Published on: 1/11/2016IST

Jyoti Negi Last updated on: 1/11/2016, Permalink

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The two principle muscles that make up your neck are the sternocleidomastoid and platysma. After some time, skin loses collagen and flexibility, making it hang around the neck and jaw. Components like sun introduction; smoking and less than stellar eating routine can increase the procedure. Certain activities will help in conditioning the muscles that make up your neck, which can pull the overlaying skin more tightly for a more youthful, more beneficial look and kill twofold jaw.

Tongue Press

-Sitting with your back straight and shoulders down, tilt your head back so that you are looking at the ceiling.
-Forcefully press your tongue flat to the roof of your mouth.
-Then, keeping your tongue against the roof of your mouth, lower your chin to your chest as far as possible without rounding your upper back.
-You should feel your chin and the front of your neck contract.
-Then relax your tongue and straighten your neck to return to the starting position.
-Complete two sets of 20 reps each.

Chin Rotations

-In a seated or standing position, elongate your spine for a tall, straight back.
-Then, leading with your chin, slowly and gently rotate your head so it moves in a full circle from your shoulder to chest to shoulder to back. (If full circular rotations bother your neck, stick with semicircles moving from shoulder to shoulder.)
-Make sure to keep your shoulders down and back throughout the movement.
-Complete 10 reps. Repeat in the opposite direction.

Platysma Exercise

This exercise works on the muscle that runs down from your jaw along your neck called platysma.
-Stand with your neck erect.
-Tighten the tendons in your jaw by pulling your lips up over your teeth and turning the corners of your mouth downward, almost as if you were frowning.
-Hold for 10 seconds, and then relax.
-Repeat the exercise 10 times.