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Studies estimate that, worldwide, neck pain is the second leading cause of disability (after lower back pain). Up to 70 percent of population will experience neck pain at least once in their lifetime. Of these, 30 percent will have continuous pain for at least 6 months. Another third of this will have pain after 12 months or on a recurring basis. In this article, we go over the basic practices and common exercises suggested for neck pain.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impact of Neck Pain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our ability to see, hear, touch, and feel is striking. We look up to the sky, left and right when crossing the road, down for reading, hold still during shaving, applying eyeliner or smelling the roses. Such endless subtle interactions occur throughout the day. Often these go unnoticed. That is until we have neck pain. Then performing any and every daily activity is discomforting. If this continues, all these activities lose the joy they used to offer and reduces your overall wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origins of Neck Pain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pain in the neck or headaches can be because of several factors. Some reasons are poor posture, trauma, repetitive strains, prolonged positions, high-impact sport activities. Certain occupations such as office work, manual labour, and healthcare work have acute cases of neck pain because of repetitive movements and prolonged positions. Neck pain often happen because of lack of joint movements in few areas of the neck and too much movement in others. To make matters worse, this leads to muscle imbalance when one muscle group shorten \/ tighten while another lengthen \/ weaken. Overtime, this presents itself just as a neck pain, neck pain with headaches, pain going down the arm, or pain down to upper back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic Practices and Exercises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Below I share with you few tips and exercises to build strength, decrease tightness and improve movement in neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stretching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seated, trapezius stretches<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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