OMG THIS IS ME. I've seen every doctor and specialst and they did not have the answers but I was diagnosed with tmjd with neckpain and headaches, piriformis syndrome with legpain, and severe endometriosis and costochondritis!!! This can't be a coinsedence. I've been so miserable. Dizzyness.. Severe migraine like headaches. Pelvic tilt. My pelvis is adhered with endometriosis adhesions. So that prob is the cause of all other symptoms. I do have a mouthguard but doesn't help me. My jaw is located to the left, and all my issues are on the right side. My God. I also was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I have no idea why. I'm not overweight and I'm relatively young (39) I have face pain all the time. Nerve pain. Issues swallowing... This is me completely. I'm in shock. Omgggg I have a missing molar and that's when shit hit the fan. When that tooth was pulled. 3 years ago. Add a deviated septum. Which causes breathing issues.. Wow. I'm completely in awe cause this is me to a T
@@gailrocafort9112 I am completely in shock cause this guy just said everything I've thought for years and no doctor ever understood the connections. I'm so miserable, I always thought I must have some auto immune disease cause I feel so sick and in chronic pain everyday. Yet every specialst almost treats me as I am some sort of hypochondriac. It's really as if this dude was talking about me. Insanely correct.
Dear Neal, You are my guru, and I have accidentally discovered something that I believe will help everyone immensely. Please do take the time to read this. I think it all comes down to breathing, as you have mentioned. Many people suffering from body issues and TMCC patterns just need to fix one thing: their breathing pattern. Once this is corrected, the body opens up and fixes itself-and I mean it, immediately. I personally had a TMCC pattern, with an asymmetrical face and a chin deviated to the right. I couldn’t smile properly, to the point where people thought I was rude or selfish, or at least self-absorbed. The best I could do was a smirk, which made my life miserable, as if I were trapped in my own body with no way to express myself-kind of like the movie Get Out. I’m not exaggerating. Since the day I started watching your videos, I began trying everything you suggested. A few days ago, I realized that because my nostrils were angled downward (due to combining mewing), I should try breathing as if they were in their correct position. So, I began breathing from forward to backward instead of from downward to upward. The moment I did this, you won’t believe it-my jaw, which had been stuck and squished to the right, immediately opened up. For the first time in 14 years, I could feel my muscles. The asymmetry vanished immediately. Wow, just wow! As I continued breathing this way, I noticed that all the exercises you had mentioned were happening naturally. It was like my body was on autopilot, and suddenly everything returned to how it was 14 years ago. I’m just a 23-year-old guy, and spending 14 years-basically my entire childhood-like that was heartbreaking, demoralizing, and emotionally painful. I don’t want anyone else to go through what I experienced during that time. So please, think about this and, if possible, share it with others. To repeat: it’s about focusing on breathing through the nostrils as if the air is in front of you. Breathe in a straight line, from forward to backward or toward you through your nostrils. It feels like many of us are breathing from below to upwards, imagining that the nostrils are droopy and open from below because the nose is not in its proper position. So we naturally think we’re breathing from downward to upward instead of front to back. This breathing method engaged all my muscles properly and even fixed my posture. Let me know what you think. TL;DR: Just focus on breathing as if you have perfect posture, and your body will handle the rest.
Wowwwwwww I always thought there is something in my vagus nerve but surely fixing my breathing learning too will change my life Tkuuuuu God used you ❤❤❤
Thank you for your comment , I have never thought about this , about this breathing . I do not have problems and I still wanna see what changes with this shift in breathing and awareness
This video. I've been researching for years and I can't tell you how much this video sums up everything from the ground up in such a perfect way. Great job
Like so many others who have commented, this one video put the pieces together for me. I have been dealing with low back and TMD issues for 25 years! I have seem many dentists, orthodontists, chiropractors, osteopaths, orthopedics, etc. It’s not news to anyone that they all specialize in their area and never take the time to look at the entire picture. Thank you for doing it. Will definitely share and THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for posting this. There are people (including me) out here who want to learn about this and are not yet connected with people who knowledgeable or willing to teach. These videos are a great resource for anyone who wants to learn how to care for humans.
I have been following your videos for a long time now, Neal, and they have helped me greatly. I have finally got an appointment at Kings College London after an MRI revealed the TMJ issues I knew I had. But I have been sent around from medial department to medical department achieving nothing. They haven't told me exactly what they found, but at least they have seen the issue for themselves on the MRI and I now have the appointment. This video could help a lot in explaining to them the effects my TMJ has had on my posture, breathing, eyesight, etc. Without your videos I would never have been able to understand what was happening to me. So thank you very, very much.
I'm happy that my videos have helped you understand your experiences. I recently learned their is a therapist in the London area. He isn't credentialed but has taken numerous PRI courses. Maybe he could help you with the lower body part. www.thebodyschool.co.uk/lenny
@@NealHallinanit's other way round Neal. That's how I developed it. Your hips and your SCM is pulling your TMJ.. SCM is directly pulling it. While pelvis is pulling the entire body. Fix pelvic tilt and scm misalignment. That's it, your TMJ will be gone
Mouth breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, and airway restriction will lead to forward head posture and drive the system to a sympathetic state. Great explanation on autonomic nervous system and its influence on our body system.
I’ve just read about you in one of IG comments under a post with tongue exercises and I rushed to your channel. Few videos(and tears of relief) later I want to express my gratitude for everything you do. I can’t believe how coherently you explain interconnection of everything in my body! In russian we have a saying all problems are because of our mind and you’ve finally scientifically connected those dots for me. Keep being your incredible self, thank you for making this channel and putting an immense effort in spreading this information, I was looking for it all my life! 🙏
My Parkinson's symptoms at 45.... my neck pain. Anxiety. Imbalance. Fatigue, etc.. had wisdom teeth out about that age. I'm going to work on my jaw/neck issues asap! They thought I had thoracic outlet syndrome first. Had frozen shoulder also on R side. 🙏 Constant neck & shoulder pain. So glad I saw this video!
