Lean your head as far as you can to the right, as though bringing your ear to your shoulder. Stop when you feel a stretch through the left side of your neck and into your left shoulder.

If you sit at a desk for work, here are eight stretches that will help you counter the effects from sitting all day.

It shortens and tightens muscles in the neck, which can lead to pain and cause tension headaches. Do these exercises to help stretch and strengthen the muscles that support your head and neck.

Certain exercises, such as stretches and rotations ... Slowly and gently raise your head up, extending your neck against gravity. Hold this position for 5 to 10 seconds. Repeat 15 to 20 times.

With careful slowness, bend your neck to the left (think of bringing your left ear to your left shoulder). Gently place your left hand on top of your head for a deeper stretch. Hold the position ...

Use light pressure and make small circles for three to five minutes daily. Massaging this area increases circulation, ...

A pinched nerve in the neck, though, can be downright excruciating ... Take that same arm, and grab the back of the head. Hold the stretch for 20 seconds, repeating 3 times on each side.

Tanner instructed me to perform the below five stretches every day in order to alleviate my neck pain – even twice ... are in a Y position above your head (moving arms only).

Turn your head to the opposite side and bend your head until you feel a gentle stretch in your neck and back. Hold for 10 seconds, and repeat this three times on this side. Repeat with the other side.