What should I do if my neck hurts when doing sit-ups?

Many people always have neck pain when doing sit-ups. I believe many netizens also have such symptoms and confusion. Why is this happening?

Sitting ups

A few sit-ups, you can immediately feel the abdominal muscles and waist and back muscles tense, and the effect is very obvious.

But some people often feel neck pain after doing sit-ups. Why is this? How to prevent them

It turns out that these The sit-up practitioners all trained with their arms stretched back and their hands crossed behind their heads for training. At the beginning of the exercise, they seemed very relaxed and the frequency of movement was very fast, but after a while, the speed was significantly slowed down and the whole movement would be very difficult.

So, they used their shaking arms to pull their heads and neck forward, so that the entire torso bends forward to make up for the lack of abdominal muscle strength.

Because of this, the cervical spine and neck are soft. The tissue has a strong flexion stress. Once the stress exceeds the limit that the cervical spine or neck soft tissue can withstand, it will cause neck strain or minor damage, causing neck pain.

How to correct it?

1. To prevent this neck pain, avoid using your arms instead of waist and abdomen during training. Especially for those with weak abdominal muscle strength, it is not advisable to use a position behind your arms, but extend your arms forward and train, which can reduce the difficulty of movement. Secondly, it avoids pulling the head and neck. Also, the movements should not be too fast.

2. Learn to exert force on the abdominal muscles, rather than leveraging the whole body to complete the movements. Relax other parts of the body, keep the abdomen tense continuously. The chin is retracted.

3. Pay attention to quality, and every movement must be standard. Don’t force it. The cheating will only bring side effects!

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