Any Good Upper Back Stretches?

[michaelcoutts]

ATM i have continuous strains occuring in my upper trapezius muscle (neck muscle).
These strains come from things such as sleeping and stuff so you can imagine how annoying it is.
Any of you know of any good stretches that can help to prevent injury in this area?

 

[hittman]

Man i have the same shit except in my middle/upper back. I think it was from squatting... either that or stretching wrong, but it fucks me off alot and i'll bump this to get some help with this

 

[makedah]

http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/Splenius/Neck.html
http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/Sternocleidomastoid/Neck.html

http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/TrapeziusUpper/Trap.html
http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/Rhomboids/FixedBar.html

http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/BackGeneral/FixedBar.html

 

[redleg]

that trapezius upper stretch works for me i do it all the time. also for upper back in general you don't need to hang from a bar or anything you can just extend your arms out forward and rotate your shoulders forward so that your shoulder blades spread and stretch your upper back. that works for me.