Sitting, daily stress, postural irregularities, lack of movement and stretching cause a lot of tension in our muscles. Tissues stick together, blood circulation is reduced, some muscles are overworked, others are underactive and these asymmetries can lead to chronic muscle inflammation, chronic muscle pain, which has been shown to affect our well-being, mood, emotions, etc.
Do you believe that you can get rid of pain with a few simple approaches that only require a few minutes of your time? Sometimes the pain seems so severe and the solutions available to us too simple to work. But this belief is quite mistaken. It is rare that doctors will refer you to exercise or recommend exercise, massage, relaxation and stretching for muscle pain, low mood, chronic headaches, melancholy or mild depression. But all of these can help you overcome your problems. In today's article, we are focusing on tension in the neck and shoulder girdle. When we work at the computer, sit while driving, watch TV, even when we eat breakfast or talk on the phone, our spine is often in an incorrect position. Incorrect posture leads to postural misalignments, and the same repetitive movement patterns lead to asymmetries between muscles and overloading of certain muscle groups. Of course, the whole story is more complex and you will be most successful by addressing your problems individually, but just a few simple exercises can help you to get temporary relief from tension or even a long-term solution to your problems. If you suffer from: tension in the neck muscles, muscles between the shoulder blades, tingling in the arm, headaches, feeling of heaviness in the shoulders and pain in the muscles of the upper back, reduced mobility in the neck, general feeling of unwellness when sitting for long periods of time then try these exercises:
You will need a massage ball to do the exercises, do each exercise for 30 seconds, hold the stretching positions for 30-60 seconds.