The Human Body Shop

The suboccipitals—small muscles at the base of the occipital—tend to get tight and restricted on a lot of people who have neck issues.

When this muscle gets knotted up it can pull your Atlas out of alignment and cause postural compensations ALL THE WAY DOWN.

There’s a whole branch of chiropractic care who adjust the atlas only known as “Upper Cervical Chiropractor”

Personally as a massage guy I’m biased… and I like to adjust the atlas with my hands and fingers + client movements.

If you suffer from headaches, migraines or chronic neck tension give this a try 👍

Upper cervicals neck release

Levator Scapula & Upper Neck Release

Pec Minor release for neck and shoulder issues!

This muscle is a tiny muscle but can cause the shoulder to pull forward. Very tight and knotted up on lifters or people who use their arms a lot.

Symptoms include: front shoulder pain, impingement, limited mobility and nerve compression (tingling down to the arm.

One my favorite ways to work the neck is from the prone position 👍

People are the most relaxed when they’re facedown.

Not everyone is knotted up here but when they are it feels amazing 🤩

myofascialrelease

One of my favorite exercises to give my clients when I was a personal trainer (especially if they had rounded shoulders/bad posture) was the dumbbell pullover

It’s a great way to stretch out your triceps, shoulders, Lats and thoracic spine.

If you lift weights, give this a try!

Will post an advanced version in the future ;)

Facepulls are great for anyone suffering from neck/shoulder pain and bad posture 👍

If you’ve ever been to physical therapy and they gave you a hippie doorway “chest stretch”

I’m going to show you an even better way to stretch out your chest 😏

These are known as scorpion kicks and is originally intended to be a lower body/hip mobility drill but if you position your upper body properly you can turn it into an amazing stretch for your chest (and stretch out the anterior sling if the body)

Watch the video and follow the directions carefully

Great for athletes or people who have bad posture

Did you know tight lats can cause rounded shoulders or a functional scoliosis?

If not, I’ll show you how to stretch it ;)