Using anti-ageing creams and protecting your skin from the sun is just beauty common sense. But do you think about treating your neck with the same tender loving care? After the face and hands, the neck is the easiest way to tell a woman's age and unlike with the face, there aren't any surgical quick fixes yet to keep your throat and decollete looking forever youthful. 
When teaching Pilates, I am always telling clients to keep their shoulders away from their ears. Raised shoulders is a sign of serious tension in the neck and upper back and over time it will create pain. Not only that but it wastes energy and can make surrounding areas not function correctly.
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I admit it. I love to watch myself when using weights. It's not because I love staring at my toned muscles; it's because I'm checking my form.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Don't be Nora Ephron. Take care of the skin on your neck, and you will avoid turkey-wattle skin when you're older. My cohort Giggle knows this, which is why she decided to test-drive a neck cream for our necky edification. 
Oversize bags, purses, and gym bags can be convenient, but they're not good for your back, your shoulders, or your neck. O magazine loves to give tips on being both trendy and healthy. And what's more important than a woman's health and her purse?
Nothing feels better than stretching it out when you’re done for the day, especially if you've been sitting at your desk all day long.
Try these four exercises to ease tension in the back, neck, shoulders, arms and wrists.
Back stretch: With your arms crossed over your chest and feet on the floor, lean against the chair back and allow the mid back to curl back over it, lifting elbows up to the ceiling and allowing your head to follow your neck. 
Throughout the month of October, the skin care brand Duchess Marden will donate 10% of all sales from their Damascena Neck & Décolleté Serum ($64) to the Young Survival Coalition. The YSC is the only international non-profit organization that helps to educate the medical community, research teams, breast cancer and legislative arenas.
For those of you who aren't yet familiar with the Duchess Marden Skin Care brand, all of its products come from pure, natural, plant based elements so not only do they smell great, but they are also great for you! 
If you are anything like Nora Ephron and you worry about a saggy neck revealing telltale signs of your age, fear no more! Bliss has just launched a brand new preventative cream with a cheeky title: Bliss Thinny Thin Chin ($48). So far the buzz it's getting is pretty impressive! 
Remember Nora Ephron, the screenwriter of When Harry Met Sally...? Lately, it seems like all she wants to talk about is how she feels bad about her aging neck. "The neck is a dead giveaway," she writes. 
Raise your hand if you've ever woken up with a crick in your neck? You know, that pain on one side, that if you look over one shoulder - YOUCH! It can last all day or even a few days, can cause other muscles to tense up, and can give you a major headache.
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