The One Neck Stretch No One is Doing for Forward Head Posture & Neck Pain - Dr Mandell 

Thank goodness for you!! I suffered with the inability to turn my head for decades; I may have relief for a few days but mostly it was pain and inability to move my head. I also dislocated my pelvis and lived with it for 15 years...cramped and locked glute muscle with painful scar tissue; add to that tennis elbow that grew into a completely frozen shoulder. Your video...this one was the start of my recovery and I could never thank you enough. It has been so hard to get thru these things but with your information and MOTIVATION I now feel like I can live for the first time in 35 years. I have learned alot from you as well as some other talented therapists on RU-vid. If my feedback on what I have learned can help I would be more than happy to share. You are a hero Dr. Mandell...my own personal hero. Thank you with all my heart. You didn't just help me make it a great day...you did so much more. Much love to you and yours in your practice...never a day goes by that I don't think of you.

Thanks Dr. Alan Mandell. For 5 days going on 6 I have had blurred vision, dizziness, and tingling down my left arm from only what I assume is sleeping in a bad position in a hotel bed. It is freaking me out the blurred vision but watching your videos and doing your neck stretches are helping me to feel slightly better and help to alleviate some of these symptoms. Not only are you helping me to understand that neck issues can be causing these symptoms, you are giving answers to help alleviate. Thank you for producing these videos and fingers crossed I get some relief!!

Great stretch - I can already feel increased blood flow/nerve impulses in those muscles after doing it a few times. And I feel like my neck is really supporting my head more, as it's supposed to.

Dr. Mandell You hit another miracle. When I was 18, I had a motor scooter accident. The back wheel of my scooter flipped out from under me going 50MPH. I scraped all of my back and broke my clavicle bone in three places. What you just showed me instantly removed the pain I have every day until I pull back the shoulder ... Crack and pain is gone. But, this procedure did that more easily than trying to pull my shoulder apart. Yet another miracle by Dr. Mandell. ... Pain all gone WOW thank you Dr. Mandell! PS: I have been watching your videos and this one is the closest to that particular pain. I am always clicking on your videos, and will always give you thumbs UP! So there you have it ... "YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY."

This guy is God sent, I've been suffering from tinnitus and dizziness/light-headness and just after trying this it has helped greatly I recommend this!!

You are a life saver, Doc. Time and time again, I've found relief from your wonderful stretch videos for my whiplashed neck. This world will be a much better place if we have more doctors like you. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and being a bliss for people like me!

Thanks a lot my neck was stuck but after this exercise I've healed very fast

Thank you! I do all kinds of stretches at my desk and this one is going to help a lot more than what I've been doing!

Thank you so much for this video. For years I've suffered crippling headaches, muscle pain and cramps etc due to poor posture. Even after going to a chiropractor I haven't felt as good as I do after doing these stretches. I heard a crack in my spine when turning my head and all of a sudden I feel so much lighter. It's amazing! My neck sits back in it's normal position again and I can finally stand up straight without having to force it. Thank you!

omg i been having horrible neck pain for weeks and this was instant relief. thank you so much.

I dove into a racquetball wall 25 years ago, and my shoulder seized up for 6 months. Up to about 7 years ago I would have a sharp pain when I did this stretch in this video. It was like a thin cord was barely holding on around my collar bone in this location in the video. But magically about 7 years ago when I did this stretch I no longer had this sharp painful sensation anymore. It disappeared all by itself. I can play racquetball way more effectively now because of that, so much so at the age of 46 I was 9th in Canada in 2013.

Doc !!! Where have you been !!! Thanks this is the ONE I needed. I was stuck on duty by a drunk driver and well my recovery is not going so well. This one was an instant relief. Going in the PT toolkit !!!!

This is literally the only thing that works for me....I endure this pain a few times a year...and when I do...I scrambled to find this video and it works everytime... Thanks Doc.

