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I want to know your opinion on chiropractors doing the twisting motion... I don't see how that's beneficial in ANY way, ESPECIALLY w/o an x-ray, CT or MRI.. they can usually do well with my back but I have to tell them to not touch my neck, repeatedly I might add..
Hello! Thank you for your great videos on neck problems. I've a lot to say about joint pain in the neck! But my question is this. If we have joint pains in the neck due to muscle or posture problems, what is the best way to "warm up" the neck for sports activities which make neck problems more painful. Rather than just rolling your head around on the neck randomly, and if we feel it's not the time or place to go through a full set of stretches such as in the video - how can we get the neck, or neck muscles ready for sport? Surfing involves a lot of neck turning and strain which really makes pain problems worse. Is the best thing to run through the routine in the video, the isometric or pushing stretches? How would you or how do you prepare your neck for sport of any kind? Thank you so much.
I have to add, I have a very old stretching routine I do at night to try and help with neck joint pain, I've never done pushing exercises, just tried it slightly- feels great, very very different! I really want to incorporate all your neck videos and do one longer routine. Really looking forward to doing that, thank you thank you thank you!
Yes, I need to know if there's any way I can self-release the scoliosis I have. I have a hard time sitting or standing upright without pain and it affects my shoulder and hip (the way my body corrected.) When my chiropractor "fixed" it, I could lay on my back with comfort and I didn't realize my back was the reason I hated sleeping on my back if that makes any sense. I feel completely powerless and no position I get in is comfortable. I need relief. Please help.
I woke up with some extreme neck pain today and was thinking it'd just go away but after not being able to bear it anymore I searched for solutions, found this and after doing the side bending stretches a few times the pain was almost gone. Did it a few times more and now it's like I never had a problem, the pain, and stiffness, has fully disappeared. Simply amazing.
This is easily the best, most practical advice that I have ever heard/seen, when it comes to proper treatment of the neck. What I appreciated the most was that you took the time to first show what not to do then what you should do. I was pleasantly surprised by you using isometric techniques, in all four circumstances. I feel like this needs to be basic training for every single human being on the planet. This is an outstanding video. The thumbnail is a definite attention-grabber and always puts a smile on my face, when I see it.
I have constant headaches which the cause is known to be from neck muscles. Though I alone got some of the exercises right through long experience trying to pin point the right spots and movements for stretching it efficiently, having this video not only confirmed the right stuff but added a little bit of finesse that I was lacking. Also learned more about what exercise really do, where , how and when should be used. It was very revealing as always. Thank you Dr. Rowen!
Thank you so much for posting this. I've been in agony the last few weeks with horrible neck and shoulder pain. This is the first time in weeks I've had any relief.
I never caught your name before. Mike Rowe. So, you're the other Mike Rowe. That name is hard to forget. It's already famous. I enjoy your videos. They're a great resource. You've definitely helped me. Thank you.
Thank you Dr. Rowe! Your videos are the best on TH-cam, great instruction for correction of bad habits I think is biggest key to getting better. I cant thank you enough for what your back and neck stretching has done for me, simple but yet very effective!
In my mind, you teached this before. I followed and found it released my neck muscles. Thanks for repeating. All your videos helped a lot. I recently got my right fingers paralysis even they were downward. My right hand can not hands up over 5 seconds. 😢 Apprecited again if you could have the right way to solve it. This problem bordered me a lot. Forward to see your new uploading.
The neck twisting also causes *ligamentous* damage which can lead to an unstable neck which will manifest in lots of shoulder spasms, pain, and if severe enough like what happened to me, Meniere's Disease symptoms. It took several thousand dollars with prolotherapy treatment injections to fix it.
Your videos are very helpful and the explanations are excellent. I’m currently in PT and doing some of these same e excises, but your explanations are easier to follow.
I woke up with really bad neck pain this morning. I'm talking, I couldn't turn my head from side to side at all. I was doing some research online when I came across your videos. I've been doing the stretches every now and then all day, but I haven't gotten much relief at all. I see so many comments about how these stretches helped people get relief right away, so I'm going to keep doing them and hopefully they will eventually help. This is the worst neck pain I've ever had.
