Relief dos and dont's for that nagging neck pain
Most neck pain comes from preventable causes such as poor posture, stress and anxiety, and sitting in prolonged positions with the neck bent for too long. As a result, many people tend to have imbalances in their neck muscles, and that causes the deeper muscles that attach one vertebrae to another to become weak and overstretched. To combat neck pain, people are advised to maintain good posture, keep a computer at eye level, and keep from holding the neck in a bent position for more than 10 minutes at a time.
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