Neck Pain Isn’t a Neck Problem
A personal story about pain, patterning, and the muscles hiding behind the scenes
Not long ago, I woke up and couldn’t turn my head to the left. Not a little stiffness—not the kind you shake off after a weird night’s sleep. I mean stuck. Locked up. Pain shooting from my neck into my skull and down through my traps, making it hard to move, think, or function. But even in the middle of that discomfort, I knew it wasn’t my neck’s fault.
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