Exercise & Fitness

5 Classical Chinese Dance Exercises to Alleviate Shoulder and Neck Pain

Certified personal trainer Amber Yang, and classical Chinese dance instructor, Rocky Liao, demonstrate easy to do exercises that can be done at home.
5 Classical Chinese Dance Exercises to Alleviate Shoulder and Neck Pain
Prolonged sitting and poor posture often lead to shoulder and neck pain, affecting daily life and work efficiency. Asian Isolated/Shutterstock
Amber Yang
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Prolonged sitting and poor posture often lead to shoulder and neck pain, affecting daily life and work efficiency. As such conditions are prevalent in today’s society, knowing how to reverse or prevent them with certain exercises is beneficial. Rocky Liao, a classical Chinese dance instructor, introduces several dance movements and basic training techniques that can help alleviate shoulder and neck discomfort.

Maintaining a single posture for an extended period keeps the shoulder and neck muscles tense, preventing them from resting. This can lead to hypoxia (insufficient oxygen in the tissues), poor blood circulation, stiffness, and ultimately, pain. To address these issues, it is essential to relax or stretch the levator scapulae, upper trapezius, pectoralis major, and pectoralis minor muscles while strengthening the middle rhomboid and lower trapezius muscles.

Amber Yang
Amber Yang
Amber Yang is a certified personal trainer. She met all the requirements of the American Council on Exercise to develop and implement personalized exercise programs. She worked as a marketing manager for natural skin care products for years and as a health and beauty reporter and editor for ten years. She is also the host and producer of the YouTube programs "Amber Running Green" and "Amber Health Interview."
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