@@skepticsphere5930 I do still have 'Parkinson's disease'. My first symptoms were loss of sense of smell, and massive anxiety but the biggest sign was my right hand. I couldn't wiggle my fingers, and felt very weak in my right arm. Then I had a 'frozen right shoulder'. I thought carpel tunnel first then the shoulder pain and weakness could not be explained. It felt as though I wanted to put my arm in a sling. I noticed my whole body was 'off' like I couldn't really control it and had no proprioception. Also the brain fog and inabilty to make decisions and retain information I just read. Terrifying. Ive accepted it now and of course had the deep brain stimulation and took Rytary. Doing better with exercise & Rx.
Most informative video and explanation I’ve ever attained after 30+ years of issues. With this information I’m unsure how most dentists are incompetent in treating or even recognizing TMD. Ty for your video
Bless you for sharing this. I found this searching "Hip opening excersizes" and this made sense of many other issues I was having, which were indirectly affecting my hips/psoas. my jaw, my neck, my back, my glutes dont even exist as far as my brain known, etc.. all of them, and I was trying to help them individually, but i've found it's an uphill struggle when you're working against the mental. It's a constant battle with fight or flight functions for me, but I never thought about aproaching it like this. 8:30 yeah that was me, chronic escapsim/gamer. never again
I've been connecting the dots for the last few years, but now I think I finally see the full picture. Even though I didn't fully understand your other video it planted a seed and this one helped to clarify things immensely. I appreciate the help, I don't know where I would be if I didn't have access to this information.
Body is being held hostage ... 🎯🎯🎯🎯 That nails why the body (untreated/overwhelmed in freeze mode) won't respond to my mental que's. Thanks Dr. HALLINAN
Sir you have the answer!!! I have not had a doc ever make this connection, had issues since my wisdom tooth extraction.... thank you, you are definitely gifted
Yoga has really helped me with my mind body connection. I remember being in child’s posture and feeling a pocket open in my ribs and scapula shifted. I could breathe tons better
@peter-5354 yes I’ve been a practitioner for years and teach. However it was a combination of awareness of the roof of my mouth, dynamic mobility flows and holding the posture with deep breathing. Believe it or not focusing on the soles of my feet helped too, because everything in the body is connected. It wasn’t one specific thing that helped, but a combination
100%. I just did a personal practice last nigh, slow and aware and it helped so much! sometimes us teachers are so occupied with students we forget we need to tune in as well!
I was in a situation over a year ago where I didn't feel safe and had to sit for 2 hours or so. Following the experience I had to go to the hospital for acute pain and herniation in the tailbone. I noticed that the anxiety seemed to bring the problem on. This is so interesting because I am supposed to wear a night guard but sometimes I forget. I'm going to try and be more consistent wearing it because I think this may be the underlying issue to my pelvic problems. Thanks for explaining it.
INCREDIBLE! I've been having lower back/ hip pain and recently trigeminal neuroglia. Jaw clenching and having crazy hip pain / sciatica. It's crazy because I felt there was a connection between all of these. Please help me!
I have been a LMT for over 30 years working with professional athletes. I completely agree with this. I always work with the jaw when they complain about hip pain. Thank you for the tools to take my practice and treatments to the next level!
I love the fact that I am able to relate with this community unfortunately. But, I am happy to know I am not crazy and there are others like me who suffer the same symptoms. The best part is there is actually someone who knows what they are talking about because he experienced it. I have seen countless doctors and many I question as to why they practice. Many Doctors don’t know what they are doing, and/or don’t care, or they just doing it for status. Our Health is in danger‼️
You are the best thing that happened to me all day. I knew what I was experiencing in my chest/hips/knees/feet/neck was stress related (tech neck, rushing/stressing) and seeing patients on telehealth all day but you have broken this down until it can't be broken down any further. Thank you so much. You are doing the Lord's work with this video :) Seriously...I wish I could give you a million dollars!!! God bless you, sir.
This video hit on so many issues I’ve been dealing with that I thought were unrelated 🤯 not very often I have cause to bless the almighty algorithm, ty
I've been working on full-body mobility and awareness and it seems like every time I make new progress in one area, it translates to new ability in other areas. Hip mobility was essential for remobilizing my upper cervicals, even. I think my body had settled into a structural solution that was causing issues.
@@NealHallinan I want to thank you man. You brought me to the point I am at now. I flew across the globe to get a proper PRI diagnosis and it finally opened the door to a normal life after getting really sick at age 17 3 years ago. You got me here and opened the doors to get my life back and finally end a life long sympathetic state of living. I have learned so much along the way and it even ended my mental worries of what I want to do in the future. I HAVE to contribute to PRI growing in Europe. Much love 🙌
I'm using PIR to reset my pelvis and help heal a degenerated hip. My leg muscles don't fire properly all the time in the new hip position. I've identified a spot on the back on my head that gets really sore, when I massage this, my leg muscles fire again!!! This stuff is so much fun :)
brilliant - my jaw has been out of line since I was born, my eyes are completely messed up after laser and a lens replacement - 5 year later I can hardly move the right side of my body - shoulder, hip and knee. I begged my dentist to get my bite right some years ago after two molar extractions - he thought I was talking rubbish, I said I felt unbalanced. WOW thank you so much!!
i just figured out how the psoas can wreak havoc on the body if its weak and i com across this video while researching. genius neal. i just trained this muscle properly for the first time using the steel mace and kettle bell and it was almost revalatory how i felt after.
Thankyou for such a detailed and comprehensive explanation, I particularly appreciated the references, and the visual demonstration of the alignment changes over time with your face was fantastic. Appreciated both on personal levels, and in work related senses. Thanks again! I was moving around while I was listening, so I don't know if you included a complete reference list on one slide/pop up and I missed it, but this would be an awesome addition in future videos. Thanks again.
This is extremely interesting. That flight or fight response produces a cascade of unwanted hormonal responses that also leads to cognitive dysfunction and essentially a situation where rational thought is impossible. This can also lead to a trauma response if not switched off and a constant state of anxiety. This makes me wonder about these people choice of political affiliation, as present psychology determines such things as well as their outlook on reality. It has also been shown there is a connection between anxiety states and the occurance of cancer. So it would be interesting to see if such autonomic system/body misalignment can influence that to, especially if it causes anxiety if undetected.
