To make matters worse, their neck muscles aren't as well developed and they often lack the correct heading technique that can help dissipate the force of the ball.
According to Dr. Jack Dennerlein, a professor of ergonomics at the Harvard School for Public Health, taking frequent breaks from the tablet or computer to stretch your neck muscles or change position is the easiest way to reduce neck discomfort or strain.
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Dr Peckham's parallel nervous system picks up electrical signals from the neck and shoulder muscles.
Candy watched her for a while, as if studying an insect, noting the little flutters of her eyelids and lips, her long, corded neck, the muscles of which seemed tense, even in sleep.
With practice a patient can control his hand by moving muscles in his neck.
After two hours of coding at work, the trapezius muscles connecting his neck to his shoulders feel as hard as cast iron.
This is much more involved, requires a large incision as well as division of large muscles of the neck with hospitalization for 1-2 days.
And the muscles in their neck, that on Earth work all day to support the head, are weak, so they can easily sprain their neck by looking to the side, too quickly.
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The back of my throat went on tightening, and other muscles lower down my neck joined in, tugging at my lips, trying to stretch them over my teeth.
But just as striking for me has been the experience of sitting no more than a metre and a half away from Oscar Pistorius - able to hear his breathing patterns, his sobs, muttered prayers, and to see the muscles strain on his neck as he stares forward, with the concentration you would expect from someone braced for the start of an Olympic final.
Peckham implants a sensor that reads the electrical signals from one of these muscles, usually in the neck or forearm.
He acted with his creased brow, his jagged bone structure, and his narrowed eyes, as well as with the muscles in his chest, shoulders, and neck.
His muscles had grown noticeably softer in the stomach and around his neck.
CTDs are musculoskeletal disorders involving damage to tendons, bones, muscles, and nerves of the hands, wrists, elbows, neck, and back.
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