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Having stiff neck? Here are some Yoga tips to help you out
Are you facing neck issues regularly? Do you usually find your neck stiff in the morning? Are you looking for some solution to relax your neck muscles? If yes, then we are drooping some easy yogic exercises that will help to relieve you from neck pain.

When we sit in the wrong posture, we face neck issues such as pain in the neck and stiffness. For that, we usually blame the winter season for it. We generally forget to do some yogic exercises that are necessary to maintain our neck stretches while working. We usually sleep in the wrong positions or work because of those long calls. Also, we can get stiffness in our necks due to excessive stress in our bodies. When we have a stiff neck, it is very difficult to move our neck. Also, it leads to pain in the neck, head, shoulders, and arm.
Yoga is a practice that can help you to get rid of neck pain and stiffness. There are a lot of holistic asanas that can help you to relieve stress from your muscles and will relax your body.
Here we are giving you some amazing yogic exercises that will help in relieving your neck stiffness.
Backbends
Backbends are a type of yogic exercise when you lay down in a cobra structure. For doing this exercise, you should lie down in a prone position. Then, place your palms underneath your shoulder blades. After this, you have to lift your upper body with your palms still touching the ground. Finally, you have to look up in cobra posture. Then, hold it for a few seconds and lower your body to relax.
Joint Movements
Well, if you have pain in your neck regularly, then you should do joint movements such as shoulder circles. It should be done regularly in the morning and evening to relax your neck muscles.
Stretching Exercises
Well, stretching exercise is another yogic exercise that can help you to strengthen the muscles around your neck. Your neck is connected to your upper back due to which this exercise can help to relieve your neck muscles.
Stretches of Neck
If your neck goes stiff, then it is one of the easy yogic practices that you can do to relieve your neck muscles. You can bend your neck to either left or right and hold a few breath before changing the neck position. Regularly do this in the morning and evening to relieve yourself from neck pain.
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India logged over 3,000 fresh cases of the coronavirus infection, the highest in almost six months, over the past 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases in the country to 13,509, data updated on the Union Health Ministry’s website revealed on Thursday.

India logged over 3,000 fresh cases of the coronavirus infection, the highest in almost six months, over the past 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases in the country to 13,509, data updated on the Union Health Ministry’s website revealed on Thursday.
According to the health ministry’s data, 3,016 new cases of the Covid-19 virus were registered in the past 24 hours, the highest since October 2 last year when a total of 3,375 cases were recorded.
As per the data, fourteen more people have succumbed to the deadly virus with eight fatalities being reported from Kerala, three from Maharashtra, two from Delhi and one reported by Himachal Pradesh within a span of 24 hours, taking the overall death toll in India to 5,30,862 since the Covid-19 outbreak.
The data, updated at 8 am on the Union Health Ministry’s website, has pegged the daily at 2.73 percent while the weekly positivity has surged to 1.71 percent.
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According to the ministry’s data, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country since the pandemic started, stands at 4.47 crore (4,47,12,692) while the number of people who have successfully recovered from the viral infection has surged to 4,41,68,321 with the case fatality rate pegged at 1.19 percent.
The data also reveals that 220.65 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive while over 92 crore Covid detection tests have been conducted since the viral outbreak in 2019.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a review meeting due to the surge in the number of active Covid cases in the national capital and the spike in daily positivity.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said the AAP government closely monitoring the situation and assured Delhiites to not panic as the hospitalization rate was low.
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The country also logged seven fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,30,848.

India saw a single-day rise of 2,151 fresh Covid-19 cases which is the highest in nearly 5 months. With the new cases being logged in the country on Wednesday, the active cases rose to 11,903.
According to the Union Health Ministry data, it was on October 28 when the country recorded a total of 2,208 cases and since then the cases were on a decline. But now the graph of Covid-19 cases is going up day by day.
The country also logged seven fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,30,848. Three fatality cases were reported in Maharashtra and Kerala each while one was reported in Karnataka.
The data shows the daily positivity in the country stands at 1.51 percent, while the weekly positivity is pegged at 1.53 percent. The number of people who have recovered from Covid jumped to 4,41,66,925 with over 1,200 fresh recoveries.
The country administered 11,336 Covid-19 vaccines in the last 24 hours. India has so far administered 220.65 crore vaccine doses under the nationwide vaccination drive.
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The number of active Covid-19 cases has surged to 10,981 in India as 1,573 new cases of the coronavirus infection have been registered during the past 24 hours, he Union Health Ministry informed today.
According to the updated data on the Union Health Ministry’s website, the number of active cases in the country increased to 10,981 with four more deaths reported due to the Covid-19 infections raising the death toll to 5,30,841. All four deaths were reported from Kerala.
As per the health ministry’s data, the daily positivity was recorded at 1.30 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 1.47 percent, adding that the active cases now comprise 0.02 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79 per cent.
According to the health ministry website, the tally of total number of Covid cases since the viral outbreak has reached 4.47 crore (4,47,07, 525) while 4,41,65,703 people have successfully recuperated from the disease since the pandemic began and the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19 per cent.
The data further revealed that 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
Meanwhile, the surge in deaths due to the H3N2 variant of the seasonal influenza virus is triggering an outbreak scare in the country.
According to official data, India has recorded at least three deaths associated with H3N2 this season.
Fearing the outbreak of another Covid-19 like pandemic, health officials have urged people to wear masks, practice hand hygiene and get a flu shot if they haven’t already. H3N2, is a subtype of the influenza A strain, responsible for one of the three respiratory pandemics in the past century.
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