17/10/2025
“Woke up with a stiff neck, tension in your shoulders, or a nagging base-of-skull ache? You’re not alone.”
Here’s the hard truth:
• Around 4.9% of people in the UK have neck pain at any given time, and up to 50% will experience it in a year.
• Two-thirds of us now deal with monthly back or neck tension — and most don’t realize it can spiral.
Why this matters:
— Poor posture, stress, and long hours at a desk or phone load tension into the neck & shoulders.
— The more it lingers, the harder it is to fully shake off (up to 65% of people have repeat episodes).
— This isn’t “just discomfort” — it can disturb sleep, mood, focus, and movement.
3 Simple Moves You Can Do Right Now
1. Micro-break posture resets — every 30 minutes: roll your shoulders back, tuck the chin slightly, breathe deep.
2. Gentle neck mobility — slow side-to-side turns, ear-to-shoulder tilts (never force it).
3. Heat + light massage — 5 minutes using a hot water bottle or self-massage along the trapezius and skull base.
These habits help prevent stiffness turning into something more stubborn.
But if your pain is creeping in more often — or you feel “stuck” in stiffness — your body is telling you something.
As your local sports therapist & wellbeing coach in Plymouth, I can help restore your full, pain-free movement.
My approach = evidence-based manual therapy + movement coaching, so you not only feel better — you stay better.
💬 To explore whether this is mere tension or a deeper issue, DM “NECK” or call me now.
You deserve to move freely, pain-free.
— Scott Lester
Sports Therapist & Wellbeing Coach | Plymouth
BSc (Hons), I.S.R.M, STO, C.N.H.C
Email: wellbeingrecoverymassage@gmail.com
Phone: 07530 373896
