Psoas Secrets: Your Jaw and Cranium Control Your Psoas/Hip Flexors
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- The psoas muscle doesn't exist independently from the rest of the body. It exists as part of an integrated brain and body whose primary purpose is upright movement and communication (from a neuro-science perspective).
But upright unrestricted movement can be interrupted by sympathetic "fight or flight" activity. This fight or flight activity can arise for many reasons. This video explores the influence of the ventral vagal system (the vagus nerve) on our autonomic nervous system's "fight or flight" branch, and what happens when the ventral vagal system is not functioning smoothly. In particular it explores the connections to the psoas muscles.
The psoas muscles are directly integrated with the diaphragms, they are inseparable. Parasympathetic nervous system activity, "rest and digest" directly relies on diaphragmatic breathing.
So, in order to not be in a sympathetic state of "fight or flight" you must be able to diaphragmatically breathe.
The problem is that when someone IS in fact stuck in a sympathetic state of fight or flight due to neck breathing or cranial nerve dysfunction, hip flexors remain overactive, leading to anterior and lateral pelvic tilts, which are manifestations of the left AIC pattern as described by the Postural Restoration Institute.
Neck breathing, mispositioned jaws, malocclusion, tongue ties, narrow palates, missing teeth as well as visual issues can promote neck breathing due to ventral vagal dysfunction. Neck breathing is sympathetic in nature and will promote fight or flight.
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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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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
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
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.
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.
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 ?
Perfect. How Emotions are Made mentioned. My absolute favorite non-fiction book.
You are brilliant Neal, and relaying information that is otherwise largely unobtainable. Thank you!!!
I'm glad you find the video helpful.
Been dealing with this since March 7th 2021. Had every test …head to toe. Diagnosis was BPPV….don’t think that’s the problem… and TMD/TMJ….I had misaligned jaw….have upper and lower mouth guards I alternate and I wear when sleeping….my problem is I still up have “episodes” which are hard to explain….like a disoriented/dizziness that lasts about thirty seconds…had two last night while half asleep. I’m up to 198 episodes so far this year as I track every one. No one has given such a detailed explanation as this video has. My episodes cause depression which has been hard to deal with. My Doc wants me to see a therapist for mental health. …go figure
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 🙌
Happy to see you uploading. ❤❤❤
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?
Great explanations Aaron. I am working similarly with patients to remove the sympathetic response that is creating distortion and disease in the body . I use the neuromuscular feedback system to remove subconscious behaviours that are keeping the body in sympathetic fight/flight muscular contraction. The worst thing about these postural strains is that the body is very laboured and using lots of energy constantly. The blood is drawn to the upper body against gravity and the muscles are holding the body instead of the skeleton. Your before and after is a great achievement, well done. Leading the way for others 👍
That sounds a like like square one
what is your profession called and how can I get in touch with a qualified person like you?
@mikeyellowstone I am a Naturopath . I realised pretty early into practice that the major problem was stress and it was creating chronic tension. I am in Melbourne Australia .
@@mikeyellowstone I am just developing a training module for other practitioners. I am happy to connect if you give me an email or whatsap?
@@humanwrites5752do you know of anyone who does this in Western Australia
Thanks
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.
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
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 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. 👍👍
This is fascinating and makes so much sense how everything is connected! Thank you for sharing this information
STUNNINGLY PUTS THE PIECES TOGETHER….
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
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.
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.
Omg, common sense rules. My body needs a complete body alignment.
This is probably the main reason a lot of people have vertigo or sciatica
Thank you for sharing the facts, we love you and your shares. ❤
Thank you for this video! I understand so much of my issue now.
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).
After YEARS of research & working on my postural issues nothing had ever really worked. Simply applying these concepts & understandings has been a paradigm shift. This ingenious content is underrated to the detriment of mankind. Thank You Neil 🙏🏼 !
Jaw misaligned didn't cause hip Misalignment .
You got pelvic tilt and your pelvis is pulling your body which is putting strain on your jaws.
And if your one mastoid process is more forward than other then in that case your SCM is directly pulling your TMJ.
