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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Neck flossing and neck position

Yikes. If your neck feels bad, it might be because you have it locked in a bad position. Many of us know, "we need to have better posture", but posture is a tough things because it's about vigilance. Here is Neck Flossing, which is a 2 minute drill to help address neck position issues.




Video below describes it all. Watch and follow along. OR see a text description.


TEXT:
Always keep your motion around 80%. You don't do yourself a favor by over stretching. Overstretching puts stress on other muscles.

  1. floss your neck forward and backwards, keeping head level. (on the back stroke, go 90% and get a double chin face)
  2. tilt to the sides.
  3. nod yes
  4. shake head no
  5. Do elliptical orbits, mainly with flossing diagonally. But then with any other combo. E.g. tilt head + nod.
I try to do these several times a day. Really good in the car at a stop light.



1 comment:

  1. Super awesome howard! Love the orbit, I'll have to try it out.

    I saw this TED talk about neck posture and texting, my mind was blown, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJYGHDzmHY8 i'm so bad!

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