Are you being nagged by persistent neck pain? These yoga moves can provide relief. Get the full instructions here:
Threading an actual needle? Difficult and tedious. Doing the"Thread the Needle" pose in yoga? Pain-relieving and glorious.
To begin, start on your hands and knees with your shoulders vertically aligned over your wrists and your hips vertically aligned above your knees, Weber recommends."As you inhale, reach your right arm up toward the sky and open your chest toward the right. As you exhale, reach your right arm underneath your left shoulder, 'threading the needle' as you lower your right shoulder and right cheek to either the floor, a block, a bolster, or a blanket.
"The shoulders pick up a lot of the slack left over from the neck, and because tech neck can misalign the body so severely, shoulder stretches are also essential to eliminate neck pain," she explains.Sometimes, a simple stretch is all it takes to help get rid of that persistent neck pain—and that's exactly what you'll get from Ear to Shoulder, a move that practically anyone can do.While in a seated position, put your hands on your knees.
"You'll immediately feel the muscles in your neck stretch," says Weber."The combination of breathing and stretching the neck muscles will alleviate pain."