Indeed, one of the ways to relieve neck pain is by doing certain exercise. There are many neck pain exercises for relief, like aerobics exercises, yoga exercises, etc. However, if you want quick, simple, and easy exercises to do on the spot by only moving your neck and your head, therapeutic exercises are your choice. They help to relieve tension due to tight and strained neck muscles with a series of exercises.
- The Series of Therapeutic Exercises
First, you have to nod your head forward and backward several times for a few minutes or at least 5 minutes. Do not nod it too forward or backward when you feel it painful. It is better to put stop of it if the pain becomes unbearable. Remember that the severity of people’s neck pain can be different to each other. When it is a chronic one, you have to be careful when you make any movement toward your neck or your head.
Second, you need to tilt your head to the left and to the right sides in turn. This is done in order to stretch the muscles existing in the front and the back of your neck. You can do this exercise for neck pain relief for at least 5 minutes. However, it is better to do it until you feel the pain become ease and the muscles become less tense. This should make you feel even better than before. Let us do the last then.
Third, you have to turn your head toward the left and the right sides in turn completely. Even with this simple exercise, you have to be careful when you turn your head for it can surely become painful if you have stiff neck. Just keep turning your head to two sides in turn for at least 5 minutes too or until you feel the neck become ease before you stop doing it. This should be able to prevent neck pain again later.
Second, you need to tilt your head to the left and to the right sides in turn. This is done in order to stretch the muscles existing in the front and the back of your neck. You can do this exercise for neck pain relief for at least 5 minutes. However, it is better to do it until you feel the pain become ease and the muscles become less tense. This should make you feel even better than before. Let us do the last then.
Third, you have to turn your head toward the left and the right sides in turn completely. Even with this simple exercise, you have to be careful when you turn your head for it can surely become painful if you have stiff neck. Just keep turning your head to two sides in turn for at least 5 minutes too or until you feel the neck become ease before you stop doing it. This should be able to prevent neck pain again later.
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