Happy World Dream Day!
Yesterday I was at the first of two soccer games, and one of my teammates Mia had her neck spasm on the field.
As in, couldn’t turn her head without turning her whole body.
To my amazement, she continued to play the game as best she could.
At halftime, she said, “I need your help,” and so we jumped into trying an exercise to take pressure off the neck muscles and give her the ability to turn her head again.
Now, my teammates have grown accustomed to someone asking me for help, and tend to stop what they are doing to listen to what I am talking about this time.
When she said her neck was tight, there was a general murmur amongst the nearest players to us, and they all nodded that their necks were perpetually tight, too.
I also noticed the body language of those players: it is what I call the ‘international tight neck’ signal.
Whereby you reach up and grab that tight spot with one hand, move your head around a little, and grimace.
I’m sure you’ve seen this happen countless times.
So, we tried the exercise, and it took some, but not all the tension out.
Enough to turn her head more than she had been able to previously, and then it was time to take the field again.
What did I have her try? The video is above, and we did a version of that.
If it is your dream to have a pain free life or to not panic that your pain might strike at any time and you will be forced to stop what you’re doing, consider joining the upcoming group training program.
I am going to bump the start to mid-october for a bunch of reasons and it will run 27 days.
Here’s to balance, strength, and dreamy happiness!
🙂 Laura
