Want Healthier Neck and Shoulders? Do This,,,

Every now and then I get some pretty neat opportunities to share things I’m passionate about with a live audience.  A little over a month ago I had one of those opportunities.

A woman named Elizabeth Gray, who owns a store called PH Botanical in downtown Sarasota emailed me over the summer after she saw an article that I wrote in Play Magazine and she asked me if she could hire me to teach a workshop at her store.

She wanted some of her friends and clients to hear about the best strategies for maintaining health and function to various body segments, and she felt like I was the man to best teach them.

We decided that we would start with a workshop on the neck and shoulders entitled “How to Keep Your Neck and Shoulders as Healthy and Pain Free as Possible.”

 I put together a VERY comprehensive lecture for her people and the response I got from everyone was fantastic.  Lots of light bulbs went off and lots of people left encouraged and empowered that they could effectively help themselves overcome many of these issues.

I had my assistant James record the entire workshop and we just recently got it onto YouTube for public viewing.

I highly encourage you to check it out.  It is 1 hour and 55 minutes long and even though it will be very helpful to see the entire thing, I’ve created a table of contents for you so that you can skip right to the sections that most interest you if you prefer.

0:00-2:10- Audience surveys of what they want covered

2:10-5:00- How I got into the field

5:00-9:27- Statistical significance of musculoskeletal ailments and how life gets affected by neck and shoulder problems

9:27-17:07- Anatomy of neck problems, why we get them and why they are so debilitating

17:07-20:48- Anatomy of shoulder problems, why we get them and what is actually happening inside

 20:48-23:41- Description of the various tissues in the neck and what happens when they get injured or damaged

 23:41-53:30- How are most of these issues handled? Whats wrong with the current approaches to these problems? What is really causing the pain? What should you do about the pain? How effective are the common medical and alternative treatments to these problems? 

 53:30-1:22:40- Nutritional factors affecting pain and inflammation.  How does water help these issues?  What are the foods that can make the symptoms worse?  What supplements should you use?  What have I seen happen with clients of mine who have implemented these strategies?

 1:29:19-1:42:35- How to choose the right activities to participate in and not participate in.  How much recovery time do you need? How do you achieve the optimal mechanical posture for your neck and shoulders?  What sleep positions are the best?  How can you arrange your workstation to be more favorable for neck and shoulder health? 

 1:42:35-1:55:00- Flexibility exercises to do throughout the day to loosen up tight muscles and maintain good range of motion in the neck and shoulders. 

 You can watch the video by clicking on the image below.