Dr. Rowen, I suffer from Bell's Palsy. It has healed somewhat but my right eye really dries out and has difficulty focusing. I find some stretches really helps. Your video is really interesting. There is some really good stretches and exercises. Can you recommend any stretches and neck exercises that could help my eye sight? There is still some numbness on the right side of my face and neck.
Thank you very much for you super timely upload! I'm not sure what's causing the soreness at the upper back of my neck, I'm guessing either due to falling flat on my chin a week ago or due to pillow, whilst it's improving on its on over time but your methods are even better! Please keep up the great work! Looking forward to more of your videos!
oh my gosh! 've had the worst neck pain lately from studying and have been trying to jerk my neck. as soon as I did the armpit stretch I felt instant tension release - I literally gasped out loud and my ears popped! it was amazing lol
Dr. Michael "Take This 1 To The Next Level" Rowe :D I did a few of those no bueno exercises for a long time. I need 360 full point total restoration skeletal realignment. Too bad you're not in NYC! Thanx for the guidance!
Great tips and tutorials for simple people! I wish you were in Greece so I could visit you to look after my back muscles and knots! However, you offer extremely helpful advice even from this channel!
@@DrRowe You explain everything in a very simple and understandable way and the exercises you suggest are really practical and have actual impact! Keep up with the excellent work!
Thank you for this. In yoga they like to do the one with the fist under the chin and pushing all the way back which really hurt my neck. I was in pain for a week. I’m enjoying your videos thank you .
I have neck pain after a fall injury and the pain has been lasting for 6 years I have neck crepitus and joint pain in my lower and my upper joints are there any doctors I can see besides chiropractors. this video is helping my neck feel less stiff
I get from my doctor similar exercise for my neck, it simple. Set both palm on forehead and push back and make resistence in other direction. You can do same back, left, right side, from top and under the chin. What I also like to do, sit drive chin back and then rotate top of head toward shoulder, nice Pop relife
This video was helpful for me because i had dizziness, i was tired i thought i damaged my brain but it was from neck I think because after this video I do this and now I am not dizzy anymore but i have to repat this everyday
Doctor, today I know that God guided me to your video. Thank you!! I live in Japan, where you can find -mostly good- quick neck massage places almost everywhere, and the same with acupuncturists. The massage and the acupuncture relieve the neck tension but only for a few hours. Your video is pure gold!! Now I can do it here at home every day!! Thank you and God bless you.
Aaahhh man what a feeling! Damn neck was radiating pain to my middle back and I was going crazy... did the first 2 stretches and its gone, daym! Been doing it wrong all this time... x) Thank you very much!
Adding the one at 6:00 to my normal neck routine over the sitting-on-the hand kind of method, definitely more effective! Been doing the armpit sniffer for a while too with the "next-level" adjustment - this can be done with a very gentle neck rolling motion too to get some extra stretch in the other parts of your neck. Focusing on these two in particular has yielded great results!
@celly R wish i could remember the exact videos, but the stretch he goes over where you basically raise an arm, cover your shoulderblade on that side with your hand (doesnt gotta be the whole hand), turn your head away from that raised arm, then lower your head down towards your armpit. That one helped me a lot with overcoming one side being super stiff/painful, but just be careful and dont push yourself.
I had hurt my neck doing shoulders exercises with a weight a while back and since then one of the sides of the muscles of my neck right at the base of the skull hurts specially if i try to resist turning my neck and now i will be trying those other technics to try to relax and stretch the muscles
These were incredible. Helped really loosen up my tight neck. Couldn't really look over my shoulder at all. Made driving painful. Quick question. On some of these, I get a zing of pain on the insides of my shoulder blade(s). Does this indicate I'm doing something incorrectly, or is it possibly just a cascade affect?
