What to do about neck pain? Self-treatment

Generally speaking, if you feel unbearable neck pain, it is mostly caused by excessive fatigue, especially for IT workers who sit in front of the computer every day and do not exercise their necks much. Coupled with some bad habits, such as bowing their heads for a long time, they will experience neck pain symptoms. So, what are some self-treatment methods for neck pain?

1. Neck exercise:

Tilt your head forward ten times, backward ten times, to the left ten times, and to the right ten times. Then slowly shake your head, turning left ten times and right ten times.

2. Shake your upper limbs:

Shake your left arm twenty times, then shake your right arm twenty times.

3. Grab the air and practice the fingers:

Stretch out your arms and flex and extend the five fingers of your hands. You can do this fifty times.

4. Local massage:

You can find pressure points, nodules or muscle tightness around the neck, Dazhui point and Fengchi point, and knead, press, push and pinch these reaction points.

5. Remote acupuncture:

Find the tender points on the back of the hands, the back of the feet, the front and outer sides of the buttocks, and the outer sides of the calves. Apply acupressure massage to these response points.

6. Rub your palms and waist:

Rub your palms together to warm them up, then rub your waist with both hands, moving up and down, for 50 times.

7. Pinch the ankle muscles:

Use both hands to pinch the big tendons behind the ankles alternately.