Wow, thanks! I have terribly tight muscles all thru my shoulders and neck, I've just recently started doing stretches to help. I'm a stomach sleeper and that aggravates everything. (Going to try your pillow trick, I need to sleep in a different way!) Two days ago I woke up with extreme pain around my right occipital muscle. I've done tons of stretches yesterday and today to stretch out. I didn't realize how much the SCM muscles were contributing to the problem! All your exercises have helped, but this unusual clavicle pressure next stretch REALLY help relieved a lot of pain in the occipital! I had NO idea the pain and tightness I was actually having at the SCM trigger point on my jawline right below the ear area. WOW. Super helpful. Will recommend to all my friends. Thanks again.

That is a great stretch! Sitting at a desk each day does take its toll. Thank you for the great advice! God bless.

Thank you Dr Mandel all exercises you have demonstrated are helping me but this one is easy to remember how to do it. I am grateful and feeling confident to cope with neck and shoulder and spine problems in my senior years God bless you for your wisdom and generosity

Doc im not blowing smoke up your ( ) You are my hero really i cant thank you enough im getting better slowly im working hard on your exercises and advice, just want to thank you so much,, i can't afford to see all these specialist, but your vids help me so much, my posture causing me so much pain but i am getting a little better day by day thank you @GODBLESS

This is the most helpful stretch I have ever done for my neck pain and headaches. Thank you so, so much!

thank you, have suffered from headaches my whole life. Love reading, am typing 9 hours a day now at a computer will try this.

Fantastic! I felt that stretch deep inside my ear. I struggle with tinnitus, and maybe this will help that, too. You are a great soul, thank you for reaching out to be a blessing to us.

absolutely excellent! thanks so much for showing us this very helpful stretch. what a blessing to find you and may God bless you!

Bite? Tats a first I come across. Tat is sooo awesome! Thank u so much!! I am teaching them in my class and they love it. We r in appreciation of u!

Amazing stretch!! love your videos!! thank you so much!!

Holy crap im crying i have felt this relieved in years

I have mild desiccation in the neck and herniated discs in the lower back. 4 years ago i could hardly walk at the nerve pain in my leg was so bad. With easy yoga stretches it improved...but now the pain is in my shoulder and running down my arm and I hand falls asleep in the middle of the night. Thank you for these videos. I will take the advice. I am scared about the progression as I get older. I am in my mid 50s and my Dad has a horrible back...so it runs in the family.

Thank You Doc. This stretch is fantastic!

.Description and picture shows that longus coli and captitus are being stretched when in fact they are long and tight due to forward head posture. strengthening the true and deep flexors while stretching the posterior cervicals is in order. I do not negate that this is a significant stretch, as I use it, but I do challenge that it is the longus muscles that are being stretched. a chin tuck, or retraction of the head, as if to flatten the cervical curve, actually strengthens the Longus muscles and stretches the short and tight posterior cervical muscles which contribute to forward head posture. This stretch serves to do a fascial release on sternocleidomastoid, infra hyoids and anterior scalene, which are short and tight with said posture, not longus coli and longus capitus which are long and tight in a forward head posture. Still good. still needed as other muscles involved are being stretched. The following by Dr. Mandell should be used in conjunction with the stretch in this video to actually strengthen the deep flexors and stretch the posterior cervicals. . ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-um6opADsVJk.html

*Stretches start at **2:16*

Omg. This felt amazing. I felt it in my ear.

Tried all the exercises from 3 of your videos.and haven't been so relieved in years. Thank you so much sir. I am a an endodontist by profession and this trapezius pain and neck clicking have been there since I started with the clinical work during my undergraduation. Lucky to have come across your video.

That stretch really hurts for me! I'm so stupid cause I've never stretched my whole life and i'm 28. It's been 3 years that I always get headaches, but never really realized that my muscles were all tensed. Now that i'm doing some stretching, I can feel the difference. Thank you for making these videos!

