HeadFloater

“When I was introduced to HeadFloater I immediately saw its benefits. It’s a wonderful tool to alleviate neck and shoulder tension.”

— Kevin Bowen, Former President, Pilates Method Alliance

HEADFLOATER®: Neck Stretches To Relieve Tech/Text Neck

HeadFloater® is a neoprene headband designed to reduce and correct Tech/Text Neck by comfortably encompassing the skull and relieving neck pain, head pain, and stress through different neck stretches. Internal bungee cords connect in a figure-eight cross and attach to hand straps. HeadFloater® bungees compress and decompress the skull while lengthening and stretching the neck making for a very pleasurable and therapeutic experience.

WHY HEADFLOATER® WORKS

Inspired by the Alexander Technique, HeadFloater® works harmoniously with the anatomy, balancing the neuro-musculoskeletal and respiratory systems. Easy and gentle neck stretches set in motion a series of actions that strengthen your balance, breath, and treat text/tech neck.

Although HeadFloater® works the very first time, it’s better with daily use. As your awareness is fine-tuned, you begin to activate the correct motor patterns for healthy posture and a more attractive alignment. Your back becomes stronger and more aligned. Your head floats upward. Your text/tech neck is relieved through relaxing and enjoyable neck stretches.

It’s actually hard to miss a day using the HeadFloater®. It’s so relieving to cradle your heavy head and release the tension in your neck and shoulders. You feel so light that you almost experience a floating sensation.

THE PROBLEM

Dysfunctional sitting or standing posture while working at the computer or bent forward while texting causes a forward head position which puts the thoracic spine into excessive flexion. The head weighs about 12 lbs and this weight increases incrementally by 10 lbs for every inch the head is forward of its ideal position.

HEADFLOATER® Testimonials

  • The suboccipital muscles are the small muscles in the upper cervical spine (between the occiput and C2) that can develop tension and muscle spasms from poor posture and stress. This leads to headaches and pain in the neck and spinal column. This upper cervical area is exactly where the most concentrated number of mechanoreceptors are (muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs). These give information about position sense: proprioception for the whole body. Relaxing the tension in these muscles will reduce stress on the entire body as well as improve coordination and increase the benefits of all exercises performed afterward.

    — Clinical Advisor Marika Molnar, PT explains why placement of the “figure-eight” bungee configuration is important for cranial release.

  • The HeadFloater is a simple device that allows one to stretch tight chest muscles, strengthen scapular muscles and allow the posterior cervical muscles to lengthen and relax and provides a very welcome cranial base release. With the HeadFloater one has an easy-to-use tool to reduce tension and improve alignment.

    — Kathleen Wiener, MSPT, FitRx

  • Excellent product - simple to use and surprisingly effective! I use it to treat persistent neck tension in my Levator Scapulae—typical of too much work in front of a computer—and it relieved pain and tightness within days. Nothing else has worked so well.

    — Bob Hanumn

  • The HF is to the Cervical Spine and shoulders as the PFM is to the CORE: the essential beginning of truly integrated, supportive movement. HeadFloater gave me a nice correction in my sub occipital muscles. Great for dealing with Forward Head. A very subtle use of then entire shoulder girdle. HF gets muscles to orchestrate—not just fire. LOVE IT!!!

    — Zoe Stein Pierce, B.A M.F.A C.M.A, ZMoves FW

  • Clients can’t feel whether their back is working—one reason is they can’t see it! HF eliminates this obstacle and makes them have an AHA moment—and then a smile.

    — Jill Balch, Total Pilates of Tulsa

  • This is a great product. When used properly, I can feel the decompression in my spine and the space between the vertebrae. When the spine lengthens, I can feel the fluid enter between the discs, where they were pinched before. Highly recommend.

    — A. Haight

  • I bought this because I have daily neck pain and tension from working a desk job—it works very well for lightly stretching and popping my neck in a way that nothing else I have tried has. I found it was a little too big to stay in place around my head even set at the smallest setting, but either way it works pretty well and relieves neck pain. I am a 5’ 7” female and usually need size small hats, so maybe my head is smaller than average.

    — Joe

  • The easy to use HEADFLOATER has brought relief to the tiredness I experience after a long flight. The gentle compression to the cranial bones helps with the reset of my craniosacral connection. My neck feels longer and my shoulders relax down after a few exercises.

    — Amazon Review

  • I had multiple problems with pain in my neck and I struggled looking over my right shoulder. I tried the neck stuff from physical therapy, the weight that you hang over the door, and nothing seemed to work.

    After a week of doing the head floater every day, the pain went away and my range of motion had improved substantially. I now bring it with me on long travel as I use it when I arrive at the hotel, and I can sleep wonderfully at night.

    — Peter D

  • Love Head Floater ® Using Head Floater to assist and resist cervical nods, side to side, Float head up curl ups. Helps sinus, headaches neck strain & tension we all get from being on our electronic devices. It feels amazing in the first try.

    I love that my students and clients can buy this on Amazon & share with their friends and families ❤️

    —Trebclef

  • My wife loves Head Floater. She drives for a living, so she has neck issues constantly. This has really helped her ease the tension in the evenings when she gets home.

    — Amazon Review

  • Sometimes I have bad posture at work, so I get pain on my shoulders/neck and get stiff. Doesn't help that I also sleep in awkward positions, so I wake up with a stiff neck. This helps relax and "stretch" out my neck, so the pain goes away or becomes manageable. I do need to use it about every hour or two, but it's so much better than sitting in pain. Definitely a must have if you're working from home and can sit with bad posture. It was a bit snug on my head though, but I do have a large head. Just a note, it still worked but I was worried it wouldn't fit at first.

    — Amazon Review

  • Head Floater is great after a long day of pouring of my work table and my neck is all tight, the relief this gives is amazing I wish I would have got it earlier.

    — Amazon Review