Stretch your lats and your neck to help neck pain

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Got neck pain? Stretches to help that out! {Olympia Wa}

November 22, 2011 |

Author LComstock

Do you have neck pain, especially from sitting for a long time? I recently took a long flight and after a while my neck and upper shoulders started to become stiff. What exercises help that?

Of course stretching your neck and shoulders helps like this:

BUT there is another tight muscle that strains your neck and it is, SURPRISE, the latissimus muscle! It is located below the shoulder blades and when tight, pulls the shoulder blades down straining the muscles on top of the shoulder blade which connect to the neck such as the upper trapezius, levator scapulae and rhomboids. Here is a picture:

To stretch it while sitting, stretch one side at a time. Put, for example, your right arm over the top of your head, then tip your ribs to the left and shift them to the right like this:

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Tags: neck pain stretches, olympia, scapular, trapezius, upper body

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Builder50

That is a good one. That is an area where I have a lot of pain. Thanks!
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Martyschweyer

Both stretches are great; the neck stretch can help with mobility as well as head aches.
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L Comstock

Thanks! I am glad you liked them!
L Comstock

Thanks, glad it was helpful!
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tight lats are bad
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