In addition to taking Noxicare™ Natural Pain Relief for your neck pain, there are exercises that can be done to also help improve your neck pain. Exercises for the neck are very important. If done correctly they can increase your range of motion, mobility and strengthen the cervical spine. As you increase the mobility in your neck, you will notice greater range of motion and movement with less stiffness. Why should you even bother with neck exercises, you may ask? Here are some reasons why you should do neck exercises:
- Neck Pain
- Stiff Neck
- Whiplash Injury to the Neck
- Arthritis in the Neck
- Pinched nerve in the neck
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- To Make the neck stronger, to strengthen the cervical muscles
- To tone your neck muscles
- Cervical Muscle Sprain
- Cervical Muscle Strain
- Better Neck Posture
- Increase the flexibility of your neck
- Have a more youthful looking neck
- Wake up without neck pain
Stretching and Increasing Mobility
Below you will find a stretching exercise specifically for the neck. If you suffer from a stiff neck or a pinched nerve in the neck, these exercises with give you pain relief. These are good stretches for your neck and will help you keep your neck flexible and mobile. Keep in mind that if you are having neck pain due to a cervical radiculopathy (pinched nerve in the neck), do this exercise under the guidance of your Dr, your trainer or physical therapist.
More pain and neck stiffness means you will have do this exercise slowly and only to the point that you can feel the stretch- you never want to do them to the point of pain. This is especially important if you suffer with neck arthritis or degeneration in the cervical spine. Keeping the joints moving and flexible is very important for patients with arthritis in the neck. The goal of this neck stretch is to:
Below you will find a stretching exercise specifically for the neck. If you suffer from a stiff neck or a pinched nerve in the neck, these exercises with give you pain relief. These are good stretches for your neck and will help you keep your neck flexible and mobile. Keep in mind that if you are having neck pain due to a cervical radiculopathy (pinched nerve in the neck), do this exercise under the guidance of your Dr, your trainer or physical therapist.
More pain and neck stiffness means you will have do this exercise slowly and only to the point that you can feel the stretch- you never want to do them to the point of pain. This is especially important if you suffer with neck arthritis or degeneration in the cervical spine. Keeping the joints moving and flexible is very important for patients with arthritis in the neck. The goal of this neck stretch is to:
- Stretch the Neck Muscles
- Improve flexibility
- Restore the full range of motion in the neck
- Maintain Mobility for patients who have arthritis of degeneration of the cervical spine
- Increase range of motion in the neck.
- Decrease neck stiffness
- Decrease neck pain and inflammation
- Be able to carry out your activities of daily living without a stiff neck, or neck pain- for example- we want you to be able to check your blind spot without neck pain while driving
- Prevent neck pain and upper back pain at the end of the day when you work on the computer all day
Always make sure you breathe while doing neck stretches. This is very important as it will help you to relax the neck muscles while taking them through the normal neck range of motion.
The first neck exercise is called Cervical Flexion (bringing your chin to your chest) and Cervical Extension (looking up to the ceiling). You want to start by tucking your chin in and gently bringing your head forward and attempting to touch the chin to the chest. Next, gently bend the head backwards as far as it will go. Repeat this exercise 5 times. Forward head flexion is great for those patients who suffer from hypertonic cervical parapinals- which is essentially pain in the back of the neck.
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