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08-26-14, 08:12 PM | |
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I'm not glamgal, but I love this short Essentrics shoulder and upper back stretch (from Strength & Stretch in Motion) that's on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q38QINRuoeM The whole DVD is really good; two of the workouts in particular (the source for this one: Shoulders, Upper Back, and Hamstrings from Stretch in Motion; and the Full Body one from Strength in Motion) really stretch out the neck and shoulders. However, they sort of expect that you have at least some range of motion in your arms/shoulders. If you can't raise your arms at all, then maybe starting with something like the passive practice on Barbara Benagh's DVD will help your muscles relax enough to get some motion back into them. You only need to be able to lie on your yoga mat with your neck supported. Unfortunately, the passive practice is not available on Youtube, but the active one is. Some of it is very intense on the shoulders (triangle pose & downward dog), but I love the gentle neck stretch that she starts out with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs07SwIbWS0 (I have a chronic trapezius muscle spasm; nothing AT ALL close to what you're dealing with, so forgive me if these recommendations are way off base!)
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