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When we feel tense in our neck and shoulders, our first instinct is to stretch those tight muscles or massage them (or if we’re lucky, get someone else to massage them!). Their lower back muscles are so tight that they’re actually inhibiting the action of their abdominals. However, people with hyperlordosis may also experience neck and shoulder tension if their abdominals are not engaging as they should. Holding the phone to your ear for long periods of time will lead to chronic tightness on one side of your neck, and likely in that shoulder as well. A few simple yoga stretches will do the trick! Check in with yourself every few minutes and relax your abdominals, chest, and shoulders. Every hour or so, take a moment to check how you are breathing. Racquet sports such as tennis, Neck and shoulder yoga racquetball and squash are not only good cardio workouts but also good weight-bearing exercise.

This type of exercise is beneficial because your muscles are forced to work against gravity. The nervous system then automatically contracts the muscles of the back, shoulders, and neck in order to pull the spine backward and prevent us from falling forward. Hyperlordosis occurs when tight lower back muscles pull the lumbar spine into an exaggerated arch. Rolfing involves the manipulation of the muscles and connective tissue to realign the body within the field of gravity. Working at a computer involves inwardly rotating your shoulders and bringing your arms forward, more so on one side when you use a mouse. So if you tend to bend slightly to your left side, you’ll most likely feel more tension on the right side of your neck. The tension on the right side of your torso is pulling your head and shoulders to the right, so your nervous system will automatically contract the muscles on the left side of your neck to keep your head upright.

If an imbalance in the core of the body is pulling the spine out of alignment, then the neck and shoulder muscles have to do extra work to keep the head upright. Neck and shoulder tension is one of the most common issues I hear about from students. It’s extremely common to develop more muscle tension on one side of your spine and waist than the other due to repetitive daily activities and handedness. If you suffer from occasional neck pain or even experience it more regularly, you can control it and limit its impact on your day-to-day routine and overall quality of life. In some cases, conservative home care can alleviate pain and discomfort. To reduce tightness, pain in base of skull and inflammation, try massaging your neck for several minutes to relax the muscles while increasing blood circulation. Since the back, shoulder, and neck muscles must constantly work to help us stand upright, it’s impossible to avoid building up an uncomfortable degree of tension in these muscles. The more often you do this, the easier it will become to stay in a relaxed, upright, neutral posture as you work.

And if chronic muscle tension is limiting the movement of the spine and the ability of the core of the body to bend, twist, and bear weight, then the neck and shoulder muscles have to do more work than they’re designed to do. Of the three basic postural patterns, this one is the most likely to cause neck and shoulder tension. Each one comes with a detailed description of how to do it, along with photos to show you what they look like. Most often, people with hyperlordosis will experience lower back tension, pain, and other issues like sciatica or lumbar disc degeneration. This will allow you to start using your abdominals when needed, and to let your neck and shoulders relax and stop doing all that extra work. The compressing action around your neck and upper spine offers balance to the stretching action produced by the Shoulder Stand, which is why the Fish Pose must be done soon after doing the Shoulder Stand. How Does Posture Affect Neck and Shoulder Tension? With that said, we can develop complicated compensatory patterns when it comes to lateral bending, so it’s also quite possible that you’ll feel tension in either or both sides of your neck and shoulders.