by Tim Harwood | Oct 12, 2018 | Exercises, Upper back
So, I thought I would share one of the “exercises” that I recommend to virtually all the people I treat for neck and upper back aches. This is the chest opener and I like to think that it helps to unravel the curled up posture we adopt through modern...
by Tim Harwood | Aug 10, 2018 | Exercises, Neck & Shoulder
If you’ve mastered the Sniff Test stretch, and it doesn’t quite hit the spot there is a variation for a stretch for the Levator Scapula muscles that is quite delicious. This one has a few more steps than the previous one, and is more effective, but people...
by Tim Harwood | Jul 20, 2018 | Exercises, Neck & Shoulder
So many people hold tension in their shoulders, and they can often feel like it is pulling up into the neck. Sometimes it comes from the Upper Trapezius muscles that attach the shoulder girdle to the spine and the back of the skull, but it can also come from a muscle...
by Tim Harwood | Jul 20, 2018 | Exercises, Neck & Shoulder
The upper traps is the kite shaped muscle across the upper back and neck, and seem to be one of the most over used muscles we have, along with the Levator Scapula. They’re one of the muscles that most people love to have massaged. They are technically the...
by Tim Harwood | Sep 13, 2017 | Breathing Exercises, Exercises
This is the full Brügger exercise and builds upon the steps given in Part 1 (Blowing out the candle) and Part 2 (Head retraction). I have broken it down so that you can build up to these exercises without straining your breathing pattern. Here we add a gentle...
by Tim Harwood | Sep 13, 2017 | Breathing Exercises, Exercises
Once you have become comfortable with Blowing out the candle, then you can start to add in a gentle head movement as you breathe in. This is to help to train your body not to tighten at the front of the neck as you inhale. This is another step on the way to the...
