Neck feeling tight? Comment “neck” for our free Neck Series that will help you gently build strength in the neck. We will send it straight to your inbox where you can easily find it. Stretches and massages are great for temporary relief, but when combined with gentle strengthening, will help to create a lasting change.

I am sure many of you have stretched or massaged a tight area of the body and, when you wake up the next morning, you find it to be just as tight as it was the day before. If you do stretches and massages for a week and nothing changes, it is time to start trying to strengthen the muscles around your neck.

The last exercise in this series, neck curvature, feels great for many people; however, you need to find the right-sized object for the job.

Katie is a much smaller person than me, so putting her neck over this green roller is not realistic for her. She instead feels more relief when putting her head over a cervical pillow or another neck pillow that is more gentle. Even the squishy gray balls in the video may feel better for a smaller neck. If you use something like a mobility stick, barbell, or broomstick, this may be incredibly aggressive for the neck, so start with something that has a thicker diameter.

If you have a disc bulge/herniation in the neck, the neck curvature work may feel REALLY good. Take it slow and do short periods of time to test.

Make sure to fully relax and control your breath in all of these exercises. If you are massaging so hard that you are holding your breath and tensing up, you probably aren't going to get much of a "release."

Let us know if you have any questions!

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