CHIN TUCKS

The chin tucks exercise is used to activate the deep neck flexor muscles of the cervical spine. Start by lying on your back on a padded surface. Proceed to tuck the chin into the ground as if to create a ‘double chin’. Do so without raising the forehead towards the ceiling. Hold this contraction for up to 5 seconds before resting and repeating.

Muscles involved:

• Deep neck flexors

  • longus colli

• sternocleidomastoid

• scalenes

Related conditions:

• Headaches

• Forward Head Posture

• Upper Cross Syndrome

• Text Neck / Nerd Neck

• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)

• Brachial Plexopathy

• Cervical Disc Herniation

Exercise videos