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Hey guys, in this video we're going to talk about how to relieve neck stiffness and

neck pain, okay?

So I have my friend right here and we're just going to kind of show you some insights

on what's behind stiffness of the neck, okay?

Now the first thing you need to know is that 90% of all the motion in the neck happen

between the skull and the first bone right up in here, okay?

So when you turn your head, most of the motion is up here, not down here.

So that's kind of what we're going to be focusing on with this technique.

It's between this first bone called the atlas and the skull, okay?

So that's number one.

Number two, so you can see on this plastic model that there are muscles, tendons and ligaments

that tightly connect the skull to the first bone right here, okay, and the second bone

as well.

So there's a lot of muscles and ligaments and tendons that are connecting these two

right here and from whiplash, from injury, they can get really, really tight, okay?

Now one thing you need to know is that if your digestion is off, if you have a lot of

constipation or bloating, there's certain nerves that can go up to the brainstem and make

this area very, very tight.

In other words, you can have a lot of neck stiffness from your digestion.

So that would explain the people who do a lot of massage and carpractic to the neck, but

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