Stop guessing which neck exercise is right today.
Neck pain is rarely about the neck alone. The shoulders and upper back set the position it holds all day, and stretching by itself doesn't change that. Tell Vinys what sets yours off, and in about two minutes you're following a gentle 20-minute video session built for your neck and the muscles that hold it. First session free.
Built with physiotherapists and with Lee Albert, NMT
This is the session, not a class. One guide, one movement at a time, a gentler version always one tap away.
“I came for my shoulders and stayed for my nervous system. The sessions start slow enough that my brain actually settles.”
Anne B. · Neck and shoulder pain, anxiety · Vinys member
The stretch that loosens your neck for an hour leaves the cause untouched.
The tightness across the tops of your shoulders has crept up into a headache at the base of your skull.
One side turns a little. The other side stops short and reminds you why you stopped checking your blind spot.
It feels better for ten minutes. By tomorrow afternoon you're back where you started, searching again.
Neck pain is rarely about the neck alone. The muscles of the upper back and shoulders set the position your neck has to hold all day, and hours of looking down leave them tired and undertrained. A stretch loosens the neck for a while, but it doesn't change what's holding it there. That's why stretching on its own rarely lasts, and why a Vinys session works the upper back and shoulders too, gently, at the range your neck can take today.
The YouTube neck stretch you just tried
Same five stretches for every one of its million viewers
- Same stretches whatever set your neck off
- Loosens it for an hour, then it creeps back
- Someone else's range, someone else's pace
- If it flares you, back to YouTube, search again
Your Vinys session
Starts from what sets your neck off
- Asks what sets your neck off and how it feels today, before choosing anything
- Movements that don't fit your answers are left out before you start
- Put in the right order and amount, then guided on video, one movement at a time
- A gentler version of every movement, one tap away
- A stiff morning gets a different session from a loose one
The difference is not more stretching. It's less guessing.
Tell us what today feels like. Then press play.
Tell Vinys what sets it off
What makes your neck worse, and how it feels right now. A few taps, no typing.
Vinys builds your session
Movements that don't fit your answers are left out. What's left is put in the right order and amount for today.
Follow the video at home
Around 20 minutes. No equipment. Chair or mat. A gentler version of every movement is one tap away.
Not a preview. A complete session for today.
Real movements from the Vinys library, chosen from your answers. Four of the movements a neck session can draw on:
From people who'd stopped hoping.
“I came for my shoulders and stayed for my nervous system. The sessions start slow enough that my brain actually settles.”
“Everything else asked for more than I had. Vinys is the only practice that asks what I have first, and builds from that.”
“I've had fibromyalgia for six years. This is the first thing I've actually stuck with for more than two weeks. It knows when I'm having a bad day.”
“After my back surgery I was terrified of moving again. Vinys filtered out what I couldn't do and slowly rebuilt my confidence.”
“I arrived exhausted and over-responsible. The practice never asks me to perform.”
Built with physiotherapists and with Lee Albert, NMT, neuromuscular therapist, creator of Integrated Positional Therapy, host of the PBS series Three Steps to Pain Free Living, and author of the best-selling Live Pain Free. Where yoga meets physiotherapy: the library is clinically authored and every session is graded, so it behaves like rehab, not like a class you have to keep up with. The research behind this
The four things people ask first.
What if neck stretches have made it worse before?
That's exactly why Vinys asks what sets your neck off before choosing anything. You're not handed a list of stretches. You get the movements that fit your answers, each with a gentler version, and you're never asked to push through pain.
I can't get down to the floor.
Tell us. Every movement has a chair or wall version, and your session is built only from positions you mark as fine.
Do I need yoga experience?
No. It's guided movement, not a class to keep up with. One guide, one movement at a time, at a calm pace.
What does it cost, and what happens after?
Your first session is free. Card only if you start a trial. Afterwards you see the price and decide. Nothing is charged unless you choose to continue.
Your neck has had enough guesses.
Tell Vinys what sets your neck off and how it feels today. Your first guided session is built from those answers, and you press play in about two minutes.
This is the session, not a class. One guide, one movement at a time, a gentler version always one tap away.