Neck stretches: scalenes, TOS, TOCS, lying neck lateral flexion
Channel: Kit Laughlin
Date: 2011-11-20

Our website is https://stretchtherapy.net. There is a great deal of free material there, and zero fluff!

And here's a free relaxation recording, too:
https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/lying-relaxation-scripts/2018-ITS-London-Day1.mp3
Anyone with neck tension will benefit from doing a relaxation practise every day.

The first part of this demonstration is a Lying Neck Lateral Flexion exercise, and the second is a Lying Scalene stretch. I feel these are best done together: part one is the 'warmup' and part two really gets deeper. If your neck is really tight, do only part one for a week or two first.

*Please note that all Stretch Therapy "stretching" techniques are also strengthening techniques, too, because we use isometric contractions as part of the process. The contractions strengthen the muscle in the part of the range of movement they are applied in, and if excessive tension is the cause of the pain you are experiencing, the same contractions result in a relaxation of the muscle.*

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