00:00Welcome. This video is definitely for everyone. Why? How many times have you woke up in the
00:09morning and you said, oh, my shoulder, really the trap. Or you said, I can't turn my head
00:16because of the traps. Or you said, I'm getting these headaches under the skull. I feel pressure
00:23because of the trapezius muscles, those traps. And these nerves go over the head, behind
00:28the eyes because of the traps. This video is all about how I can teach you or help
00:36you release those tight trapezius muscles. We're not talking like taking the head and
00:42stretching them. I'm going to show you a way that you can fatigue it. It goes to the brain.
00:48The messages, as we fatigue it, the brain's going to send messages back to the muscle
00:52and it's going to relax it. And the end result is you're going to get out of pain. The muscles
00:57going to relax. Your shoulders won't feel like they're hunching. You're going to feel as if you
01:02can bring your shoulders back. Your headaches are going to go away. You're going to sleep better.
01:07And your motion in your neck is going to get better. Right now, let's play a little game
01:14real quick. Turn your head to the left. How far can you turn to the left? How far can you turn
01:18to the right? If you notice that you're limited more on one side than the other, that's your
01:23trap muscles. And that's what we're going to correct. So I want you to realize that these trap
01:30muscles look like a triangle. The upper trap muscles. And it attaches underneath the skull
01:37to the lower neck vertebrae. And these upper trap muscles are involved in everything you do all day
01:41long. It raises the shoulder. It allows your head to come back. It allows your head to rotate.
01:48It elevates the back of the shoulder blade. It does many things. And if these muscles are
01:55contracted, you're going to limit all of those bodily functions, which is going to cause more
02:00irritation on the nerve and cause pain. So how do we correct this? You're going to love this.
02:06It's easy. It's simple. It's effective. It's fast. Okay. If it's my right shoulder, or if it's your
02:13right shoulder trap muscle right here, and it's tight, how do we release it? We're not going to
02:18pull on it. Here's what we do. I first want you to elevate it as you're contracting the right trap.
02:25Now I want you to bring the shoulder back. It's still elevated. Now I want you to bring your head
02:30back just like this. Now I like you to take your right ear and bring it to your right shoulder.
02:36Now I'd like you to take your chin and look away. As you look away, as your shoulder's back,
02:41as it's sitting elevated, now the trap muscle's contracted. We're utilizing all the motions
02:47possible of that trap muscle. We're going to hold it there at least 30 seconds. By holding it,
02:53we're contracting it. We're sending messages of the brain to brain, sending messages back
02:57to that area. We're going to start to release it. After 30 seconds, you'll then come back to
03:04the neutral position and you'll shake it off. It's going to feel quite different. Let's do the left
03:10one so we can balance it out. We're going to release that tight left trapezius muscle. Here we
03:17go. First, I want you to elevate it as you contract it. Elevate it nice and high. Now bring it back
03:23as you keep it elevated. Keep that shoulder elevated, but bring it back. I want you to bring
03:27your head back. I want you to take the left ear and bring it to your left shoulder all the way
03:32over. I want you to take the chin and look away and hold it in that position for 30 seconds.
03:38Right now, that muscle is squeezing. You should be feeling that muscle contract.
03:42As that muscle contracts, it's fatiguing as it sends messages back to the brain. The brain then
03:48sends messages back to the muscle. Eventually, that muscle starts to relax immediately after 30
03:54seconds. Then you can relax it. Shake your shoulders. Now turn your head to the left.
04:02Turn your head to the right. Feel the difference. This is the real McCoy. The greatest way to
04:10fatigue and relax that trap muscle. Why is it so important? Because many conditions that
04:16millions of people are suffering from right now affect under the skull, occipital neuralgia,
04:22over the head, behind the eyes, commonly with headaches. This can affect tinnitus. It can affect
04:29our inner ear and our balance within the brain, causing vertigo. So releasing these
04:36trap muscles are so important because if these muscles stay tight, you can't get your shoulders
04:41back. The scapula, the shoulder blades can't come down because they're always sitting upwards.
04:48You may not realize that your trap muscles are extremely tight. That's why your posture may be
04:55altered. Or this is something that's been chronic that you need to release it to get that range of
05:03motion back that you've never had for months or years. So we don't want to patch it up. How often
05:08can you do this? Do it several times. You can do one after the other. You can do it several times
05:13a day. But I challenge you, do this regularly several times for the first week. You will feel
05:19tremendous changes. You're going to sleep better. You're not going to have the headaches. Your
05:23motion is going to be better. You're going to have less pain. You're going to have more mobility
05:27and more clarity. Because remember, when these trap muscles contract, it attaches right behind
05:35the skull. It's called the external occipital protuberance. If you take your hand and you put
05:40it right behind the skull, you'll feel a bump there. That bump is where those muscles attach to.
05:46Imagine all the nerves in there. So when that's pulling, it's tugging, it's irritating our nerves.
05:52What do we just do? We just help correct it by relaxing those trap muscles. And many of you may
05:59have chronic trap muscles. You need to do this more often. For those who have them intermittently,
06:03then do a little bit less. But do this whenever you need to. It's safe. It's effective. And I hope
06:09it works for you. Please share this with your friends and family. Leave your comments below.
06:15And most important, make it a great day. I'm Dr. Alan Mandel.
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