Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain : Easy, Effective Practices for Releasing Tension and Relieving Pain

Everyday activities such as using the computer, driving, or even curling up with a good book can create tension in the neck and shoulders. It's no wonder that so many of us have persistent discomfort and pain in these areas. Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain presents simple, yoga-based practices that you can do at work and at home to release muscle tension for immediate relief. After suffering from chronic neck pain for years, author and yoga therapist Carol Krucoff developed the unique self-care program found in this book. Now you, too, can free yourself from neck pain by practicing simple yoga exercises to stretch tight muscles and strengthen weak ones and by learning to properly align your body when performing everyday activities that may be contributing to your pain. This fully illustrated, easy to follow guidebook also addresses common problems that may accompany neck tension, including headaches, upper back pain, and stress. Everyday activities like using the computer, driving home from work, and even relaxing with a good book round our bodies forward, creating pain and tension in the neck and shoulders. And given how much time we spend hunched forward in this digital age, it's no wonder that 10 to 20 percent of us have persistent or chronic neck pain. Author Carol Krucoff suffered from debilitating neck pain for years before creating a yoga-based self-care program that eliminated her problem entirely. In Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain, she shares her revolutionary techniques for relieving this common and often disabling problem and also addresses disorders associated with neck pain, including headaches, breathing problems, and digestive issues. Readers learn how to align their bodies properly when using a computer, talking on the telephone, and doing other activities that may potentially cause neck and shoulder pain. The book features simple yoga-based neck and shoulder exercises readers can do at work or at home to release muscle tension and relax when they begin to feel pain. Readers also discover how they can create an easy daily yoga practice to increase flexibility and prevent tension In Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain, Duke Integrative Medicine yoga therapist and personal trainer Carol Krucoff offers readers effective yoga stretches, postures, and mind-body techniques for eliminating neck and shoulder pain and tension.