Longus Capitis
Exercises that target the longus capitis, grouped by whether they stretch or strengthen it.
Longus capitis is a deep muscle attaching the base of the skull to the front of the mid-cervical vertebrae. It assists the chin tuck and helps hold the head balanced over the shoulders, working alongside longus colli as part of the deep neck-flexor group.
Like the rest of that group, it tends to lengthen and lose conditioning with chronic forward head carriage, leaving the superficial neck muscles to dominate. That trade-off is a common thread in posture-related neck tension.
It responds to low-load craniocervical-flexion holds — small, sustained nods that build endurance without provoking the bigger muscles — trained gradually over weeks rather than pushed hard in a single session.
