Neck pain when doing face pulls?

[Vxneji]

First off, I can assure u my form is fine, Ive always done these, its just a more recent thing thats occurred as ive taken time off and recently coming back to training.
Its not really pain i can just feel it in the back of my neck when doing these, and its gets very uncomfortable.
Anyone know why this may be occurring/ how to fix ?

[SuffolkPunch]

It could be due to trap activation. It's hard to avoid using them in a range of shoulder exercises. A simple solution is to make sure the trap muscles are well conditioned and function through their entire range of motion. To achieve this, try an exercise like overhead shrugs - do these regularly with moderate weight, higher reps (10-30) and smooth tempo, really focus on moving the scapulae up and down through their longest ROM.

[A4min]

Try using the pulldown machine with bar with hands slightly wider than shoulder width apart, thumbs facing eachother, lean slightly back and do face pulls with a light weight.Really focus on your delts and form. I find the bar works much better in isolating the rear delts without any discomfort (for me at least).

[BeginnerGainz]

It’s really easy to mess up face pulls, but they are such a weird movement....I experimented with them for a while and found them lacking compared to a simple band pull apart or band Y raises.

Of course, if you’re doing a healthy amount of rows, face pulls are completely unnecessary from the start. The overhead shrugs SP mentioned would be a far better alternative that doing face pulls as well.

[weiss1967]

First off, I can assure u my form is fine...
Its not really pain i can just feel it in the back of my neck when doing these, and its gets very uncomfortable.
Anyone know why this may be occurring/ how to fix ?

you may have pinched nerve. I would say very likely.

[MyEgoProblem]

Shrugging (elevating shoulders) instead of squeezing them down (depression) or doing the stupid chicken head is 90% likely the issue.

You probably need to
a) pull from a higher angle
B) use less weight
C) try different hand positions on the rope

Gotta drive shoulders away from your ears as you hit that double bicep pose