QUICK SELF MASSAGE GETS RID OF NECK AND SHOULDER TENSION IN SECONDS

March 24th, 2009

For most people, anxiety and stress create discomforting muscle tension. To relieve such tension, it is necessary to “zero in’ on the tense muscles— usually in the back of the neck and upper back—and massage them until you feel them relax. Here’s an easy self-massage technique that, properly done, can relieve upper body tension:

1) Breathe slowly and deeply. Let your head drop forward, then cup the back of your neck with your hands. Press gently, so you will stretch your neck muscles without straining them.

2) Using thumbs and fingers, massage the back of your neck from the base of your skull down to your upper back.

3) As your muscles begin to relax, massage up from your shoulders to the back of your head, then around both sides of your head to your temples and back down again. Continue until your muscles are completely relaxed.

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