@zaccupples: You stretch and massage your neck and it stays tight. You're probably skipping these muscles. They sit around the hyoid, the small bone at the front of your neck. The muscles above and below it move your neck and jaw. They also run your breathing, swallowing, speaking, and tongue position. When they get tight, they pull on all of it. Quick test: teeth together, look up as far as you can, then open your mouth. If your head tips further back, these muscles need work. Lie on your back with a towel roll under your neck. Tongue on the roof of your mouth, swallow, then inhale and glide the jaw forward. Then hum your full exhale, and finish with an assisted swallow. Anatomy visuals: @Anatomy.app Save this for your next tight-neck day.

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