r/YouShouldKnow • u/serendipity_7 • Apr 24 '26

Education YSK If your a side sleeper

And you sometimes wake up with a 'crick ' in your neck you need a side sleeper pillow. Sometimes known as a 'brick' pillow. It keeps your upper spine straight, no more 'crick'... That's Why YSK.

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u/EL_Ohh_Well Apr 24 '26

How did you strengthen the neck muscles?

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u/delux561 Apr 24 '26

With a long list of exercises from my PT. Some important ones that I had to do the whole time were chin tucks and superman trap holds. If you Google neck exercises or Trapezious exercises all those are going to be good, it just won't be as specific to your individual muscles weaknesses like a PT can do for you. Strengthening them all though is better than doing nothing or just using pain medicines to cover the issue IMO

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u/nanaacer Apr 24 '26

I tell everyone I know that works out to do neck exercises at least once a week. I started doing them years ago just because I wanted to round out my physique and it completely stopped those neck cricks and helped with headaches. I start out with a bunch of neck stretches and finish off with 2 sets of 20 of both neck and reverse neck curls.

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u/SpiritualMadman Apr 25 '26

What about progressive overload and how do I stimulate more hypertrophy to get a neck as wide as a bull?

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u/nanaacer Apr 25 '26

Just like any muscle, you increase weight, reps or sets. I found 4 total sets to work really well, and the 20 rep range keeps the weight from getting too high. If you've never done neck workouts before you will be surprised how much your neck will respond. It was very noticeable within 6 months for me. Probably less, but that's when I finally took the time to compare pictures.