Here are some great neck strengthening exercises to help combat text neck, hours of computer work or just chronic pain. Do these exercises at least twice per day or extra bouts when you start feeling soreness in your neck. Hold each exercise for 8-10 seconds and repeat 5 times on both sides. Resisted Motion: This exercise will use gentle pressure from your finger tips to resist your head moving in a specific direction. Finger tip placement for each motion is as follows: left