08/18/2024
Office people, students, truckers and people who sit a lot throughout the week require neck muscles to work all the time, which some days also may include pain the in upper back, pain in the lower back and the neck areas.
People who are used to be in the certain "question mark" position for prolonged times, may make the body think that this is the position it should be in, so then when you're going somewhere you're noticing a lot of odd spots that are in pain.
Those muscles are simply a bit overused (the ones shown in the picture). When relaxing them you'd see the same result.
If you decide to continue abusing them then sometimes you should mobilize them more because some people experience more than just bad neck mobility (let's just say you can't shoulder check) but you may also have your ring and pinky fingers fall asleep every now and then. Some headaches may arise. Sometimes it can mean sore trapezius as it's trying to help with your neck problems..
Point is, even if you are physically active, you may not be moving as you should, myself included.
When you're stretching your neck, allow the muscle to stay at that length for about a minute, you don't have to tear yourselves to stretch. Then change sides. Tilt and rotate. Don't use more force than what the neck muscles give you (don't help increasing ranges with other structures like your hands, reason? muscle tears).
If you read the above, you should know that the muscles respond via the brain, the brain needs to understand that the body's muscles need to be a certain length, that's why an intense 10 second stretch does not do anything for you, that is the reason it should be for a longer time frame like a minute.
Personally I'd prefer using foam rollers and other things to hold on to the muscle I want to stretch and move the muscle around, same effect, just a different way to do it. Let me know in the comments below if you'd like a video showing how I'm doing it.
