Ask Dr. LJ: Unkinking tension muscles?

[saxikath]

Other than getting a massage (which would be lovely, but is somewhat impractical in the middle of the workday), anyone have good ideas for stretching or otherwise unkinking the neck/shoulder muscles where I, at least, tend to store tension?

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[lemurtanis.livejournal.com]

Fully agree with second paragraph. When you tilt your head to the side, place the hand you don't have on your head behind the small of your back, to make sure your posture's correct. When you tilt forward, move that other hand to basically hold the back of your shoulder on the same side. (Like you're trying to scratch your left shoulderblade with your left hand, for example.) Helps make sure you're not overdoing it.

(Advice from PT friend mchiesi. Made Anything Goes much more manageable.)