Neck Muscle Movements

Neck Muscle Movements


The stretches in this chapter are excellent overall stretches; however, not all of these stretches
may be completely suited to each person’s needs. The muscles involved in the various neck
movements appear in the following table. To stretch specific muscles, the stretch must involve
one or more movements in the opposite direction of the desired muscle’s movements. For
example, if you want to stretch the left scalene, you could extend the head both backward
and laterally to the right. When a muscle has a high level of stiffness, you should use fewer
simultaneous opposite movements (you would stretch a very tight right scalene by initially
doing just left lateral extension). As a muscle becomes loose, you can incorporate more

simultaneous opposite movements.

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