A stiff neck from any of the above situations often involves a strain to the muscles that connect the shoulder and cervical spine (neck). Your Richmond chiropractor will examine you to check your cervical spine’s range of motion and may well recommend some gentle neck stretches to help those muscles relax as part of a comprehensive Richmond chiropractic treatment plan alongside gentle chiropractic treatment in the form of Cox Technic. These two approaches go together well for pain relief!

A simple approach to loosening Richmond stiff neck muscles is resistance.; simple hand resistance will do. First, just press your forehead forward into your hand which is pushing back. This activates the neck muscles. Then release. Repeat this pressing, resisting and releasing 10 times. Then, press the right side of your head into your resisting right hand. Release. Repeat this 10 times. Do the left side of your head into your resisting left hand in the same way. And finally, press the back of your head into both resisting hands. Effectively simple, these neck exercises in the style of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) really can help the stiff neck loosen. Johnson Chiropractic shares how to do these and will check your progress at your next Richmond chiropractic visit.

Johnson Chiropractic appreciates the confidence our Richmond neck pain patients have in our recommendations and also appreciates our patients who ask how these exercises work. Likely, the muscle is more compliant after the range of motion increase and muscle resistance and stiffness decrease provided by exercise like this. (1)

Contact Johnson Chiropractic about your stiff neck and how chiropractic care benefits its care along with neck exercises. A stiff neck can happen at any time so your Richmond chiropractor is ready to help when that pillow or last text message got the better of your neck.