The Best Neck Exercise to Correct Forward Head Posture!

Today’s Neck Pain Support Post comes from Dr. Bellinger’s DownLoadable E-Book called the Neck Pain Relief Kit.

Head Retraction Exercises–
Head retractions are very significant because most of us start to develop forward head carriage over time. This is the exercise to combat the dreaded forward head posture and get rid of the neck pain you may have from a misaligned neck. To perform these exercises, imagine if your head is on a track. You simply want to slide your head back. Essentially the head is forward and we went to move it backwards. Gently shift your head and neck back, hold for approximately 10 seconds, then relax and repeat again. Do this exercise for 10-20 repetitions.

The 1st day you do them, I would suggest doing no more then 5 or 10 repetitions. Gradually work up to 10-20 repetitions. The reason I suggest gradually increasing the number of reps is so you are not too sore.

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3 responses to “The Best Neck Exercise to Correct Forward Head Posture!”

nissa

June 22, 2010

may name is nissan and i have shloder pain an my neck is very stuf please tel me what shuld i do to get beter thank you

Dr. Charles L. Foster

October 21, 2011

Restoring the natural and normal curve to the cervical spine is an important goal in achieving a healthy posture. The military neck causes stress on the neck and upper back and sometimes the lower back. It is a source of headaches, neck pain, arm and shuolder weakness and fatigue, numbness in the upper extremity and cervical joint degeneration.

Bob

March 10, 2015

I have a straight neck from whip lash and a gap in my neck and my right leg is shorter than my left with no arch, I’ve got a pinch nerve and upper weakness and low bs k n right hip pain .,. Been to chiropractor but no relief and I can’t sleep cause the nerve pressure drives me crazy . What can I do to get the natural curve back ?