Gentle Shoulder Rolls
Eases stiffness around the neck and shoulders.
What it helps
Eases stiffness around the neck and shoulders, keeping the area loose and comfortable.
How to do it
- Sit or stand tall.
- Slowly roll your shoulders up, back, and down in a smooth circle.
- Repeat, then reverse direction.
Tips
- Keep the motion slow and relaxed.
- Breathe as you move.
Commonly done as 10 each direction repetitions, several times a day.
Where this appears in recovery
Gentle Shoulder Rolls is part of 26 recovery programs, most often at the immediate recovery (weeks 0–2), protected healing (weeks 0–2) and graft protection (weeks 2–6) stages, among others. Each program shows how it fits alongside the other movements:
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- Revision ACDF exercise guide
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) exercise guide
- Posterior Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis exercise guide
- Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion exercise guide
- Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion exercise guide
- Anterior Scoliosis Correction exercise guide
- Anterior Scoliosis Correction exercise guide
- Cervical Hardware Removal exercise guide
- Cervical Hardware Removal exercise guide
- Cervical Laminectomy exercise guide
- Cervical Microdiscectomy (Posterior) exercise guide
- …and 14 more
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These are general exercise guides, not a personal prescription. The repetitions and frequency shown are what's commonly used — your own surgeon or therapist may advise something different, and their guidance comes first.