Addressing Neck Pain Through Movement Therapy

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Yeah, that's not what that painful spot in your neck looks like.

But now that we're on the topic, let's talk about pain in that area.

Anytime this patient would turn his head, he would get pain in that exact upper trap area.

Now, what most people miss is that pain in this area is often a result of an imbalance lower at the shoulder blades.

And when I checked out his, noticed his right is positioned in far more compared to the other side.

Watch this, though.

If I have him push his arm out to reposition the shoulder blade back to a more normal position,

and then turn his head, no pain.

So, this gave him a movement diagnosis

of cervical rotation intolerance driven by poor scapular motor control and excessive right scapular retraction.

I started his treatment with one minute of soft tissue work to the rhomboids that retract the scapula in.

I then needed to teach his shoulder blade to move out to the side more.

I chose the landmine press with cues to drive his arm through

and think about rotating the shoulder blade up and out.

Afterwards, he was able to now turn his head without any neck pain.