Thank for that stretchexcercise, so glad i found your channel😊

I'''m so thankful I found your video's. I have been suffering with neck pain for years along with migraine headaches. I do these exercises & I feel so much better. Keep up the good work

I always wondered how I could stretch those muscles in my neck. Thank you!

I'm loving these new techniques. That stretch was very intense, is it supposed to be? Awesome new introductions to the videos too!!

God bless you for sharing this information..awesome stretch !!

Hey Dr Mandell, I just want to let you know I really appreciate everything I’ve learned from you. As a dentist who often deals with myofascial pain and bruxism in conjunction with OSA, you have given me a few very good techniques to help my patients with. You have also helped me eliminate my migraines in one day just from your atlas/axis techniques, and believe me I’ve done it all. Good on you and keep it up. I will stay tuned and subscribed.

This is doing wonders for my jaw

This so fantastic thankyou!!!!!!!

Dr. where have you been all my life? I just discovered your videos and teachings! My first neck spasm , I was 9 y.o. Seriously Than you, !d

Could feel it immediately. I've been doing all those other stretches for years with minimal benefit. Great! Thank you!

Thank you Doctor .highly and greatly appreciated

wow that was incredible!!!thank you for sharing!

This stretch is fantastic! I did it a couple of times yesterday before bed and my neck immediately felt better. Better yet, I woke up with no neck pain for the first time in ages. Thank you so much Dr. Mandell!

Did most of your neck stretches today, my issue is neck & shoulder pain from trap. spasm. They really helped, thanks!

Super stretch thanks

I fault all the tension in my upper back relived I can breath again. Thanks

Truly working..Thank you..God Bless

oh really amazing stretch. fells superb

Oh my goodness! I did this just once now and my head literally went back and into proper position, giving enough resistance to not go into the slouchy forward head position I usually find myself in b/c Im on the cell and computer all day! Thank you so much for this! It's gold!!!

after 17 yrs of installing wood floors..I'm thinking i need this stretch....BAAAD..thank you Dr

So good doctor

Amaizing DOC thank you so much 😍😍😍

Serious Dr i can't say it enough..YOU ARE THE BEST! Thank you for all the information you give to people!

Excellent stretch, anyway I still struggle with my sleep I can only sleep on my back for some reason. My pain is at the back of my neck when I lean my head forward.

Thank you! Thank you! I've been working on my forward head posture with standard exercises, chin tuck, etc and finding it so difficult. This felt better immediately. I think this is my turning point.

Thank you sir. God bless you.

Thanks so much for all you do. Very helpful

My physio gave me this stretch years ago and it has been a goto for me ever since and very effective. She calls the front muscles scalenes though. Are these the same? Thanks for your videos as they are a great reminder to persist!

great tip!

I had a lot treatments, none of them could explain the main cause of my neck issue. Actually the sore will travel down to my arm. I have tried you exercises and they helped me a lot. thank you so much Dr. Mandell. I also have problem with my stomach, if you have exercise for releasing the tension around the top of the stomach, it would be appreciated. Thank you again. I really hope, you are living around my city. :(

Dr. M, thanks for your pain-stopping videos! How often should we do this one?

feels great!! thanks

Great exercise!

Wow that's great thank you.

Will give this one a go next time i have a headache, have been getting frontal headaches on and off daily for about a year now :(

God bless you Dr Alan

Thank you ❤

Thank you for advice ... dr.

Thank you doc, ur awesome!!

genius dr

that was an almost instant posture check. Thank you doctor mandel! I hope my neck gets better, you've been helping it a lot

this feels so good :) 😍 thank u so much sir. love watching and learning from your videos.

Hi Doctor, What a great stretch, thank you for sharing. Do you have any stretches that are for good for the women's posture. Specifically for the lower back, to bring the hips/ chest back in alignment. Thanks!

youre the man Doctor AL!! i felt instant relief and freedom of movement in my neck!