Thank you for these exercises. I had nerve impingement in both traps and some "irritation" to my Vagus nerve. Do you have a video that focuses on the vagus nerve? Where how to relieve it or how to strengthen the area. It has lead to panic attacks and having to take Xanax. Would like to be able to regain my strengthen so I can live my life again. I can not lift my daughter or basically do any physical work. Neurologist basically said go to PT. There is no surgery to fix it. Thank you!
Anybody else feel like they're doing it wrong? :/ I tried all the stretches, but I don't feel the stretch in the places he said I should expect. A lot of the times, the tension/stretch is in my arms and back, and not in a way that feels productive. I was looking through the comments for anybody else in the same boat, but a lot of it is comments saying what a great help it is, which is wonderful for those people! But I find myself a little lost about what I'm doing and why it's not working for me when there seems to be a unanimous response of relief.
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I want to know your opinion on chiropractors doing the twisting motion... I don't see how that's beneficial in ANY way, ESPECIALLY w/o an x-ray, CT or MRI.. they can usually do well with my back but I have to tell them to not touch my neck, repeatedly I might add..
Hello! Thank you for your great videos on neck problems. I've a lot to say about joint pain in the neck! But my question is this. If we have joint pains in the neck due to muscle or posture problems, what is the best way to "warm up" the neck for sports activities which make neck problems more painful. Rather than just rolling your head around on the neck randomly, and if we feel it's not the time or place to go through a full set of stretches such as in the video - how can we get the neck, or neck muscles ready for sport? Surfing involves a lot of neck turning and strain which really makes pain problems worse. Is the best thing to run through the routine in the video, the isometric or pushing stretches? How would you or how do you prepare your neck for sport of any kind? Thank you so much.
I have to add, I have a very old stretching routine I do at night to try and help with neck joint pain, I've never done pushing exercises, just tried it slightly- feels great, very very different! I really want to incorporate all your neck videos and do one longer routine. Really looking forward to doing that, thank you thank you thank you!
@@lincolnyeti Isometrics work great as a warm-up before doing sports activities.
Yes, I need to know if there's any way I can self-release the scoliosis I have. I have a hard time sitting or standing upright without pain and it affects my shoulder and hip (the way my body corrected.)
When my chiropractor "fixed" it, I could lay on my back with comfort and I didn't realize my back was the reason I hated sleeping on my back if that makes any sense.
I feel completely powerless and no position I get in is comfortable. I need relief. Please help.
I woke up with some extreme neck pain today and was thinking it'd just go away but after not being able to bear it anymore I searched for solutions, found this and after doing the side bending stretches a few times the pain was almost gone. Did it a few times more and now it's like I never had a problem, the pain, and stiffness, has fully disappeared. Simply amazing.
Glad you’re getting a lot of relief!
And thank you for all these excellent videos!! They've helped a LOT!
Happy to help, and thanks again for watching!
This is easily the best, most practical advice that I have ever heard/seen, when it comes to proper treatment of the neck. What I appreciated the most was that you took the time to first show what not to do then what you should do. I was pleasantly surprised by you using isometric techniques, in all four circumstances.
I feel like this needs to be basic training for every single human being on the planet. This is an outstanding video. The thumbnail is a definite attention-grabber and always puts a smile on my face, when I see it.
I have constant headaches which the cause is known to be from neck muscles. Though I alone got some of the exercises right through long experience trying to pin point the right spots and movements for stretching it efficiently, having this video not only confirmed the right stuff but added a little bit of finesse that I was lacking. Also learned more about what exercise really do, where , how and when should be used. It was very revealing as always. Thank you Dr. Rowen!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for posting this. I've been in agony the last few weeks with horrible neck and shoulder pain. This is the first time in weeks I've had any relief.
Glad it helped!
Thank - You Dr. Rowe !
Wonderful demonstration & instruction . . . As always ! !
Good Health & Best Wishes to you & yours.
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
This video just dropped today and already my life is forever bettered. Thank you so much!!!
Hope the exercises help you for a long time to come!
Massage left my neck stiff and in pain on one side. These exercises have helped a huge amount thank you so much.
Glad it helped!
Exercise #2 is awesome!
I have been using the WORST neck exercises every day, so it's nice to see some options
Hope the good ones help you, and thanks for watching!
