How to Fix a Stiff Neck in Seconds (THIS WORKS!)

If you ever tried to lift with a stiff neck you quickly find out how difficult it really is. Not only will your lifts suffer but you may wind up hurting yourself even more by attempting to do this. That said, imagine if you had a quick weapon in your arsenal that allowed you to quickly make the pain go away and restore the range of motion that you were lacking because of the stiffness. I’m going to show you exactly that in this video.

If you have a tough time rotating or turning your head to the left or right, you likely have one of two scenarios that are contributing to this problem. The first is a tissue restriction (most often muscle) that is preventing your vertebrae from moving as they would like. The second is a stuck joint that is preventing the vertebrae from moving as they would like. As you can see, in either case, the cervical vertebrae are not moving as they should and this is causing you pain and discomfort while limiting your ability to lift.

Time to fix that. We start by realizing that rotation of the head in one direction or the other has an opposite reaction when looking at the spine from the standpoint of the spinous processes that sit behind each vertebrae body. In other words, when you turn your head to the left, your spinous process on your vertebra are turning to the right. This is important to know since this forms the basis of your treatment.

With a towel, you place it around your neck and grasp each end with a hand. The towel should be at the level of the discomfort that you feel in your neck when you currently turn your head. This can be felt with either the towel on the back of your neck with by palpating the neck for soreness as you move down one vertebrae at a time. With the towel in the right location you begin by pulling harder on the hand that is opposite the direction you want to turn your head.

For example, if you wanted to turn your head to the left you would pull forward and with more force on the right hand. The left hand would be there to simply stabilize the towel. As you pull forward you then want to rotate your head to the left. You should find that both your range of motion will have been greatly improved and your pain should have subsided.

Do this for about 10 reps and then rest. You can do it again a few more times if needed later in the day to reestablish the proper mechanics and allow your spasmed muscles to subside. Once your neck is back and moving free of discomfort you can resume your hard training and start making those gains again.

[weslewis]

I find it mildly funny that all of us in the comments are in pain typing with our necks being held in a fix position

[qiwegwj]

Missing those old gold days when i could freely move my neck😭

[AlinaEllisUFC]

Great Video! I also posted a Video about this topic, since a stiff neck is the most common problem especially for Men in the Business-World.

[freez]

i thought quarantine was going to prevent me from getting injured but here i am with you guys

[zaydenzz]

Who is just looking at the comments to see if it works while your neck is DYING

[richardmartinez]

This honestly made most of the stress go away in less than a minute for me. Thanks Jeff!

[rai]

Who else woke up feeling like they broke their neck?
✋🏾

[ethanmaala]

Me: *Gets 8 hours of sleep*
My neck: Yea you’re doing it wrong.

[lysandranightshade]

So. I sprained my neck 4 days ago and I honestly thought I broke it. The pain was the most terrible thing I've ever experienced after hives and breaking my finger. I sprained the back of my head while exercising, I made a fast wrong move with my neck and it made a slight crisp sound. The pain came after 35 seconds and didn't stop for two days. I couldn't move my head at all, and it started hurting more bc of it. The constant pain made my head ache and slowly spread to my back. I legit thought it was broken, and even considered going to a doctor, but the hospital nearby was closed. So we called our doctor and explained the situation. So here's some advice:
1. Check if there's any swelling or change in the color of the skin (red/blue or something similar). If so, then contact a doctor immediately.
2. If there are no symptoms of swelling or such, but hurts uncontrollably then don't move around too much with your head or hand coz it might worsen the damaged torn tissue. If the pain doesn't stop take a pain relief pill and rest. Don't do any "fixing" exercises. Leave it be for 3 days.
3. Compress the area with an ice pack wrapped in a towel. Do not apply ointments or warm massages, it will trigger the pain more.
4. Don't wrap your neck with hot scarves or such. You might get cold after sweating. Just make sure you don't move around too much and make the neck area won't get cold or hot.
5. Don't panic :) Just give it a few days and the good, old days of moving your neck freely will surely come back)

[sarahgray]

I need to thank you for this video. I woke up with the sorest neck and shoulder blade OF MY LIFE and this helped so much . I felt something pop back into place and instantly felt the pain go away 👏

[bestofsinan]

Nothing works all you got to do is wait and cry

[markdasilva]

Again Jeff to the rescue giving genuine value! So glad to see you had a video on this topic. Thank you for all your Youtube content!

[siccors]

I’ve been doing this for just a couple minutes and it’s helped a lot already. I’m raising my head when I benchpress. I’ll be focusing on better form for the future.

[JohnDwayne]

Just tried the neck one on my brother, he’s been sleeping for 18 hours glad I helped him

[hecticofficial]

when you have a stiff neck and this guy teaching us human atonomy

[michelledinio]

Thank you so much for sharing this video. A moment ago I was crying due to severe pain. That fixed it in a second! I still feel a little pain but I can now move my neck left and right freely. Namaste!

[diskoleopard]

recovering from injury is a long road but simple interventions like this make it manageable. man this feels good.

[nataliesosa]

Literally almost in tears because this helped alleviate some discomfort and allowed me to gain some range of motion! Thank you!

[whywouldya]

That scary feeling when you think your gonna break your neck.

[playboicartiluver]

I took being able to move my neck for granted