Thank you, Neal! I learned a lot in this video. I have had many of these tensions you mentioned in the video: Tmj, fight or flight position, lordosis, endometriosis, a weak psoas… I am way better than I was but still figuring out what to do. One thing that amazed me is this video is to see the pelvic structure as something malleable and flexible. This possibility had never come to my mind 😮😅 thank you! 🙏🏼
I agree, the unfolding of the info he laid out here has a very good cohesive flow. He answered many potential questions as the info was presented, making it easy to follow to the next point.
Awesome. Answers my weird situation. I have been feeling very foddy, drained and not able to relax my body fully. When I did bloodwork my homocysteine and triglycerides was very high even though I eat well and have good insulin sensitivity. I consulted ayurvedic doctor who prescribed me ashwagandha and digestion promoting medicines. Ashwagandha helped me calm down and I realised my problem is due to misalignment in my neck and spine. I practiced a lot of savasana and my symptoms disappeared.
This is absolutely great information, I've just realized this explains most every problem I've been experiencing this past year, and now notice it been with me for a long long time. I've actually noticed now things I've questioned about my body comparison to others and alwaies sucked my stomach in and eventually that caused my shoulders to throw forwards along with my neck and jaw, younger being self conciess of my weight and large build. last year I lost a few teeth one being a large molar the other a wisdom tooth. and my jaw has slowly shifted. I'm also ADHD all the time on the edge of complete chaos, yet I've learned to somewhat manage it over the year, with yoga. I recently noticed and so did other my speech to become slurred to the point I have changed my behavior of being very happy out going and chatty, as I've been know for my entire life. To now I rarely bother with conversation unless it's quite nessalessary , and because I stopped my yoga due to thinking I had pulled a muscle, and that was a go to to avoid medication for me it very much centered me and nothing quite ever worked as well as it has. Along side the abrupt feeling I was bothering others from them askinge to please repeat things sometimes to the point id just say forget it. It's been a few months since and I was starting to think I may have had a stroke or something. This is a great gift, you helded me set a new direction today and it's med free, I hope you reach everyone who needs this information you and you wisdom are a blessing to me and I appreciate you taking away from your own life to share great insight. 👍👍
Tongue is the culprit. It must stay FULLY UP on the wall of the mouth. Most of these problems occur because you are not using the right muscles to carry weight of your head. If you don’t use tongue, the body will use shoulder to carry the weight of the head. And that would be an onset of faulty posture.
Yes I agree, but also muscle imblances of the arms and torso will cause muscles strain on the vertebrae and nerve compression leading to involuntary muscle contraction of the the neck and upper back muscles and then this becomes a vicious cycle (even moreso if the vagus nerve gets compressed)
@@SerpWerxyes! I broke my upper ribs and arm and it's messed up the entire chain. I'm an athlete so not unstable, but relaxed posture is impossible. Never have neck pain and I'm not unstable, but my scapula now sits slumped from the rib fractures. Not sure what to do. Rib or shoulder surgery?
Hello Neal, grateful for the work you are doing. Next time you meet one of the pri institut instructors, tell them there is a great need for a pri therapist certification course in Europe. I would join asap. Greeting from Germany.
hi neal, i just want to say thank you for explaining what really is happening to me because i struggled with almost everything(knee clicking, tight hamstrings, hip discomforts, tight hipflexors, tight back etc) for more than 4 years and i went to several therpist but no progress and after discovering your channel about 3 months ago i recently found out that my bite is incorrect( i only feel a little bit right molers but i feel my right canine the most but no left side if i bite) which is keeping my jaw muscles really and neck really tight so i went to the dentist and they said they can fix it with braces and i live in suriname and we dont have a pri facility here so braces are my only option.
Before braces, I'd make sure there isn't any major asymmetry in the palate (one side of the palate wider/narrower than the other), that your airway is not being restricted, that you have a curve in your neck, and that the midlines of your top and bottom teeth are aligned. Don't get braces on a jaw that is deviated, it'll just lock you into a deviated position.
Please keep up your great information & presentation on this info! This is me too!!! Just had a “catastrophic implant failure” due to an ongoing problem with this tooth. The ongoing neck, shoulder, SI pain is maddening. I do have hope as I stumbled upon a good TMJ/tmd specialist & turned on to an occupational therapist in conjunction that is helping. Thank you for confirmation on what I’m experiencing is real🥰🙏🏻❤️
You find a postural restoration practitioner and make appointments which you attend. 😬 Which I did, and she applied the whole right side dominant theory but I'm not right side dominant for what was bothering me. So i applied the technique to release opposite to what she instructed and that's when i found some relief. Trust your own inner voice. Good luck with whatever's ailing you
Thank you so much. I have been struggling with chronic pain and fatigue for years and have tried everything to help myself. I got diagnosed with TMJ years ago amongst other things and didn’t know it had such a significant connection. Also have been severely depressed. I want so badly to be fit and mentally well and have tried and persevered with numerous things but it seems to help a little bit for a while but then I get so discouraged because the pain and fatigue sets in which seems disproportionate to what I’m actually doing and I get very disheartened and lose faith. I have never heard this before and I’m so glad I stumbled upon this video. X
Grounding is miraculous they say because our brain and body is made for us to be grounded to earth connected to it and to amplituted of nature not disconnected due to most hours seating, lying down, watching a device, indoors. We need our 5 senses to be active. Being active, grounded, 5 senses, is the only way to be balanced in all aspects.
Thanks for the video! I do recognise that facial asymmetry from myself and some if my clients! Alexander-Technique postural re-education works exactly on these lines. It would be interesting to check out the splints in combination with that Technique
Panic episode years ago- changed my thinking as well as body- this explains quite a lot!…Thanks for sharing this information…very reassuring ..this info is definitely not available ❤
Great information thank you. What is the mouth guard? Where can we buy it. I appreciate the effort you have gone through to make this video. But I think it needs to be more clear what solutions are available.
