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hi guys today we’re gonna show you an

amazing stretch for your neck okay so if

we’re looking at the back of someone’s

head the entire skull is attached to the

first vertebra and other vertebrates as

well but it’s there’s this we’re going

to be working with this articulation

between the skull and the first vertebra

there’s a lot of ligaments involved with

this ligaments go from bone to bone

whether you had a table an injury or

some type of injury in the past or you

just basically this the gravity stress

what we want to do is we want to

separate this out a little bit and do a

stretch to increase the space between

the skull and the first vertebra and

because this vertebra is round we’re

going to be stretching at different

angles I’m gonna walk you through it so

if we’re out here we’ll start right here

and we’ll stretch it going this way and

then here and then here like this I’ll

walk you through it all we’re trying to

do is create a little space in there the

back part of the skull is called the

occiput this first vertebra is called

the first cervical vertebra c1 and we’re

just stretching this articulation right

here it’s gonna make you feel really

really good you need someone to do this

on you I would find someone to watch the

video and you can practice back and

forth on each other it does take a

little time a couple little points is

when you put your thumb and you’re

stretching sometimes people don’t have

the wideness of the thumb that you might

need so you’re gonna have to maybe use

part of your hand to do this or go

gentle because you have your hairline

right here and you don’t want to stretch

that so but I’ll walk you through it

alright check this out so here we have a

skull and the skull sits on just one

vertebra right through here c1 cervical

vertebra okay so you can see there’s

these little kind of spaces right here

that this part sits on and it rotates 90

percent of the motion happens in the

first vertebra okay so if we basically

put this back through here you can see

that what we’re going to do is we’re

stretch the art the ligaments between

this first vertebra and the back of this

skull bone right here this is called the

occiput

so it’s an occiput c1 first cervical

stretch and there’s a bunch of ligaments

ligaments go from bone to bone okay

tendons go from muscle to bone so we’re

gonna see these are gonna stretch the

ligaments okay so what we’re going to do

is we’re going to take our hand up

underneath right through here and we’re

going to stretch towards this way

because it kind of got this entire skull

that is resting on a focal point right

here we want to just stretch it this way

okay so we’re going to be stretching it

this way and we come up underneath and

we’re going to lift up now my hands are

gonna be tucked in right here I’m gonna

lift up make sure that you don’t hold

her hair and you want to take a broad

contact so you might want to use your

whole thumb right here and you come

right up and you’re gonna take this hand

to help you go forward I’m exaggerating

here we’re going to stretch this way

here and we’ll do that three or four

times okay and then I’ll kind of slowly

inch over here and kind of come up but

you could even do it like this and I’ll

show you on an actual person too we’re

just stretching up this way and all we

have to do is create a space in this

area and the person is gonna feel a lot

of relief okay now we’re just going to

come straight here and lift up okay you

can even use your your fingers and just

do this right here and but my elbows are

nice and tucked and I’m using all my my

leverage I’m not my arms are out like

this okay

and you can come over here and do this

as well okay just stretching that head

and tucking it down this is the angle so

the angle is like this okay or you can

come over here and take my hand here and

just use the opposite side we’re going

to come here and just kind of

come up I’m here if you can practice

this and get this down you can create a

tremendous amount of relief for someone

they’re gonna sleep better they’re going

to breathe better they’re gonna feel a

lot less stress it’s gonna make them

feel taller this is great from someone

that had an injury from the tailbone

injury because the force travels all the

way up and gets jammed right here so

there’s a lot of reasons to do this the

only thing is if they were involved in a

car accident and they had a front-end

collision the first motion is forward

right because the car stops fast it’s

going to tear these right here so if

they had this injury and then you start

stretching in that direction it’s gonna

make it worse so they’re not going to

feel too good so that would be only time

I wouldn’t do this in which case we do

the opposite stretch we go back this way

okay back don’t go forward so you’ll

