a lot of people complain of tightness in the upper trapezius or they might notice one shoulder is higher than the other interestingly if you're right-handed It's usually the left shoulder that's higher other people might report overactive upper trapezius when they're doing some exercises to fix this is quite simple we need to use more of the lower traps and less of the upper traps this is my favorite lower trapezius exercise try to feel your lower trapezius Contracting if you're having trouble relaxing the upper trapezius use the other hand to push down and feel the upper traps relax while you train the lower traps you can train both arms at once if you have a machine like this to further relax up a trapezius you can try this simple stretch or try this instead use an umbrella with your right hand and place the handle directly on the upper trap's muscle pull across your body and you should feel some tenderness here now just rotate your head left to right 10 times it's also useful for those people with pain in the lower neck this exercise is really really effective and I teach it to my patients all the time thanks for watching