Stiff Neck - My Home Remedies

Home Remedies for Stiff Neck

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Stiff Neck Home Remedies:

Submitted by Bonnie at 2007-04-07 20:54:42
To relieve a tight or stiff neck squeeze your shoulders up towards your ears and hold for 10 seconds then completely relax and release your shoulders. It's like an exaggerated shoulder shrug. Do this 10 times and you will feel much better.
rating: 6 (202 votes)

Submitted at 2006-04-11 21:26:23
Stiff neck is most often caused by the Upper Trapezius, Levator Scapulae and Sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscles - one or all. U.T massage point is that part of the shoulder you grab between your neck & arm. L.S. is the back of the neck between the skull & top of your shoulder blade. SCM is that diagonal muscle in the front of your neck - just grab a handful & pinch between thumb & fingers. VERY good book on this is the Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Clair Davies.
rating: 5 (76 votes)

Submitted at 2009-03-18 17:22:04
I learned this one from my chiropractor to whom i'm related to. The only problem is you need someone to help you. It's called neck traction what you do is take a towel roll it up so that its an inch and a half thick and at least 3 feet long. Lay it on the ground and lay on your back so thats it's under your neck. Then have someone take both ends of the towel slowly lifting your head up and pulling back holding your head up for 10 seconds and releasing slowly. And repeat another 9 times or so. I know it sounds painful but its almost instant pain relief when your head is being held up.
rating: 5 (20 votes)

Submitted by A B at 2008-09-11 10:47:49
I get stiffness/tension in my trapezius muscle (neck/shoulder area) a lot and the following stretch helps every time.

I'll use myself as an example to avoid left-right confusion. At the moment I have tension along the left side of that area. I'm sitting in a straight-backed chair. Breathing slowly & deeply, I slowly tilt my head to the right so that my right ear is closer to my right shoulder. Then I rotate my face downward (I might look a little like I'm trying to smell my armpit- oh, well). Then, if that's not enough, I grab the bottom of the chair with my left hand and gently pull upward. I continue breathing slowly & deeply for at least 5 seconds, sometimes longer, then repeat on the other side.
Ahh, that's better.
rating: 5 (31 votes)

Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:19
Take cayenne and lobelia for quick respite.
rating: 4 (84 votes)

Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:19
Massage lobelia extract or mullein tea into the affected region.
rating: 3 (39 votes)