Prevent Neck Hump

Do you want to learn how to avoid the lump on the back of your neck? This post will teach you a very simple exercise that you can do to flatten your neck hump to prevent stiff neck and premature ageing. Much of your success depends on how severe your neck hump is to begin with, how active you are and how willing you are to continue this easy daily routine. You need only 5 minutes.

 

Neck Hump Is Not Dowager’s Hump

A neck hump is the fatty lump you see developing at the base of your neck. A Dowager’s Hump is the mid back curvature that develops in a disease called osteoporosis.

 

Flatten Your Neck Hump

Step 1: Find an old towel and roll it up into a sausage (about 2-3 inches wide)

Step 2: Lie down on the floor and place the towel on the floor at the apex of your posture (the point where you round the most). Usually shoulder blades

Step 3: Keep your knees bent and roll back down over the rolled towel. Is your head far from the floor? Try ‘Forward Head Posture Correction‘ first

Step 4: Reach your arms up into the letter ‘V’ position or the letter ‘T’ position if this feels too far.

Step 5: After 60 seconds, roll off the towel to your side and let your back recover for 30 seconds and then sit up.

Step 6: Work up to 5 minutes on the towel. 1 minute daily the first week, then 2 minutes the second week until you can do 5 minutes.

 

Watch the video above for a more detailed explanation of this exercise. So how easy was your first 60 seconds on the rolled towel?