NECK

End Chronic Neck Tightness 

undo rib-to-neck muscle contractions & end headaches. 

Problem:

Neck muscles (sternocleidomastoid, scalenus) tend to move forward and twist-roll inward (medially), but rarely fully untwist-unroll (laterally); like arms that spin thumbs toward body but not back away from body. In this condition the first/top rib is constantly being pulled upward AND the neck vertebra & back of skull are constantly being pulled downward, effectively shortening neck. This causes painful neck tension, upper back pain, and headaches. Rarely does a body heal this biomechanical nightmare by itself.

Treatment:

I have evolved special techniques that quickly unroll sternocleidomastoid & scalenus muscles, freeing neck to extend naturally, decompressing neck vertebra, allowing shoulders to sit more upright.

Notes:

     Inward twisting scalene muscles put excess pressure on the nerves that pass between them (brachial plexus between scalenus anterior & medius), causing aching and pain often felt in arm and fingers.

End Chronic Neck-to-Shoulder-Blade Tightness - free shoulder blade & end headaches.

Problem:

The very top of the shoulder blade is like the top point of a triangle (superior angle of scapula), and if often feels like a knife that is stabbing into muscle tissue (levator scapula, trapezius). In reality, dense calcified muscle tissue has become twisted & caught on shoulder blade’s top point.

Treatment:

Freeing this requires a general loosening & de-adhering of the region, then rotating shoulder blade counterclockwise (medially) to un-twist the knot at the top corner of shoulder blade. Relief is immediate, but muscles require time to fully relax & heal. At least three-quarters of all adults have this problem, many in constant pain, all made worse by life’s daily stress.

Notes:

     The (levator scapula) muscle connects the top point of shoulder blade to the neck’s top vertebra (transverse process of atlas). Thus, any spasms or excessive pulling on the shoulder blade also pulls on the top vertebra, causing headaches.

End Chronic Neck Immobility – regain side to side rotation movement, end headaches.

Problem:

Neck muscles (longissimus cervicis, scalenus medius & anterior) tend to contract & twist inward (medially), their fibers twisting & tightening & contracting shorter, until like a rope hooked over your fingers, muscle fibers are caught on the finger-like bones projecting from the sides of neck vertebra (transverse cervical processes). Gradually these twisted muscles clog & stiffen with sticky calcium, effectively gluing them together, preventing them from untwisting & returning to their anatomically correct locations. Now a mass of stuck muscles sits directly on the vertebra fingers (transverse processes), preventing vertebra from easily rotating, restricting ability to turn head sideways.

Treatment:

Freeing neck requires the loosening & de-adhering of this twisted rope of muscles (plus scalenus muscles), and softening the deeper muscles that connect vertebra to vertebra (interspinales & intertransversarii); this will free vertebra to rotate normally and realign properly on top of each other.

Benefits:

1. restores natural gliding movement to neck.
2. untwists neck muscles that can no longer unroll themselves.
3. frees neck to stretch back out, to lengthen.
4. restores natural arch of neck.
5. increases side to side mobility.
6. improves peripheral vision.
7. increases neck stability, strength, agility.
8. helps pull over-rotated shoulders upright, undoes slumping.
9. increases head strength & stability.
10. undoes the biomechanical nightmare that causes headaches.

Notes:

     When neck muscles twist tight, clog & harden with calcium, the vibration that travels up the body with each foot step is no longer absorbed in the suppleness of neck muscle tissue. Instead, it travels quickly through hardened tissues & slams into the base of the skull like a rock, causing headaches.