How To Do Neck Stretch Exercises Video

Limber up your neck with this stretching routine. Learn exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video.

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Relax shoulder blades
Stretch ear to shoulder
One side may be more tense than the other

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Amy McCauley has been a certified personal fitness trainer since 1995. She specializes in pilates, combat cardio, core conditioning and overall strength training. She works with clients ranging in age from 16 - 69. She has worked at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, NC since 2006. She loves her job because it gives her the opportunity to change peoples' lives in a positive way.

AMY MCCAULEY: Hi! I'm going to demonstrate how to do some neck exercises. We're going to drop the head from one shoulder gently to the other. So all you're doing is dropping ear to shoulder and then switching. You can do an active movement coming from one side to the other or you can do a hold. You want to try to relax your shoulder blade down the spine. Open up that neck. We want to avoid shrugging the shoulders. Just let go of any tension. Hands are just going to be gently placed on the sides or on your thighs, wherever you are comfortable, and we're going ear to shoulder. Take it up and then over. You might find that one side might be a little bit stiffer than the other so just give that side a little bit more time. Ideally it's between 5 and 30 seconds, inhale and exhale. We want to again try to lengthen that neck, the sternocleidomastoid from the ear all the way down to the shoulder, repeating several times, just as many as you're comfortable with, and that is how we do neck stretches.

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