight or standing
rotate your shoulders backwards
in a circle. Make the circles as
round as possible as you move
your shoulders up, back, down,
and towards your front. Repeat 5
times. Now rotate your shoulders
in the opposite direction.
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Raise your shoulders up to your
ears as you inhale. Hold your
breath and feel a slight tension
in your neck and shoulders for a
few seconds. As you exhale drop
your shoulders downward letting
go of the tension. Repeat 3
times.
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Inhale keeping your shoulders
down and level. Exhale and drop
your head slowly to the left
trying to touch your ear to your
shoulder (do not raise your
shoulder to your ear). Inhale
moving your head back to centre
and exhale as you do the same
stretch on the right side.
Repeat as needed.
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Inhale, then exhale slowly and
drop your chin to your chest.
Inhaling roll your right ear to
your right shoulder. Exhale
while you bring your chin back
to the center of your chest, and
repeat on the left side. Repeat
as needed.
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