dimanche 27 avril 2014

Information About Neck Rehab Exercises

By Essie Osborn


Having a constant neck pain can be very stressing even preventing one from doing his normal chores. When the pain is severe and does not go away, a person should seek medical help. More often than not, an individual will be placed into a rehabilitation program for the neck to present it from coming back again.

A rehabilitation program entails various treatment approaches for the neck pain. An individual will first be required to use medication and rest depending on the severity of the pain and then enough rest to reduce pain. After this, fitness programs comprising of neck rehab exercises and lessons on posture will be utilized to prevent the pain from coming back again.

The rehabilitation process may take a few weeks to several months depending on severity of the problem. Persons should not worry in case they have a slow rehab process as it is proven that a gradual process lessens the healing time also prevents chances of re injury. Once this process is over, a person will be armed with knowledge that will be useful in preventing re occurrence of the problem again.

Most of the activities involve stretching and strengthening of the muscles. As mentioned above the purpose of these exercises is to reduce the pain. They do this by increasing the blood flow to the neck muscles, prevent further stress to neck muscles through building stamina and also spasm reduction through stretching activities for the muscles. Below are examples of these exercises.

A range of motion activities are the first group. Examples of these include; head roll, shoulder roll, neck extension and flexion. The head roll is done by placing the arms to the side and letting the head roll side to side in a semi circle manner five to ten times. During the shoulder roll, an individual relaxes his arms with the head at an upright posture. The individual then lifts and rolls his shoulders in circular motion in a repeated manner also five to ten times.

Extension activity is done by putting the head back and having the chin point toward ceiling. This should be repeated ten times. As for the flexion, an individual will be trying to reach his chest using the chin and this should also be repeated ten times with relation after every repetition. There is also the chin tuck and this one using the fingertips, a person will try to push his head straight back and staring forward as the head moves back repeatedly ten times.

When it comes to the stretching activities, there are also a number of them. Upper trapezius stretch is aimed at strengthening trapezius muscles. This is done while a person sits down in upright position. The right arm is put at the back and the left one gently stretches right side of head to the left. A stretch is maintained for fifteen to thirty seconds and this is repeated with the other side of the head.

Other examples include scalene stretch, head curls, and also there are hands and knees extensions. All these activities stretch the muscles and in the long run strengthening them. Even after recovering from the pain, an individual should engage in safe aerobic activities that stretch and strengthen neck muscles awhile ensuring one stays fit.




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