I never caught your name before. Mike Rowe. So, you're the other Mike Rowe. That name is hard to forget. It's already famous. I enjoy your videos. They're a great resource. You've definitely helped me. Thank you.
Yes, but not the Dirty Jobs one 🙂
I just did all of these. Felt great and easy to do on the go!
Wonderful! Thanks so much for watching!
Just what I needed. I knew a few neck stretches but this is much more comprehensive and feels fabulous. Thank you!!!
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you Dr. Rowe! Your videos are the best on TH-cam, great instruction for correction of bad habits I think is biggest key to getting better. I cant thank you enough for what your back and neck stretching has done for me, simple but yet very effective!
Thank you for the kind words, and I’m glad you found the channel!
Incredibly helpful! Immediate relief. 🙏🏽 So quick and simple but life changing too!
Great to hear you’re getting immediate relief!
Great, thank you again. Really helpful. Please keep on and please show more exercises to avoid. All the best, John
Will do, I'll be making one for the back soon. Thanks for watching!
Hi from the UK, yes a great neck workout and one that feels safe. Thank you
Hello and thanks for watching!
You are a godsend.. my neck feels less stiff now. Thank you for this video!💗💗
Did all the exercises. Never felt so much better.. Thanks Doc..
Hope the exercises help you for a long time to come!
In my mind, you teached this before. I followed and found it released my neck muscles. Thanks for repeating. All your videos helped a lot.
I recently got my right fingers paralysis even they were downward. My right hand can not hands up over 5 seconds. 😢
Apprecited again if you could have the right way to solve it. This problem bordered me a lot.
Forward to see your new uploading.
The faces in the thumbnail are too accurate lmao!
Works like a charm thank you
Glad to hear that, and thanks for watching!
@@DrRowe watched and practiced too sir. Eased my pain in neck.
Thanks a lot.
The neck twisting also causes *ligamentous* damage which can lead to an unstable neck which will manifest in lots of shoulder spasms, pain, and if severe enough like what happened to me, Meniere's Disease symptoms. It took several thousand dollars with prolotherapy treatment injections to fix it.
Dr. Rowe, thanks heaps for posting this video, my neck feels great. Keep up the good work, you are amazing!
Will do, and thanks for watching!
*Best exercise thank you doctor*
Thanks for watching!
I’m a sucker for that top left on the thumbnail!
It's the worst one too 😂 (BTW, congrats on your channel's success!)
Great exercises for relieving tension in the neck. All your videos are excellent and you are so articulate. Thanks again. 😃
Thanks again for watching!
It’s almost like my neck and shoulder were just begging for this video to drop lol this is exactly what I needed
Hope the exercises help!
The one at 7:00 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Your videos are very helpful and the explanations are excellent. I’m currently in PT and doing some of these same e excises, but your explanations are easier to follow.
Glad you found the channel, and thanks for watching!
Great tutorial
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. These exercises are what I needed. I do everything you said not to do.
Hope they make a big difference for you, and thanks for watching!
I woke up with really bad neck pain this morning. I'm talking, I couldn't turn my head from side to side at all. I was doing some research online when I came across your videos. I've been doing the stretches every now and then all day, but I haven't gotten much relief at all.
I see so many comments about how these stretches helped people get relief right away, so I'm going to keep doing them and hopefully they will eventually help. This is the worst neck pain I've ever had.
Amazing! Excellent explanation of excellent excercises! You are a lifesaver, Doctor. Have a great day. Thank you very much.
Thanks for watching!
Amaaaaaaaaazing... immediate pain relief... I cannot believe it.
Thank you so much
Great to hear you're getting immediate pain relief!
Dr. Rowen, I suffer from Bell's Palsy. It has healed somewhat but my right eye really dries out and has difficulty focusing. I find some stretches really helps. Your video is really interesting. There is some really good stretches and exercises. Can you recommend any stretches and neck exercises that could help my eye sight? There is still some numbness on the right side of my face and neck.
A very comprehensive yet useful methodologies to release neck muscles.