Dear NEAL, Could you please please add auto subtitles into your videos. Turkish is my language, I need to share your videos with my physiotherapist who wants to improve herself in what she does. I really appreciate that subtitle addition of yours 🙏
In 2011 I almost died from a dental abscess in the bottom right side of my mouth. It deformed my jaw, and it had to be pulled to save my life. Recently I went to the dentist to try to work on my remaining teeth--on the bottom right side of my mouth. Dentist gave me a shot in the back of my mouth and left me there to let it take effect. Within minutes, I was crying, shaking, and I was terrified. My jaw began clenching ON ITS OWN and would not open up. The dentist had to send me home because my bp & heart rate were so high. I was totally at a loss as to why it was happening. 🙁 From GERD dissolving my lower teeth, I have one molar left on the bottom. So I know I have uneven muscle tone and I'm unable to wear my CPAP mask because my jaw slides backward and falls open. I mentioned to my doctor that I need some kind of mouth piece to prevent my jaw from sliding backward, but doctors don't take you seriously unless you come at them with paper proof of things, which I don't have.
Have you ever heard of the FM Alexander Technique? This technique is something many physiotherapists learn since it brings their work to the next level. Key is the balance of the head on the spine and poise, with a free neck. Wonderful work you are doing, thanks a lot for this video!
Hi Neil! You put a text saying that teeth should not touch during upright activities. I am curious during what activities they should touch? Also, what about compound lifts at a gym? Should the teeth touch during those? Thanks!
Just chewing and swallowing as far as I'm concerned. Of course, they may touch at various unintended times. I only wrote that in because I didn't want people thinking their teeth should touch every time their feet hit the ground.
Thank you so much for your contribution, you are so right about everything you said, i have asymmetrical face due to lack of left jow use for almost 25 years due to molar issue. I am a living prove of what you presented.
Thank you so much for this information! You have no idea how much it will help me medically as navigating through other neuroscience and brain injury issues that I am experiencing especially from maxillary dysfunction as well as my right hip being unaligned and popping with a baker's cyst behind my right knee all problems that started after I was diagnosed with cptsd
Neil you are beyond amazing. I wish with all my heart that I could go and visist you and be guided by you out of the situation I'm in which has destroyed so much of my life. I'm 38 and I live in Lisbon... I have a very weird pattern that is getting more and more severe, I've had absolutely excruciating pain this year. My right iliac "rolls" forward and my whole pelvis is turned to the left, I know you say that is rarely the case but I am probably an exception... This creates a terrible imbalance and this year I have started having shooting pain in my pelvic floor, uterus, related to the fact that my body is stuck in a spiral. My right leg has zero internal rotation. I have this awful tightness, almost like a cramp, from the whole right side of my back down to my SI, to the abdomen, groin, hip. Its so distressing to not find help, and to top it all off I had a really bad fall on may sacrum about 8 years ago so my tailbone is super unstable and hurts. Can't sit, can't walk more than 5 minutes. I spent months in bed, in agony, this year. Lost my job, my company, etc etc and it's very a hard to keep going and believing that I'll miraculous get my life back If I could I would travel to go and work with you, but I'm broke 😅 Thankyou for your AMAZING generosity, it gives me hope.
OMG THIS IS ME. I've seen every doctor and specialst and they did not have the answers but I was diagnosed with tmjd with neckpain and headaches, piriformis syndrome with legpain, and severe endometriosis and costochondritis!!! This can't be a coinsedence. I've been so miserable. Dizzyness.. Severe migraine like headaches. Pelvic tilt. My pelvis is adhered with endometriosis adhesions. So that prob is the cause of all other symptoms. I do have a mouthguard but doesn't help me. My jaw is located to the left, and all my issues are on the right side. My God. I also was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I have no idea why. I'm not overweight and I'm relatively young (39) I have face pain all the time. Nerve pain. Issues swallowing... This is me completely. I'm in shock.
Omgggg I have a missing molar and that's when shit hit the fan. When that tooth was pulled. 3 years ago. Add a deviated septum. Which causes breathing issues.. Wow. I'm completely in awe cause this is me to a T
OMG, YOU SOUND LIKE ME, I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS
@@gailrocafort9112 I am completely in shock cause this guy just said everything I've thought for years and no doctor ever understood the connections. I'm so miserable, I always thought I must have some auto immune disease cause I feel so sick and in chronic pain everyday. Yet every specialst almost treats me as I am some sort of hypochondriac. It's really as if this dude was talking about me. Insanely correct.
Same here! Working with orthodontist now and thing gets better!
@@MiketheDon99 Yes???? I've mean appointment with one for invisalign but canceled it. Does it help you??? How is he treating you??
@@TheNoepje I'd highly recommend watching this video before doing anything dentally.
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Decades of suffering explained in 1 TH-cam video. I'm so glad you exist and have chosen to do this work. Thank you!
Dear Neal,
You are my guru, and I have accidentally discovered something that I believe will help everyone immensely. Please do take the time to read this.
I think it all comes down to breathing, as you have mentioned. Many people suffering from body issues and TMCC patterns just need to fix one thing: their breathing pattern. Once this is corrected, the body opens up and fixes itself-and I mean it, immediately.
I personally had a TMCC pattern, with an asymmetrical face and a chin deviated to the right. I couldn’t smile properly, to the point where people thought I was rude or selfish, or at least self-absorbed. The best I could do was a smirk, which made my life miserable, as if I were trapped in my own body with no way to express myself-kind of like the movie Get Out. I’m not exaggerating.
Since the day I started watching your videos, I began trying everything you suggested. A few days ago, I realized that because my nostrils were angled downward (due to combining mewing), I should try breathing as if they were in their correct position. So, I began breathing from forward to backward instead of from downward to upward. The moment I did this, you won’t believe it-my jaw, which had been stuck and squished to the right, immediately opened up. For the first time in 14 years, I could feel my muscles. The asymmetry vanished immediately. Wow, just wow!
As I continued breathing this way, I noticed that all the exercises you had mentioned were happening naturally. It was like my body was on autopilot, and suddenly everything returned to how it was 14 years ago.
I’m just a 23-year-old guy, and spending 14 years-basically my entire childhood-like that was heartbreaking, demoralizing, and emotionally painful. I don’t want anyone else to go through what I experienced during that time.
