Question

If the chin tuck with lacrosse ball loosened the suboccipital muscles, which of the following cervical movements should have a greater range of motion?

1. Cervical rotation
2. Cervical flexion
3. Cervical extension
4. Both A and B

Answer 1

Answer for the question:  Both A and B

Explaining the answer: The person he / she having stiffness or muscles spasm in the sub occipital muscles, they have to perform these kind of exercises to loosesn the sub occipital muscles.

Supine position lying - this is the position to perform the exercises. And below to the neck or in the occipital region. They have to place the ball, any kind of ball which is especially rubbery type (lacrosse ball).

And then they have put the pressure to chin and perform tucking of the chin. This will relax the muscles of the neck (sub occipital muscles). Which improves the action of the sub occipital muscles.
The action are ; extension and rotation of the neck or cervical.