Thanks a ton. 🙏
Thanks so much for watching!
These were fantastic thank you so much Dr. Rowe!
Hope they help you for a long time to come!
Thank you very much for you super timely upload! I'm not sure what's causing the soreness at the upper back of my neck, I'm guessing either due to falling flat on my chin a week ago or due to pillow, whilst it's improving on its on over time but your methods are even better! Please keep up the great work! Looking forward to more of your videos!
Will do, and thanks for watching!
thank you spinecare decompression and chiropractic center :)
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic.
Thanks for watching!
oh my gosh! 've had the worst neck pain lately from studying and have been trying to jerk my neck. as soon as I did the armpit stretch I felt instant tension release - I literally gasped out loud and my ears popped! it was amazing lol
Glad you’re getting relief!
I take a lot of ibuprofen and acetaminophen throughout the day. I hope these exercises will help me to decrease these OTC meds.
I'm glad I found this channel, thank you for all the tips
Glad you found the channel too, and thanks for watching!
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
thanks so much for the videos you are providing, I started following your movements and now feeling a lot better , thanks
Glad you’re getting relief!
Thank you so much
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you, I've been trapped in bad habits that you've mentioned and this will be life changing
Thanks for watching!
Hey doctorrr you are amazing..i want comment each time i do the stretch..thank you with all my heart
WOW that was great tho.. thank u..Blessings 🙏
Thanks for watching!
I don't even know how I got to this video but thank you! it was much needed
Hope the exercises help!
Cheers thanks for your video
Thanks for watching!
OMG this helps so much.
Glad it helped you!
Thanks a lot, back of my neck had been bugging me for a week tried your forward bending and now it's stoppez
Glad you’re getting relief, and thanks for watching!
Thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching!
thank you Dr. Rowe very helpful video
Thanks for watching!
Thank You
Dr. Rowe❤️
Thanks so much for watching!
Dr. Michael "Take This 1 To The Next Level" Rowe :D
I did a few of those no bueno exercises for a long time.
I need 360 full point total restoration skeletal realignment.
Too bad you're not in NYC!
Thanx for the guidance!
Thanks so much for watching!
Sir I am suffering from cervical pain and vertigo please give vertigo exercise
Vertigo is commonly caused by an inner ear problem, have you contacted a local doctor?
Great tips and tutorials for simple people! I wish you were in Greece so I could visit you to look after my back muscles and knots! However, you offer extremely helpful advice even from this channel!
Glad you found the channel, and I hope the exercises help you for a long time to come!
@@DrRowe You explain everything in a very simple and understandable way and the exercises you suggest are really practical and have actual impact! Keep up with the excellent work!
Thank you for sharing your precious knowledge with us; my whole body joints and flexibility has improved so much since I started your exercises.
Glad the exercises are helping you, and thanks for watching!
Thank You 🙏🏼💯💛
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this. In yoga they like to do the one with the fist under the chin and pushing all the way back which really hurt my neck. I was in pain for a week. I’m enjoying your videos thank you .
Thanks so much for watching!
I have neck pain after a fall injury and the pain has been lasting for 6 years I have neck crepitus and joint pain in my lower and my upper joints are there any doctors I can see besides chiropractors. this video is helping my neck feel less stiff
Thank you Dr Rowe
Thanks so much for watching!
I’ve had really bad neck pain for weeks now and this video helped so much I feel great
Glad it helped!
I get from my doctor similar exercise for my neck, it simple. Set both palm on forehead and push back and make resistence in other direction. You can do same back, left, right side, from top and under the chin. What I also like to do, sit drive chin back and then rotate top of head toward shoulder, nice Pop relife
❤From India and it's working
Glad it’s helping!
Thanks so much I want to go to the chiropractor less and fell stronger with your exercises.
Thanks for watching!
