{"id":1566,"date":"2021-04-07T16:25:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T21:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:30:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T21:30:38","slug":"five-chair-exercises-to-relieve-neck-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/news\/five-chair-exercises-to-relieve-neck-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Chair Exercises to Relieve Neck Pain\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many times do you hear yourself say \u201cmy neck is killing me\u201d ?\u00a0 You are not alone! Many of my students first reach out to me for help with their chronic neck pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here some common reasons why you might have neck pain:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor posture or hunching over<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sitting at your desk for long periods of time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sleeping with your neck in a funny position<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrong computer monitor height<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extra muscle strain from things like lifting heavy things or improper form while exercising<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To alleviate neck pain, start every day with these five simple exercises that mobilize the neck while stabilizing the shoulders. I recommend doing this series several times a day &#8211; especially if you work at a desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Watch: Pilates for Neck Pain on the Chair<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Five Chair Exercises to Relieve Neck Pain\" width=\"1300\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blfAeUTGEYM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Raise the shoulders up &amp; down and relax them down<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hold &amp; freeze the shoulders pushing your hands down on the chair<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Look to the right &amp; look to the left rotating your neck<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tilt the head to the right &amp; tilt it to the left side, flexing your neck<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Look down &amp; look up flexing and extending your neck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested in learning more ways to relieve your neck pain? Try a class! We teach locally at our Newton, MA studio or via Zoom.\u00a0 Contact us at 617-852-6785 or email info@maracoreconditioning.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times do you hear yourself say \u201cmy neck is killing me\u201d ?\u00a0 You are not alone! Many of my students first reach out to me for help with their chronic neck pain.\u00a0 Here some common reasons why you might have neck pain:\u00a0 Poor posture or hunching over Sitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maracoreconditioning.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}