The isometric chin tuck neck exercise is similar to the standing chin tucks neck exercise in which in the back of your head you are resisting the backwards movement. All of the different chin tucks neck exercises help to improve the forward head posture and stretching the upper neck muscles at the back of the head. The front neck muscles under your chin are strengthening while doing these chin tucks neck exercises.

The goal of the chin tucks neck exercises are to improve the neck posture by limiting the forward head and rounded shoulders posture. We want to limit this forward chin posture to avoid neck pain, neck tension, headaches, stress, numbness and tingling and other possible neck symptoms. These chin tuck neck exercises focuses on the deep neck muscles, the muscles that support your head that weighs about 12 pounds. Think of your head as a bowling ball with small muscles attached to the base of the head trying to support this weight. That’s a lot of work for small neck muscles and by doing neck exercises they will get stronger.

You can do this isometric chin tucks neck exercises either sitting or standing. I’ll describe the sitting isometric chin tuck neck exercise here. This is a great neck exercise to do as a break from being in front of the computer, TV or driving all day. The beauty of this neck exercise is that this targets more than just your neck muscles but also to relax your shoulder muscles and open up your chest muscles. By having you stretch out your chest muscles with this isometric chin tuck neck exercise will reverse the forward shoulder posture.

For this isometric chin tuck position, you want to intertwine your fingers and have your palms behind and at the top of your head. Start by sitting straight up, feet flat on the floor, your chin parallel to the floor, eyes level and looking straight ahead. You want your shoulders to be relaxed.

Breathe in and bring your arms up and have your hands behind your head. Perform a chin tuck by bringing your chin towards the palm of your hands. Be sure that your chin tuck matches the resistance of your hands. Breathe out and hold this position 10 seconds. Then slowly release off your hands. Repeat this isometric chin tucks neck exercises 10 times. 

When these isometric chin tucks neck exercises are done on a daily basis and multiple times throughout the day, will strengthen your neck muscles to improve your head and neck posture. An improved head and neck posture will allow you to breathe in and out more, alleviate neck pain and discomfort and to decrease neck tension.