So please, think about this and, if possible, share it with others.
To repeat: it’s about focusing on breathing through the nostrils as if the air is in front of you. Breathe in a straight line, from forward to backward or toward you through your nostrils. It feels like many of us are breathing from below to upwards, imagining that the nostrils are droopy and open from below because the nose is not in its proper position. So we naturally think we’re breathing from downward to upward instead of front to back.
This breathing method engaged all my muscles properly and even fixed my posture. Let me know what you think.
TL;DR: Just focus on breathing as if you have perfect posture, and your body will handle the rest.
Also from India need your help
Wowwwwwww I always thought there is something in my vagus nerve but surely fixing my breathing learning too will change my life Tkuuuuu
God used you ❤❤❤
@@RanchoGaming007 Sure , let me know how i can help you
@@peaceandlove544 Good to know I was able to help someone.
Thank you for your comment , I have never thought about this , about this breathing .
I do not have problems and I still wanna see what changes with this shift in breathing and awareness
There is no amount of gratitude and appreciation that I can deliver to you sir. I wish all of your dreams comes reality.
This video. I've been researching for years and I can't tell you how much this video sums up everything from the ground up in such a perfect way. Great job
Like so many others who have commented, this one video put the pieces together for me. I have been dealing with low back and TMD issues for 25 years! I have seem many dentists, orthodontists, chiropractors, osteopaths, orthopedics, etc. It’s not news to anyone that they all specialize in their area and never take the time to look at the entire picture. Thank you for doing it. Will definitely share and THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for posting this. There are people (including me) out here who want to learn about this and are not yet connected with people who knowledgeable or willing to teach. These videos are a great resource for anyone who wants to learn how to care for humans.
I have been following your videos for a long time now, Neal, and they have helped me greatly. I have finally got an appointment at Kings College London after an MRI revealed the TMJ issues I knew I had. But I have been sent around from medial department to medical department achieving nothing. They haven't told me exactly what they found, but at least they have seen the issue for themselves on the MRI and I now have the appointment. This video could help a lot in explaining to them the effects my TMJ has had on my posture, breathing, eyesight, etc.
Without your videos I would never have been able to understand what was happening to me.
So thank you very, very much.
I'm happy that my videos have helped you understand your experiences. I recently learned their is a therapist in the London area. He isn't credentialed but has taken numerous PRI courses. Maybe he could help you with the lower body part.
www.thebodyschool.co.uk/lenny
@@NealHallinan Thank you, Neal.
@@NealHallinanit's other way round Neal. That's how I developed it. Your hips and your SCM is pulling your TMJ.. SCM is directly pulling it. While pelvis is pulling the entire body. Fix pelvic tilt and scm misalignment. That's it, your TMJ will be gone
Mouth breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, and airway restriction will lead to forward head posture and drive the system to a sympathetic state.
Great explanation on autonomic nervous system and its influence on our body system.
I’ve just read about you in one of IG comments under a post with tongue exercises and I rushed to your channel. Few videos(and tears of relief) later I want to express my gratitude for everything you do. I can’t believe how coherently you explain interconnection of everything in my body! In russian we have a saying all problems are because of our mind and you’ve finally scientifically connected those dots for me. Keep being your incredible self, thank you for making this channel and putting an immense effort in spreading this information, I was looking for it all my life! 🙏
I don’t have the words. It’s like someone figured out why I have a list of issues all connected to one nervous system.
You are brilliant Neal, and relaying information that is otherwise largely unobtainable. Thank you!!!
I'm glad you find the video helpful.
My Parkinson's symptoms at 45.... my neck pain. Anxiety. Imbalance. Fatigue, etc.. had wisdom teeth out about that age. I'm going to work on my jaw/neck issues asap! They thought I had thoracic outlet syndrome first. Had frozen shoulder also on R side. 🙏 Constant neck & shoulder pain. So glad I saw this video!
check out Dr Brendan stack's videos on youtube - it's neurological dentistry
sorry to hear that. Did you have Parkinson disease or only the symptoms? could I ask what your symptoms were?
@@skepticsphere5930 I do still have 'Parkinson's disease'. My first symptoms were loss of sense of smell, and massive anxiety but the biggest sign was my right hand. I couldn't wiggle my fingers, and felt very weak in my right arm. Then I had a 'frozen right shoulder'. I thought carpel tunnel first then the shoulder pain and weakness could not be explained. It felt as though I wanted to put my arm in a sling. I noticed my whole body was 'off' like I couldn't really control it and had no proprioception. Also the brain fog and inabilty to make decisions and retain information I just read. Terrifying. Ive accepted it now and of course had the deep brain stimulation and took Rytary. Doing better with exercise & Rx.
Have you tried carnivore diet?
@transformativeexperiences Just started 7 days ago! I think this is good for my body/bodytype! 🙏🙌🐮
Most informative video and explanation I’ve ever attained after 30+ years of issues. With this information I’m unsure how most dentists are incompetent in treating or even recognizing TMD. Ty for your video
Bless you for sharing this. I found this searching "Hip opening excersizes" and this made sense of many other issues I was having, which were indirectly affecting my hips/psoas. my jaw, my neck, my back, my glutes dont even exist as far as my brain known, etc.. all of them, and I was trying to help them individually, but i've found it's an uphill struggle when you're working against the mental. It's a constant battle with fight or flight functions for me, but I never thought about aproaching it like this. 8:30 yeah that was me, chronic escapsim/gamer. never again
the caption of this video is so underwhelming, it should be like clickbait level "EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS" because it's true
I've been connecting the dots for the last few years, but now I think I finally see the full picture. Even though I didn't fully understand your other video it planted a seed and this one helped to clarify things immensely. I appreciate the help, I don't know where I would be if I didn't have access to this information.
That's great. I think the two of them together will help understand the bigger picture.
The term trying to find “where I am in space “ describes how I felt in the last 20 +yrs! Coupled w/ constant anxiety … amazing 😢 God bless you!
