I’m a big fan of the therapeutic value of walking through the neighborhood. There are so many reasons to do it and I especially like to encourage clients to do this after a session of detailed cervical (neck) massage.

Taking 10 or 15 minutes to walk through your neighborhood seems to allow for more natural neck movements than deliberately stretching. Rotate your head head to look at houses and safely cross the street; flex to admire new blooms or the dog walking past; tilt to catch the tattoo of a woodpecker; and extend to look up – yeah that was a raindrop (welcome to Portland). This seems to give you the opportunity to feel where you are gaining more freedom in motion.

Tags: Therapeutic Massage

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