Hello from far Latvia. This stretch immediately relieved the spasm in a back of my neck (around C7) that I have been suffering for 6 month, unable to get rid of it even by daily physiotherapy exercises that I've been doing for past 3 month. Thank you a lot Dr.Mandell. Indeed you are the only one who recommended to stretch the front flexors instead of rear once that seem to be already overstretched (straight neck syndrome). God bless you!

This is great...My neck is so stiff that I can barely lay down. Thank you, the stretch helped me so much!!❤️❤️❤️

Are you touching the clavicle and pulling? Or off to the side. And why?

Thank you so much!!!

awesome. but what is an underbite! how do you do that? what exactly do you mean? pushing chin out? thanks

Question?🐝 but first thank you for all your tutorials they all are fantastic n they work! 🐛 Q? 🐝🐝🐝🐝🍯🐝 I had servicial Surgery Sep. 2015, disk replacement between the 4 n 6. the incision was made on my left side. When I do this stretch I feel it a lot more, then my right side and I'm bit afraid !🙆 is it okay to do as much stretch on both side?🐛 🙇

EXCELLENT! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge; this stretch has been a great discovery for me.

Thank you

I'm so happy that I've discovered your videos! This stretch has been especially helpful for my occipital neuralgia and headaches. Thank you so much!

Thanks it did help ..Thank you :)

I don't understand what you mean when you say :"Do an underbite?" I can't actually see you doing anything in the video?

watching this video slunched over with bad posture and curved XD Lol

Easy to do and something I can practice frequently. Felt immediate stretch and opening; thank you!

I got FAITH in you and Bob and Brad, cuz ya healed my neck shoulder bursitis and severe sciatica. I'm a back-sleeper, and I recently healed my severe sciatica in less than a week, by simply putting a pillow under my knees when sleeping. It was so bad, when I'd get up in the morning, it felt like I was being poked in the R hip with a burning knife. Even if you're not a back sleeper, the pillow under knees is very comfortable, and Imo, if you can at least begin sleeping like this, it will help alleviate and realign your lower spine and possibly cure you. PS: Got this from MotDoc. If you suffer from (I-phone..laptop head-forward, shoulder and neck pain), I cured that again as a back-sleeper, by rolling up a medium towel with a pillow case held together with rubber bands, sleeping with it under my neck. That took a little longer, 2-3 weeks, but I'm cured. :)

I love you doctor

Had a great laugh performing this exercise! This was an eye opener.

Wow. I have TMJ and felt some relief from that too!

Another Ace exercise - thank you so much Dr Mandell

Yes I can feeli it very good one this

I have done and continue to do all other exercises you have suggested. I just did this and holy hell did it buuuuuuuuuurn, BUT I feel a whole lot better afterwards. This has been the best one yet! As a dishwasher I am constantly looking down. I will do this before, middle shift and after work. I am making progress thanks to you! Thank you!

Just super release of neck tension. 🚗 Great for relief after a long day driving.

Hi Doc, & thank you for being here. I'm 66 and have had neck issues for over a decade. It it now to the breaking point for me. Been doing data processing on a computer for almost 30 years. Also a drummer vocalist. When I woke up the next morning from my last gig, I suffered from equilibrium issues, headache, nausea, increase pain & chronic pulsitile tinnitus. Diagnosed with Alkaloid Spondilitus. Have osteoarthritis throughout my body. There is chronic pain in my left shoulder/neck etc. Sometimes I just feel like giving up on living. Doctors only suggest steroid shots or surgery or never address the issue but just the symptoms. I will give these exercises a try to see if I can get a little relief. I also just ordered the "Posture Pump" to see if that will help some of my issues. Sorry for the long winded post... Thanks Steve T.

I couldn't see what you meant by underbite.Can you explain?

thank you very much Dr.M i have been struggle for 8 yrs of neck pain and shoulder pain....now in just 20 second everything is fine god bless Dr.M..

By underbite do you mean sliding the lower jaw forward? Thanks