The following exercises for neck pain should be done in a pain free range and are just a general treatment without assessing what is the cause of your pain. Please seek advice from a professional.
In a seated position lean your head back a little and then at the same time rotate your head to the right (so that you are looking signally upwards). You may feel a small stretch at the front and side of your neck here. Then with your hand push down on your collar bone on the right hand side.
Hold for 30 secs and then repeat for the other side. (Look up, rotate left and pull down on the collar bone on the left hand side).
Find a point on the wall and stare at it. You want to keep your head as still as you can. Then rotate your shoulders as far as you can one way (hold for 2 secs) then the other (hold for 2 secs). Only go as far as is pain free.
As the pain free range increases then you can go further into the stretch.
Repeat this until you feel your neck loosening up.
Start on all fours. Have your hands o the floor directly under your shoulders so that you are nice and supported. Then slowly make as big a circle as you can with your shoulders. This wants to be done nice and slowly and with as much control as you can. Then once you have done 4 or 5 reps reverse the direction and go the other way.
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