This can cause: pain in the neck, shoulders, and back pain when moving numbness or tingling in the shoulders, arms, or fingers a reduced range of motion muscle weakness The severity of the ...

For a little anatomy lesson: the platysma muscle sheet rests on top of the harder, more functional neck muscles, and as we age, these muscles can begin to separate and cause vertical banding.

It resides at the level of the third cervical vertebra, attaching indirectly, by means of tendons to muscles of the tongue, the floor of the mouth and the anterior neck. Although it is small ...