Psoas and diaphragm also connect , so walking and breathing affect eachother.
This is exactly what I need to learn right now, cheers for making this.
A little while back I had my jaw dramatically jump back into place while training reverse hyperextensions. I read later that the movement can be a great stretch for the psoas. Never experienced anything like it in my life.
Great stuff! Information like this is life changing
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!
This is gold mister! So the toothimplants must have a special weight than individually for each person right? Are Dentists aware of this?
God Bless You Neal 🙏🇬🇧
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
Neal, next time you come to Chicago, Id like to see you regarding these issues.ty Currently with D.H. whom you know.
I'm in Chicago, too. When will you be back and do you see patients here?
This exercise has been really effective for me, thank you!
Jaw shifted to the right, pelvic instability, L hip down tight & sore. I’ve ignored it, but now that I’m in my 40s, it’s getting harder to do that. I just booked an appointment with you, see you in two weeks. 🙏🏼
Jaw misaligned didn't cause hip Misalignment .
You got pelvic tilt and your pelvis is pulling your body which is putting strain on your jaws.
And if your one mastoid process is more forward than other then in that case your SCM is directly pulling your TMJ.
Fix these two, it will fix you completely. Don't fix hips by braces. Fix the jaws by fixing the pelvic tilt.
Thank you, doctor! After several years and many Chiros it finally starts to make sense 🤝
I had severe left AIC pattern for 2 years. I say severe because my pelvic floor was completely stuck!
I was missing upper left first molar(not missing at all, but is was destroyed) + unilateral crossbite(in the left side my canin and left incisor bite on lower side and this cause a malocclusion + TMJ pain jaw cracks.
Started with treating the left upper molar with crown and after that things got better 15%.
Than with MARPE, but I think I failed it because my ortho needed to stop the treatment at 3.5 month even if I had to wear it for 2 more months, because of infection.
Now, after marpe, my bite is quite better, let’s say 40% and the left AIC is also 40% treated. I can run, I have pain but not that intense, my mobility increase in pelvic area.
I have a Reddit post about my journey!
Wow!! Such important knowledge.
This is just amazing knowledge. Everything. Thanks for your invaluable expertise.
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 🙏
Such amazing clarity- thank you!!!
This is excellent information! Thank you!
Wow! 😮 Thankyou!!
You are amazing! ❤
Thank you!
Amazing knowledge
Thank you for opening our eyes!
Superb video and explanation Neal!
Thank you for another great upload. A jaw that is severely compressed and deviates too far to the right can easily ruin one’s life.
Unfortunately this is true.
@@NealHallinan Part of me is grateful for some of the lessons that this source of chronic pain/illness has taught me, but at the same time it’s difficult not to allow feelings of frustration and resentment to creep in. I’m very likely going to be getting double jaw surgery sometime within the next few years.
Part of me deeply wishes I would’ve known all of this around a decade ago, and I’m sure you must have spent at least some time grappling with similar feelings. Better late than never though, I just hope that the lasting damage that has been done to my body over the years is relatively minimal. The human body can be an incredibly resilient organism
I’ve watched your videos before, I’ve noticed this connection with my jaw and hips naturally but never had the technical language
So good bro. Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏼 you are an answer to prayer.
Great stuff. Glad I found your site.
I can relate to most of what you're talking about. I rehabilitated myself from the jaw down. Orofacial myofunctional therapy. I had tried physical therapy for a bad neck and back but could never get the exercises right because my jaw was creating so much imbalance.
I wish I could like it 10 x ! Excellent as always.
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.
I’ve experienced this. Thank you for sharing.
I think you're right about a lot of what you're saying. But I also think you have the modality of all of this, at least in some regards, backwards.
Once the neck goes into forward head posture and muscle imbalances occur from sitting at a desk and moving the right arm predominantly etc etc. The cervical vertebrae get strained and then we start to get nerve compression. This could start off as the PNS nerves getting compressed, which in turn causes involuntary muscle contraction of any of the myriad of muscles that stabilize our head neck and CT junction. This will lead to the Cranial nerves getting compressed, I.E the vagus nerve and other cranial nerves that sit around the Atlas/Occiput/Cranium. This where it becomes a vicous cycle. Everything stems from the root which is the spine. This is just my experience with it. I agree postural correction and addressing muscle imbalances is the key in getting the body back to proper regulation of the sympathetics and parasympathetics.
