Body pain could feel as though everything else takes a back seat. Pain and discomfort can take over, affecting life on a daily basis. One common area of the body that can injure easily or cause pain is the neck. With proper therapy and consultation with a doctor, that pain could subside.
Yoga Poses for Neck Pain
Neck pain is associated with the upper back and shoulders. Repetitive everyday activity and certain yoga postures such as inversions can intensify those pains as well. Inflamed, tight, overstretched, or underused muscles in the shoulders, rotator cuff and upper back can affect the neck and surrounding areas causing headaches, back and shoulder pain. The cervical vertebrae are a very sensitive and fragile section of the spine. If experiencing neck pain, aggressively stretching the neck can cause injury. It is important to be gentle when stretching, flexing, extending, or rotating the cervical and thoracic spine.
Certain every day actions that require rotation of the head may be taken for granted when feeling healthy. Once neck pain occurs, these everyday actions can feel impossible to achieve. For example, looking over the shoulder to switch lanes while driving or simply laying the head down on a pillow at night can be challenging. In a yoga practice, postures that require shoulder abduction, flexion and extension can be painful or strenuous. Why? Because the levator scapula and upper trapezius muscles of the neck and shoulders assist in these directions of movement in the neck. (Dropping one ear to a shoulder is lateral flexion and head circles is an example of rotation.) If these muscles are pinched, tight, overstretched or misused, the body’s range of motion can be limited.
If experiencing minor neck pain try these yoga poses to find some relief. Neck injury is serious. It is always recommended to consult a physician before performing any of these exercises.
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