Body is being held hostage ... 🎯🎯🎯🎯
That nails why the body (untreated/overwhelmed in freeze mode) won't respond to my mental que's. Thanks Dr. HALLINAN
STUNNINGLY PUTS THE PIECES TOGETHER….
Sir you have the answer!!! I have not had a doc ever make this connection, had issues since my wisdom tooth extraction.... thank you, you are definitely gifted
Yoga has really helped me with my mind body connection. I remember being in child’s posture and feeling a pocket open in my ribs and scapula shifted. I could breathe tons better
You mean child's pose? How long did you practice yoga until you felt that release?
@peter-5354 yes I’ve been a practitioner for years and teach. However it was a combination of awareness of the roof of my mouth, dynamic mobility flows and holding the posture with deep breathing. Believe it or not focusing on the soles of my feet helped too, because everything in the body is connected. It wasn’t one specific thing that helped, but a combination
@peter-5354 breathing helped bring awareness to parts of my body that had atrophied and also helped me to let go of parts that were overworking
100%. I just did a personal practice last nigh, slow and aware and it helped so much! sometimes us teachers are so occupied with students we forget we need to tune in as well!
this is great concise information! The body is all connected! Now how do we get insurance to cover the right treatment? 😆🤘🏼
If you have any of these symptoms. see a practitioner of PRI as soon as possible. It will change your life. This is healing instead of just treatment.
PRI?
@@deedee2218postural restoration institute
@@deedee2218firs time i hearing it, it seems to be "Postural Restoration Institue"? If you search for pri exercises, youtube has some videos
Posteral restoration institute? He references it in the video.
What is PRI ?
Outside trauma/shock can activate this sympathetic reactions which ignite extraordinary health issues. You speak wholesomeness.💙🙏💙
Spot on with myself now. makes complete sense. sleep apnea mouth piece device and now I have left psoas pain now.
God Bless you!
I was in a situation over a year ago where I didn't feel safe and had to sit for 2 hours or so. Following the experience I had to go to the hospital for acute pain and herniation in the tailbone. I noticed that the anxiety seemed to bring the problem on. This is so interesting because I am supposed to wear a night guard but sometimes I forget. I'm going to try and be more consistent wearing it because I think this may be the underlying issue to my pelvic problems. Thanks for explaining it.
INCREDIBLE! I've been having lower back/ hip pain and recently trigeminal neuroglia. Jaw clenching and having crazy hip pain / sciatica.
It's crazy because I felt there was a connection between all of these. Please help me!
I have been a LMT for over 30 years working with professional athletes. I completely agree with this. I always work with the jaw when they complain about hip pain. Thank you for the tools to take my practice and treatments to the next level!
I love the fact that I am able to relate with this community unfortunately. But, I am happy to know I am not crazy and there are others like me who suffer the same symptoms. The best part is there is actually someone who knows what they are talking about because he experienced it.
I have seen countless doctors and many I question as to why they practice. Many Doctors don’t know what they are doing, and/or don’t care, or they just doing it for status.
Our Health is in danger‼️
You are the best thing that happened to me all day. I knew what I was experiencing in my chest/hips/knees/feet/neck was stress related (tech neck, rushing/stressing) and seeing patients on telehealth all day but you have broken this down until it can't be broken down any further. Thank you so much. You are doing the Lord's work with this video :) Seriously...I wish I could give you a million dollars!!! God bless you, sir.
This video hit on so many issues I’ve been dealing with that I thought were unrelated 🤯 not very often I have cause to bless the almighty algorithm, ty
I've been working on full-body mobility and awareness and it seems like every time I make new progress in one area, it translates to new ability in other areas. Hip mobility was essential for remobilizing my upper cervicals, even. I think my body had settled into a structural solution that was causing issues.
Same here
Neal with another banger
Thanks. This one took a loooong time to put together.
@@NealHallinan I want to thank you man. You brought me to the point I am at now. I flew across the globe to get a proper PRI diagnosis and it finally opened the door to a normal life after getting really sick at age 17 3 years ago. You got me here and opened the doors to get my life back and finally end a life long sympathetic state of living. I have learned so much along the way and it even ended my mental worries of what I want to do in the future. I HAVE to contribute to PRI growing in Europe. Much love 🙌
I'm using PIR to reset my pelvis and help heal a degenerated hip. My leg muscles don't fire properly all the time in the new hip position. I've identified a spot on the back on my head that gets really sore, when I massage this, my leg muscles fire again!!! This stuff is so much fun :)
brilliant - my jaw has been out of line since I was born, my eyes are completely messed up after laser and a lens replacement - 5 year later I can hardly move the right side of my body - shoulder, hip and knee. I begged my dentist to get my bite right some years ago after two molar extractions - he thought I was talking rubbish, I said I felt unbalanced. WOW thank you so much!!
Happy to see you uploading. ❤❤❤
Perfect. How Emotions are Made mentioned. My absolute favorite non-fiction book.
This is exactly what I need to learn right now, cheers for making this.
i just figured out how the psoas can wreak havoc on the body if its weak and i com across this video while researching. genius neal. i just trained this muscle properly for the first time using the steel mace and kettle bell and it was almost revalatory how i felt after.
Thankyou for such a detailed and comprehensive explanation, I particularly appreciated the references, and the visual demonstration of the alignment changes over time with your face was fantastic. Appreciated both on personal levels, and in work related senses. Thanks again!
I was moving around while I was listening, so I don't know if you included a complete reference list on one slide/pop up and I missed it, but this would be an awesome addition in future videos.
Thanks again.
Thank you so much! What an amazing video, so informative and helpful.
This is one of the best videos of yours yet!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH🌹🌹🌹 I've learned alot.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🦋✨
This is extremely interesting. That flight or fight response produces a cascade of unwanted hormonal responses that also leads to cognitive dysfunction and essentially a situation where rational thought is impossible. This can also lead to a trauma response if not switched off and a constant state of anxiety. This makes me wonder about these people choice of political affiliation, as present psychology determines such things as well as their outlook on reality. It has also been shown there is a connection between anxiety states and the occurance of cancer. So it would be interesting to see if such autonomic system/body misalignment can influence that to, especially if it causes anxiety if undetected.
exactly! pandoras box is getting opened and i have theories of psyops on the medical industry and this
Thank you, Neal! I learned a lot in this video. I have had many of these tensions you mentioned in the video: Tmj, fight or flight position, lordosis, endometriosis, a weak psoas… I am way better than I was but still figuring out what to do. One thing that amazed me is this video is to see the pelvic structure as something malleable and flexible. This possibility had never come to my mind 😮😅 thank you! 🙏🏼
Best summation video Neil's made I think.