know real quick they’re gonna go all it

doesn’t feel so good good then you go

back boom problem solved all right now

let’s show you on an actual person okay

this is how you do it okay we got the

skull sitting on like a little little

dish right in there and it kind of

rotates all around like this it’s

sitting on the first vertebra and what

we’re going to do is we’re going to

create a space between the skull the

bottom of the skull is called the

occiput and the first bone so we’re

going to stretch this now what you can

do is gonna take your thumb okay right

up underneath the occiput so if we look

at this here we’ll take the thumb right

here and we have and it’s a little

tricky because you have to kind of hook

it up right underneath that occiput that

ridge there so we’re gonna take this and

we’re gonna be kind of coming down with

this angle first okay what I’m trying to

do is I’m trying to lift up lift up and

flex forward now what’s happening you

have to be careful because when you do

that it pulls this hair so I’m cautious

about pulling this hair I’m doing it

very gingerly here and I’m taking this

opposite hand putting it over the skull

to stabilize this force right through

here okay so we take this and we’re

going to lift up

and forward okay so we’re gonna flex it

up and forward this way and I’m pulling

up with the head so look at my elbow

right here it’s tucked in my body right

through here so I’m like right here look

at me

um I’m not out here because I used to do

this all day long and it’s

labor-intensive so I got to use my

biomechanics correctly so I’m gonna lift

up and stretch and by the way feels

terrific

does that feel good and I’m also helping

with this hand kind of tilting his head

forward because I’m trying to just take

this motion right here while I lift up

so it does require a little practice so

we’re gonna lift it up right here up

underneath without stretching the hair

all right or irritating his hairline

there okay now I’m gonna inch a little

more inland right through here or up

towards the midline the angle is going

to be instead of right here the angles

now right through here lifting up this

way it helps to have big thumbs you can

see my thumb is real wide

again the you got to be careful of

messing up the hair that’s the most

important thing what here so I’m lifting

up this way and I’m flexing forward so

I’m tucking his chin down this way okay

because I’m creating a stretch now I’m

right in the center and I’m gonna go

straight flex forward this way by the

way audience you can tell he’s putting a

lot of effort into it there’s a lot of

strength going into it but it feels

terrific yeah this is a great stretch

for sleep for neck pain for neck

flexibility full relaxation stress

reduction a lot of people have a lot of

tension

the only time you wouldn’t want to do

this is if you had someone involved in a

car accident on a head-on collision

because their neck went forward first

and they tore all these ligaments so the

last thing you want to do is stretch it

more into flexion in that case if it was

a front-end collision you’d want to

stretch it back okay just do the

opposite so if it hurts the person while

you’re doing this then you know it’s

probably from that and just stop doing

it okay so we’re here now now I can keep

going around this way but I like to use

my middle finger right here I’m not

flipping you guys off but my middle

finger with support of my other fingers

and just kind of start stretching this

way now I’m stretching it this opposite

angle this way so I’m going to lift up

and kind of come down here

you don’t have to do it like that you

can use your thumb you can even use the

opposite side right here

and my thumb is underneath his occiput

stretching up and at the right angle now

I’m over here and I’m coming this way

it’s a subtle motion just all you’re

trying to do is a stretch it just a

little bit sometimes if your thumb is

too narrow

it can kind of be you don’t have the

surface area the surface area is

actually less so Krait might be more

painful so you have to kind of go a

little lighter so adjusted based on the

person’s tolerance there we go

what’s the thing what does it feel like

oh it’s just great a lot of strength

goes in that I can tell that’s not a

subtle little mu but it just feels great

yeah when you start working with the

ligaments and tendons and stretch that

your whole body just gonna feel really

relaxed Tom’s just great your breathing

will be better and this is also really

really good if he fell on his tailbone

because the forest travels from the

tailbone all the way and it gets stuck

right through in here and this is where

there’s a lot of tension all right just

a tremendous process thank you dr. Burke

you’re welcome and for those of you go

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