Start the movement by engaging your core, pushing your ribs down and pulling your shoulders slightly back with
a neutral neck position (a).
Keep
a neutral neck position to avoid straining during the movement.
Maintain
a neutral neck position (look about 6 inches in front of you) and keep your feet together.
Every muscle of your upper back and neck should pull evenly on the neck during a strenuous exercise, and this balance is accomplished by keeping a braced and
neutral neck position.
Not exact matches
Keep your head and
neck in
neutral position, creating a straight line with your spine.
To get the most out of this exercise, keep your hands under your armpits and be sure to keep your gaze down so that your
neck stays in a
neutral position.
The adjustable
neck roll keeps your spine in a
neutral position.
Conking out on your back puts your head,
neck and spine in a
neutral position, which provides you with good support, explains Steven Diamant, DC, a chiropractor in New York City.
Slowly lift your arms and upper body, keeping your
neck in a
neutral position.
Mod: Come down into a kneeling
position - spine and
neck are in a
neutral position and your core engaged, or do this on your toes with your upper body elevated on a chair or couch.
Begin in the tall plank
position, shoulders stacked over wrists,
neck nice and
neutral, lower back and core engaged (not sagging).
Mod: Come down into a kneeling
position — spine and
neck are in a
neutral position and your core engaged, or do this on your toes with your upper body elevated on a chair or couch.
The U shaped
neck pillow allows you keep your head in a
neutral position while sleeping.
Also keep your
neck in a close to
neutral position — do not tilt your head up.
Try to keep your spine /
neck in the
neutral position — don't tilt you head.
Keep the
neck in
neutral position.
Keep your
neck in a
neutral position.
With your back still in the flat
position and
neck in the
neutral position, start to lower your body slowly towards the ground.
Some might be wondering how to keep the
neck in the
neutral position.
Make sure that you keep the eyes focused ahead to about three feet from where you are as a way of keeping the
neck in the
neutral position.
Students with
neck problems should keep their head in a
neutral position and not look up at the hands.
Keep the head in a
neutral position with your eyes looking at the floor, or lift the head slightly, without compressing the back of the
neck, and look forward.
The most effective is not sleeping on your stomach and keeping your
neck in a
neutral position on your back.
Keeping a
neutral spine is the safest
position for beginners, looking up creates the risk of cranking your
neck.
Keep your
neck in a
neutral position or allow it to gently drop back.
When in push up
position, we typically know to hold our core in a
neutral position (as if we were planking) but don't always apply that logic to our
necks.
Get into a plank
position with your spine
neutral, including your
neck (don't look forward).
When you start from a seated
position there is less strain on the
neck and it allows you to practice mid back extension, while firing the muscles of the core that help hold our ribs in a
neutral position relative to the pelvis.
Fascinatingly the authors discovered that tablet use increases mechanical demand on
neck muscles by 3 - 5 times more than a
neutral position.