Hi charm glad you're doing well ! I too have found that exercise - particularly stretching really helps - as does yoga and acupuncture. Yoga relaxes you- increases blood flow and stretches those muscles, acupuncture really loosens the area up because it draws blood into the area helping the tissues heal. My neck is always tight in th morning but after moving around for a bit. - including stretching it - it's good! The deep breathing of yoga O2 perfusion), stretching, (regularly) and acupuncture all help with healing, massage also helps as it increases circulation. This is why that article on rehab is so good - all these combined things truly help. I would go for physio once a week - have them tweak my program - once a month - and do my exercises at home daily several times... But I am always stretching my neck! the only really tight spot now is along my scar... But even that has loosened.Take care - hopefully you will find something that works for you. The sad thing is everyone's different - there's no set way of dealing with this. Hugs!