Thanks for the great advise and encouragement everyone. I've been experimenting with stretch techniques and find that if after shaving my cheek I take hold there and pull up, then tilt my chin upward to stretch the neck even more, I get just about the tightest I can on the neck; this technique also flattens out the valley around my esophagus to allow for an easier time shaving while stretching with the "choke yourself" technique doesn't quite flatten that area or allow for as much stretch for some reason. Anyway, I'm tweaking the techniques and having fun doing so. Roughkype, I have been using very light pressure, and thanks for the reminder because it's easy to get so focused on an area that other aspects of technique slip away at times.

CowanX7, you might try stretching from the cheek like I just described and see if that works better for you?