Thank you.
I agree, the unfolding of the info he laid out here has a very good cohesive flow. He answered many potential questions as the info was presented, making it easy to follow to the next point.
Awesome. Answers my weird situation. I have been feeling very foddy, drained and not able to relax my body fully. When I did bloodwork my homocysteine and triglycerides was very high even though I eat well and have good insulin sensitivity. I consulted ayurvedic doctor who prescribed me ashwagandha and digestion promoting medicines. Ashwagandha helped me calm down and I realised my problem is due to misalignment in my neck and spine. I practiced a lot of savasana and my symptoms disappeared.
This is absolutely great information, I've just realized this explains most every problem I've been experiencing this past year, and now notice it been with me for a long long time. I've actually noticed now things I've questioned about my body comparison to others and alwaies sucked my stomach in and eventually that caused my shoulders to throw forwards along with my neck and jaw, younger being self conciess of my weight and large build. last year I lost a few teeth one being a large molar the other a wisdom tooth. and my jaw has slowly shifted. I'm also ADHD all the time on the edge of complete chaos, yet I've learned to somewhat manage it over the year, with yoga. I recently noticed and so did other my speech to become slurred to the point I have changed my behavior of being very happy out going and chatty, as I've been know for my entire life. To now I rarely bother with conversation unless it's quite nessalessary , and because I stopped my yoga due to thinking I had pulled a muscle, and that was a go to to avoid medication for me it very much centered me and nothing quite ever worked as well as it has. Along side the abrupt feeling I was bothering others from them askinge to please repeat things sometimes to the point id just say forget it. It's been a few months since and I was starting to think I may have had a stroke or something. This is a great gift, you helded me set a new direction today and it's med free, I hope you reach everyone who needs this information you and you wisdom are a blessing to me and I appreciate you taking away from your own life to share great insight. 👍👍
Tongue is the culprit. It must stay FULLY UP on the wall of the mouth. Most of these problems occur because you are not using the right muscles to carry weight of your head.
If you don’t use tongue, the body will use shoulder to carry the weight of the head. And that would be an onset of faulty posture.
Yes I agree, but also muscle imblances of the arms and torso will cause muscles strain on the vertebrae and nerve compression leading to involuntary muscle contraction of the the neck and upper back muscles and then this becomes a vicious cycle (even moreso if the vagus nerve gets compressed)
Completely incorrect, the tongue is just going along for the ride of the problem, Ron Hruska begs of you to stop focusing on the tongue
@@SerpWerxyes! I broke my upper ribs and arm and it's messed up the entire chain. I'm an athlete so not unstable, but relaxed posture is impossible. Never have neck pain and I'm not unstable, but my scapula now sits slumped from the rib fractures.
Not sure what to do. Rib or shoulder surgery?
Oh now that is a simple solution! I will never forget now. Thank you for the comment
I have to force me to put my tongue up so it feels very false to me to do so. How do you keep it all the time?
Hello Neal, grateful for the work you are doing. Next time you meet one of the pri institut instructors, tell them there is a great need for a pri therapist certification course in Europe. I would join asap. Greeting from Germany.
This really is mind blowing. Amazing discovery!
Thank you so much for your time and incredible information 🌻
Thank you for sharing the facts, we love you and your shares. ❤
This all makes sense and explains so much. My biggest problem is, I can't find anywhere that's within 100's of miles from where I live.
Thank you for this video! I understand so much of my issue now.
hi neal, i just want to say thank you for explaining what really is happening to me because i struggled with almost everything(knee clicking, tight hamstrings, hip discomforts, tight hipflexors, tight back etc) for more than 4 years and i went to several therpist but no progress and after discovering your channel about 3 months ago i recently found out that my bite is incorrect( i only feel a little bit right molers but i feel my right canine the most but no left side if i bite) which is keeping my jaw muscles really and neck really tight so i went to the dentist and they said they can fix it with braces and i live in suriname and we dont have a pri facility here so braces are my only option.
Before braces, I'd make sure there isn't any major asymmetry in the palate (one side of the palate wider/narrower than the other), that your airway is not being restricted, that you have a curve in your neck, and that the midlines of your top and bottom teeth are aligned. Don't get braces on a jaw that is deviated, it'll just lock you into a deviated position.
@@NealHallinan damn i dont kno what ill do now but ill figure it out. thank you again neal.
Thank you So much Neal! You Helped me calm down Immensely, could not figure out what was going on. I am so grateful to find you, you are a blessing.
Please keep up your great information & presentation on this info! This is me too!!! Just had a “catastrophic implant failure” due to an ongoing problem with this tooth. The ongoing neck, shoulder, SI pain is maddening. I do have hope as I stumbled upon a good TMJ/tmd specialist & turned on to an occupational therapist in conjunction that is helping. Thank you for confirmation on what I’m experiencing is real🥰🙏🏻❤️
So.. how do we fix it exactly? I missed that part.
You find a postural restoration practitioner and make appointments which you attend. 😬 Which I did, and she applied the whole right side dominant theory but I'm not right side dominant for what was bothering me. So i applied the technique to release opposite to what she instructed and that's when i found some relief. Trust your own inner voice. Good luck with whatever's ailing you
This is all so amazing and fantastic to know this exists! Thank you!
Thank you for this Neal! Shared with a few clients already!
I never do this but this makes so much sense I’m sharing it to anyone who will listen
Never presented to me,
Opened the door. Thank you soooooo much!
This the best explanation on all of youtube!
This is so good. Thank you!!
Thanks for this, looking forward to seeing more!
