Tweet I’m lucky. Despite all the stiffness I had my whole life in my legs and hips, I’ve always been fairly flexible in the shoulders and upper back. But a lot of people aren’t so fortunate. Men, in particular, tend to have tight, stiff shoulders because they genetically have more muscle mass in their upper [...]
Tweet Do you ever wake up and just feel like you slept wrong? Like your neck was in some crazy unnatural position all night, or maybe the cat was dancing on your head? And then you’re super careful all day, making no sudden movements lest you tweak a muscle and make your whole neck spasm. [...]
Tweet Most people are well versed on the fact that they need to stretch their hamstrings, and some people regularly stretch their quads and hip flexors (the muscles along the front of the leg and hip), but few people – save for elite athletes and dancers, really – dig into their adductors. The adductor muscles [...]
Tweet Does your mid back hurt when you tilt your chin forward to look at your toes? Do you feel a pull and a strain between your shoulder blades? Pain in the mid back between the shoulder blades is quite common, but massages on your tight, sore muscles won’t alleviate your discomfort. It’s logical to [...]
Tweet We’ve all been there. You’re on a lightning streak of productivity. You’re camped in front of your computer, coffee mug steaming up an inspirational storm next to your laptop, fingers floating over the keyboard like a concert pianists’, pages flowing onto your screen almost as fast as you can get the words into your [...]
Tweet Your neck is so stiff you can barely look over your shoulder. The space between your shoulder blades feels like someone’s got your spine in a vice grip. Your shoulders are so close to your ears it looks like you’re trying to start a new fashion in earrings. This is not a pleasant situation. [...]
Tweet I hope you’re sitting down for this because I have some news….your office chair is killing you. No, seriously, it is. Sitting is now a proven health risk, as you might have guessed from the chronic aches in your back, neck and shoulders. Peter A. Levine, an obesity specialist at the Mayo clinic, states, [...]
