Often because of the frenzy to which we are subjected every day: work, continuous movement, stress, suffering from neck pain. Pain sometimes caused by maintaining the same position over long periods (office work or sedentary lifestyle) from a sudden movement, in addition to the classic awkward position adopted during the night or a wrong position held in the gym.
To relax and soften the pain does not need to consult a specialist (of course this is not true for medium or severe trauma).
We must always take into account those not being professional massage therapists. we hire masseuses gently, trying not to get too much pressure or with wrong movements with a worsening of the “trauma”. We will try to best describe the movements that can help us to try to lessen the pain relief, all with their own hands.
Sitting or standing, moving with his arms across his chest gently slide your hands up to the base of the skull, then down along the neck, this exercise should be repeated several times. During the massage, the head must be cracked towards the opposite shoulder to the party we are massaging. Place hands around the base to the neck, leaving then slide your finger to the sides of the spine.
Now grab your muscles and pull upwards squeezing it between the palms and fingers. Bring your hands to the neck and the muscle’s wrap around your hands gently pulling. Push down from the base of the skull to the neck. To relax your neck and relieve tension. There are some small exercises that even if you do not include the use on the hands are able to dissolve the neck, allowing a good relaxation.
Make circular movements from right to left and vice versa, completely relaxing the neck, no hold taut and stiff. Perform movements that recall the yes and no, in this case the muscles have to be relaxed, your shoulders should remain still. Bind his hands behind his neck and push down, this will lead to a complete elongation of the neck, a movement from which you can only benefit from.
The pains in the neck are undoubtedly some of the most annoying and often need immediate relief. For this here is a type of self-massage that can be suitable for these cases. Grab the muscles about the neck in one hand and gently try to make small movements, imitating the gestures of you and no, then passing to move your face as if you were to draw small circles.
If you are slightly more experienced: Rub the seventh cervical (buffalo hump), you should try to carry on trapezes, grabbing them. This massage has the benefit of reducing the stiffness, is even more effective if the pain is chronic. Both types of massage to be repeated several times.
What do you use for a self-massage? This massage ball not too hard with the balls can be done either lying down or standing leaning against a wall. Simply slide the ball back and forth in the hollow of the neck and down the neck without exerting too much pressure. As an alternative, you can (still holding the ball between the wall and our neck) to exert pressure of the ball to a point fixed neck, this will help the muscle to relax.