This is fascinating and makes so much sense how everything is connected! Thank you for sharing this information
Thank you so much. I have been struggling with chronic pain and fatigue for years and have tried everything to help myself. I got diagnosed with TMJ years ago amongst other things and didn’t know it had such a significant connection. Also have been severely depressed. I want so badly to be fit and mentally well and have tried and persevered with numerous things but it seems to help a little bit for a while but then I get so discouraged because the pain and fatigue sets in which seems disproportionate to what I’m actually doing and I get very disheartened and lose faith. I have never heard this before and I’m so glad I stumbled upon this video. X
Oh wow! This is so interesting, I have had tmg for years and chronic back and hip issues. Thank you so much for sharing this!!
Grounding is miraculous they say because our brain and body is made for us to be grounded to earth connected to it and to amplituted of nature not disconnected due to most hours seating, lying down, watching a device, indoors. We need our 5 senses to be active. Being active, grounded, 5 senses, is the only way to be balanced in all aspects.
Amazing data!!! Thank you
Thanks for the video! I do recognise that facial asymmetry from myself and some if my clients! Alexander-Technique postural re-education works exactly on these lines. It would be interesting to check out the splints in combination with that Technique
Third time watching. Thank you for giving us the big picture so we can obtain more clarity.
It certainly takes some re-watching and study. I admire your tenacity. Most people can't sit through 5 minutes (thus they never learn anything).
@@NealHallinanvery true, had to chew on most of the stuff to get them digested, really decent content ur putting out here Neal thank u!
Amazing information
Thank you
Will help me so much 👍
Panic episode years ago- changed my thinking as well as body- this explains quite a lot!…Thanks for sharing this information…very reassuring ..this info is definitely not available ❤
Great information thank you. What is the mouth guard? Where can we buy it.
I appreciate the effort you have gone through to make this video. But I think it needs to be more clear what solutions are available.
my entire channel is about Postural Restoration.
Dear NEAL, Could you please please add auto subtitles into your videos. Turkish is my language, I need to share your videos with my physiotherapist who wants to improve herself in what she does. I really appreciate that subtitle addition of yours 🙏
In 2011 I almost died from a dental abscess in the bottom right side of my mouth. It deformed my jaw, and it had to be pulled to save my life. Recently I went to the dentist to try to work on my remaining teeth--on the bottom right side of my mouth. Dentist gave me a shot in the back of my mouth and left me there to let it take effect. Within minutes, I was crying, shaking, and I was terrified. My jaw began clenching ON ITS OWN and would not open up. The dentist had to send me home because my bp & heart rate were so high. I was totally at a loss as to why it was happening. 🙁
From GERD dissolving my lower teeth, I have one molar left on the bottom. So I know I have uneven muscle tone and I'm unable to wear my CPAP mask because my jaw slides backward and falls open. I mentioned to my doctor that I need some kind of mouth piece to prevent my jaw from sliding backward, but doctors don't take you seriously unless you come at them with paper proof of things, which I don't have.
Friend, if it were me I would find a good holistic chiropractor, and they will know other drs to help too.
Thank you so much for all that information
Thank you for your information
I will implement your directions
Have you ever heard of the FM Alexander Technique? This technique is something many physiotherapists learn since it brings their work to the next level. Key is the balance of the head on the spine and poise, with a free neck. Wonderful work you are doing, thanks a lot for this video!
Such amazing clarity- thank you!!!
Do you have recommendations on posture fixing exercises at home?
So what’s the solution? I’ve got bad Tmj on right side and left side misalignment due to a broken toe that caused me to limp for a year and a half
Constant ear clicking and popping mostly in left side
/costochondritis in middle chest since 18
This exercise has been really effective for me, thank you!
Great stuff! Information like this is life changing
This is just amazing knowledge. Everything. Thanks for your invaluable expertise.
Hi Neil! You put a text saying that teeth should not touch during upright activities.
I am curious during what activities they should touch? Also, what about compound lifts at a gym? Should the teeth touch during those?
Thanks!
Just chewing and swallowing as far as I'm concerned. Of course, they may touch at various unintended times. I only wrote that in because I didn't want people thinking their teeth should touch every time their feet hit the ground.
Thank you so much for your contribution, you are so right about everything you said, i have asymmetrical face due to lack of left jow use for almost 25 years due to molar issue.
I am a living prove of what you presented.
Superb video and explanation Neal!
Thank you so much for this information! You have no idea how much it will help me medically as navigating through other neuroscience and brain injury issues that I am experiencing especially from maxillary dysfunction as well as my right hip being unaligned and popping with a baker's cyst behind my right knee all problems that started after I was diagnosed with cptsd
Thank you, doctor! After several years and many Chiros it finally starts to make sense 🤝
This is excellent information! Thank you!
Neil you are beyond amazing. I wish with all my heart that I could go and visist you and be guided by you out of the situation I'm in which has destroyed so much of my life. I'm 38 and I live in Lisbon... I have a very weird pattern that is getting more and more severe, I've had absolutely excruciating pain this year. My right iliac "rolls" forward and my whole pelvis is turned to the left, I know you say that is rarely the case but I am probably an exception... This creates a terrible imbalance and this year I have started having shooting pain in my pelvic floor, uterus, related to the fact that my body is stuck in a spiral. My right leg has zero internal rotation. I have this awful tightness, almost like a cramp, from the whole right side of my back down to my SI, to the abdomen, groin, hip. Its so distressing to not find help, and to top it all off I had a really bad fall on may sacrum about 8 years ago so my tailbone is super unstable and hurts. Can't sit, can't walk more than 5 minutes. I spent months in bed, in agony, this year. Lost my job, my company, etc etc and it's very a hard to keep going and believing that I'll miraculous get my life back
If I could I would travel to go and work with you, but I'm broke 😅 Thankyou for your AMAZING generosity, it gives me hope.
Incredible, as usual!
So good bro. Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏼 you are an answer to prayer.
Great stuff. Glad I found your site.
Amazing knowledge
Thank you for opening our eyes!
Amazing. Thank you.
As you've said it helps to think like a neuroscientist. I've gotten to this video following Psychology and it also makes total sense from that lense.
Oh my goodness! This explains so much. Thank you!