Monday October 21st 6.30 - 7pm
Do you sometimes think that your head feels heavy? I certainly do, and I wanted to provide you an insight into why this may be.
Imagine picking up a bowling ball, we have all done it. If you’re anything like me, you used to pick up the lightest ones so you could hurtle them the fastest down the lane.
But for a minute, imagine you picked up the heavy one, it’s so heavy you strain to pick it up. Now if I told you to hold it at arm’s length, it would feel heavier, yes?
Of course it would. And the same is true for your head! No not holding it at arm’s length, but if your head comes forward from your shoulders it begins to feel heavier. When looking at your phone, reading a book or working on the computer. With all of these actions our head is creeping forward and subtly getting heavier and heavier. The consequences are more stress on the neck.
This can lead to tension, pain, headaches and even early wear and tear of the neck joints.
So the reason for my preamble to this weeks tips on neck pain is simply this, it is serious! The neck is so important for the health of our body with your spinal cord sitting in the middle, we need to do everything we can to help it.
With that said, here are my Top Tips for neck pain:
Everyone asked should I use heat or ice? Quite simply for neck pain, use heat. Be that a hot water bottle or hot shower. You choose.
Check out my recent video on this link to see how you can stretch your neck to reduce headaches and neck pain.
My favourite tip for neck pain is this one. As it takes all the tension out the neck, provides support, and gives you a chance to relax. Check out my video on this link.
I hope that helps, and remember; daily practice will make all the difference.
Yours in Health
Tom
