You already know the routine. Neck feels tight, so you stretch it. It feels better for a bit. By the next afternoon at your desk, it's right back where it started. Maybe you've added a heating pad, a foam roller, or a massage into the rotation, and the cycle is exactly the same: temporary relief, then the tightness creeps back in. If that sounds familiar, here's what's actually happening: your neck stretches are treating a symptom, not a cause. And the cause is almost never s