Lying neck flexion

Lying neck flexion

One part of the body that many people don’t realize its importance and how much we use it is our neck. Our necks hold up our head which is the most important part of our body and for some reason we forget that our necks also have muscles. A good exercise for strengthening said muscles is the lying neck rotation. As seen on page 136-137 this is an easy exercise to carry out. The book shows an image of someone lying down on a bench and raising their heads up and down off the edge of the bench. The muscles used in this exercise are the sadomasochistic, and the scalene. These are the back as well as side parts of your neck. I like using this exercise after I sleep wrong and I have a crick in my neck to help use and then relax those muscles to make it go away after a bit instead of being stuck with it for the rest of the day like most people do. Because of this I think it is very applicable to everyone and only takes a few minutes which in the morning, we need all the time we can get. However, in the rush make sure that you don’t make the common mistakes listed on page 136 which is as follows: “Common mistakes: using too much weight, doing the exercise to fast and having a range of motion that is too long” (Moran 136). By avoiding these you won’t risk hurting your neck further. This is an exercise I enjoy doing because it helps me out when my neck is hurt in some way but it won’t put so much strain on it to help fix it like some exercises might. In conclusion, do you see yourself using this to help when your neck isn’t feeling well?

Moran Oscar. Muscle Exercises Encyclopedia. Cape town: Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2012. Print.