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Neck Exercise Simulate Vomiting |
Find your way to your hands and knees and rest comfortably Simulate the action of throwing |
up Dry heaving will induce contractions in muscles from the stomach to the back of the head |
as part of an innate action pattern As you use the vomiting pattern to reach into muscles |
throughout the neck twist and turn the neck in every direction You should notice small |
cracking sensations as well as the achy sensation of activating muscles that rarely get used |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
Before Program Peace vomiting was painful for me This was the case because muscles in my |
abdomen were braced to the point of stagnancy At times when retching my internal organs |
would feel like they were on fire As you might have guessed the diaphragm and stomach |
produce much of the force used to expel food This exercise along with those from Chapter |
and have made it so that vomiting is painless |
Keep Your Shoulders Down and Back |
In cartoons when a character becomes defensive or deferential they raise their shoulders |
Body language experts and animal behaviorists point out that this behavior may represent an |
effort to protect the neck specifically the carotid artery and jugular vein However prolonged |
use of this insecure posture causes the muscles along the back of the neck and shoulders |
trapezius to become stuck in partial contraction This means we walk sit and sleep in our |
beds with raised shoulders |
The simple act of actively pushing the shoulders toward the floor can remodel the upper |
body The latissimus dorsi lats that start under the armpits and run along the sides of the |
torso provide this tug The more often you use them to pull the shoulders down the more tone |
they develop Pilates practitioners concentrate on keeping the head up and the shoulders down |
by imagining they are trying to maximize the distance between their ears and the tops of their |
shoulders In personal training this is referred to as shoulder packing It involves depressing |
the shoulders and squeezing the shoulder blades together Regularly engaging in a practice like |
this will improve your kinesthetic awareness of what it feels like to appropriately position your |
neck and shoulder blades |
Neck Exercise Keeping the Shoulders Down and Back |
Bring your neck into a gentle retraction Next press your shoulders down toward the floor |
The shoulder blades should be lightly squeezed together adducted with neck elongated |
chin angled down and chest open From here engage your entire shoulder girdle by pressing |
your shoulders and arms down You can pretend that you are a gymnast performing a |
support hold on two parallel bars You could also imagine that you are pressing yourself up |
out of a sewer hole Once you have gotten the hang of it try it pressing down against a hard |
surface such as a chair tabletop or the floor Again you want to reinforce this position from |
as many angles as possible |
Chapter Antirigidity for the Neck and Shoulders |
Pressing the shoulders down is made easier by carrying or pretending to carry a load in |
the hands This is the posture of a highly commanding and athletic person It is also the posture |
that our body was designed for given that we have been finetuned for carrying items while |
walking Imagine yourself carrying large hunks of meat or a long spear and a heavy wooden |
club The most efficient way to carry these things is with the shoulders fully pressed toward the |
ground as our ancestors would have Whether walking socializing carrying things exercising |
or in bed you want your shoulders back and down |
Neck Exercise Keeping the Shoulders Down with Weights |
Hold a two to pound dumbbell in each hand and allow the weight to pull your shoulders |
toward the floor Dynamically shift the position of your shoulder blades and focus on the |
sensations involved While letting the weight tug at your shoulders gently rotate the |
shoulders outward and inward Next try rolling them either forward or backward in circles |
As you do so try to contract all the muscles in your upper torso You should feel this stretch |
reaching into previously hidden rigidity all over your upper body |
Puff Up and Open the Chest |
Many women hold the breastbone down and inward to withdraw their breasts Men do it to |
make their chest less conspicuous This unnecessary modesty leads to unhealthy posture by |
depressing the collarbones and lowering the head Ladies and gentlemen it is healthiest for you |
to project your breast forward so disregard any perceived social consequences |
Neck Exercise Heart Opener |
With your neck retracted clasp your hands behind your back and pull down This should |
draw your shoulders back and down and spread your collarbones wide Arch the chest |
upward and forward Project it out into space Walk and move in this way with your chest |
cracked wide open |
For optimal shoulder stability you want to strengthen the muscles that externally rotate |
your shoulders Do this by turning your wrists outward so that your palms face forward |
Allow this to rotate your shoulders toward your back so that they are no longer slumped |
forward With this simple change you should feel your chest and collarbones spread open deep |
within their joints Alternately try lifting your arms to waist height with the palms facing the |
sky At the same time retract your neck flex your glutes and puff out your chest Keep |
practicing this external rotation of the shoulders until it is habitual It is especially important |
during cardio and weightbearing exercises |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
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Illustration A woman A pressing herself out of a sewer hole B allowing weights to tug her shoulders down |
C with her shoulders back and down and the hands clasped behind the back D E with her palms facing the sky |
and her shoulders externally rotated |
Use Shrugging for Antirigidity |
Apes generally walk on all fours Their upper body which we have inherited was designed for |
it To support this form of locomotion apes assume a multitude of neck and shoulder postural |
configurations as they press their hands against the ground with each stride There are many |
such postures between shoulders completely shrugged and shoulders completely down |
You will find that shoulder shrugging is a great counterpose to shoulders down and that a shrug |
enhances your ability to find achiness in the neck retracted position |
Postural Exercise Shrugging |
Place your hands on the ground a table or a countertop and push away while |
simultaneously shrugging your shoulders to rehabilitate frailty Vary this posture in as many |
ways as possible Try it with your neck extended and retracted Try it with the shoulders |
bowed toward the front of the body and then rotated toward the back |
Illustration Shrugging positions for antirigidity |
Other Methods of Antirigidity |
Aside from knucklewalking apes are also built for climbing trees and swinging between |
branches You may know where am going with this recommend using either gymnastics rings |
Chapter Antirigidity for the Neck and Shoulders |
or TRX Bands to recreate similar isometric poses to repair your neck and shoulders You can |
hang rings or bands from many places including a tree branch or even a pullup bar ina |
doorway Use these supports to place your body into unfamiliar positions from which to search |
for areas in need of antirigidity |
Neck Exercise Using Gymnastics Rings for Optimal Neck Retraction |
Place each of your hands in a ring with your arms spread out at degrees Press down |
lightly on the rings as if you were attempting to perform an iron cross Retract the neck |
pulling the chin toward the neck This position should be very frail and unstable and should |
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