This video was helpful for me because i had dizziness, i was tired i thought i damaged my brain but it was from neck I think because after this video I do this and now I am not dizzy anymore but i have to repat this everyday
Doctor, today I know that God guided me to your video. Thank you!! I live in Japan, where you can find -mostly good- quick neck massage places almost everywhere, and the same with acupuncturists. The massage and the acupuncture relieve the neck tension but only for a few hours. Your video is pure gold!! Now I can do it here at home every day!! Thank you and God bless you.
i'll try this later .. thank u from philippines
Hope the exercises help, and please give us an update soon.
thank you very much! i'm relieved...
Hi doctor, do you know what your problem you are the best stay safety
Aaahhh man what a feeling! Damn neck was radiating pain to my middle back and I was going crazy... did the first 2 stretches and its gone, daym! Been doing it wrong all this time... x)
Thank you very much!
Great to hear that, and thanks for watching!
Helping me so much! Thank you!
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching too.
Sir thank u so much ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for watching!
Lov this❤️
Adding the one at 6:00 to my normal neck routine over the sitting-on-the hand kind of method, definitely more effective! Been doing the armpit sniffer for a while too with the "next-level" adjustment - this can be done with a very gentle neck rolling motion too to get some extra stretch in the other parts of your neck. Focusing on these two in particular has yielded great results!
Hope the exercises help you for a long time to come, and thanks for watching!
@celly R wish i could remember the exact videos, but the stretch he goes over where you basically raise an arm, cover your shoulderblade on that side with your hand (doesnt gotta be the whole hand), turn your head away from that raised arm, then lower your head down towards your armpit. That one helped me a lot with overcoming one side being super stiff/painful, but just be careful and dont push yourself.
I had hurt my neck doing shoulders exercises with a weight a while back and since then one of the sides of the muscles of my neck right at the base of the skull hurts specially if i try to resist turning my neck and now i will be trying those other technics to try to relax and stretch the muscles
Thank you sir...I will try these...I am a one who uses all those dangerous crackings😅😎...I will try to switch to these alternatives 😇
Hope they help, and thanks for watching!
I repeatedly watched and practiced this video hopefully will help my hands paralysis.
Anyway, you provided many ways to sooth neck pain.
Please give us an update in a week or two.
Saving these exercises. Thank you so much for this video!
🎉🎉🎉🎉wow ! Excellent relief 😮❤
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Doctor the exercises are great and they help, what is my pain is stubborn and keeps returning day after day? What should I then Do?
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
💯
Tnx 🎉
Thanks for watching!
Nice! I will incorporate this with the lower back!
Do you do any videos that use a massage gun? That might be a good series
Not yet, but that’s a great idea!
I do everything you say not to do 😁 love that for me
Thank you for sharing
Happy to help, and thanks for watching!
Wow felt relief straight away. 👊👊👊
Great to hear that, and thanks for watching!
Outstanding. So helpful.
Good stuff. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Excelent exercises.💛
Hope they help you for a long time to come!
These were incredible. Helped really loosen up my tight neck. Couldn't really look over my shoulder at all. Made driving painful. Quick question. On some of these, I get a zing of pain on the insides of my shoulder blade(s). Does this indicate I'm doing something incorrectly, or is it possibly just a cascade affect?
Thank you Dr ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you for these exercises. I had nerve impingement in both traps and some "irritation" to my Vagus nerve. Do you have a video that focuses on the vagus nerve? Where how to relieve it or how to strengthen the area. It has lead to panic attacks and having to take Xanax. Would like to be able to regain my strengthen so I can live my life again. I can not lift my daughter or basically do any physical work. Neurologist basically said go to PT. There is no surgery to fix it. Thank you!
Anybody else feel like they're doing it wrong? :/ I tried all the stretches, but I don't feel the stretch in the places he said I should expect. A lot of the times, the tension/stretch is in my arms and back, and not in a way that feels productive. I was looking through the comments for anybody else in the same boat, but a lot of it is comments saying what a great help it is, which is wonderful for those people! But I find myself a little lost about what I'm doing and why it's not working for me when there seems to be a unanimous response of relief.
You're the best
Brother big big fan from bangladesh 😁
Hello and thanks for watching!
Wow I really appreciate you for your honesty help thanks so much
Thanks so much for watching!