TMJD is predominantly caused by nerve compression of the nerves that innervate the specific jaw muscles. Its almost guranteed if you have any TMJD that your neck is out of proper alignment. This goes for Tinnitus and any sinus or eye problems as well. They're all connected and almost all the cranial nerves sit in a close proximity around the AO junction.
Speaking on the vagus nerve specifically, I used to sit at a computer and do data cleansing, which was me moving my right arm all day long 8-10 hours a day 6 days a week. I ignored muscle pains in my right shoulder for some time thinking I could work through it. After months of on and off pains I started developing symptoms of anxiety for no reason at all(no emotional response to trigger it), In fact I was the happiest and healthiest overall(so I thought) I've ever been in my life.
Now when you look where the vagus nerve gets impinged typically(c1) and you look at what muscles connect to those. You can see the direct correlation of the overused muscle that travels from the scapula to the c1 and c2 vertebrae.
This took me a long time to figure out going to doctor after doctor and getting worse from doing physical therapy(very bad physical therapist that was addressing 1 muscle and 1 muscle only). I finally convinced a doctor to send me in for Xrays and MRI, MY spine was way out of whack.
In any case. This is all about addressing imbalances of the musculoskeletal system as a whole. We need to get the spine/neck/head in proper posture while addressing the overused/underused muscles VIA stretching and strengthening the appropriate muscles (this isn't easy to figure out either and takes alot of peoples opinions on body mechanics and experimenting with different routines)
I'm not sure what you are implying I have backwards. Necks/heads move forward for many reasons...It can come from developmental reasons (mandibles and faces that don't develop correctly), injuries like whiplash, misfunctioning visual systems., too much neck breathing, too much extension based weight lifting, or the inherent human asymmetry that makes us use our right side too much, or even ankle sprains.
@NealHallinan well the whole having forward head posture that makes the jaw retract and misalign. You've missed a step in my opinion. The jaw retracts not directly from the forward head posture but because of the nerve impingement/compression that happens as a result of the prolonged forward head posture.
I hope that makes sense. Maybe I missed the part where you mentioned that in the succession of things.
@@SerpWerx can fixing atlas help with tmj?
I developed TMJ overnight when I compressed my neck with my head and I believe that I compressed my Atlas.
Since then it's popping, clicking xyz.
I also have pelvic tilt
Also can atlas Misalignment be seen on normal X ray?
@Asif49858 yes. You need to get the atlas looked at with a special set of xrays or a 3d rendered CT scan.
You need to address the neck and back as a whole unit. So while working on fixing your neck, fix your whole posture, fix you sleeping position etc. It's not easy and I wish you luck
@@SerpWerx yeah he took x ray . One normal X ray, then from right side.
Nothing through mouth. Not from odontoid view!
You're amazing! A God-send! ❤️😇❤️ Thank you!
Thank you for this, this is me, also im a teeth clencher, i believe this maybe what has caused a very dense cataract, which has caused blindness in eye, cataract removed, a nerve in tooth is now playing up and is now again affecting my eye, not the sight, but the brightness hurts, maybe im onto something????? thank you so much for this Neal
PS. I also feel I have right side instability hmmmm!
Anything that occurs in the cranium *could* influence the rest of the cranial nerves. So....perhaps. I don't know enough about cataracts, though.
@@NealHallinan thank you Neal😬
Holy shit you just mentioned having canines pulled. I had mine pulled as a teenager, they were perfectly healthy but my dentist decided I'd had them for too long and had to pull them to encourage my adult teeth to come through. It was highly traumatic and I had over 30 injections into my gums because I wasn't responding to the pain relief. After I had a ton of back, hip, and neck pain that has been with me for over 20 years since then. I had never connected the 2.
Stupid dentist!!
Do you have recommendations on posture fixing exercises at home?
So if I’m missing all my molars do I need implants or would dentures solve the problem ?
Good question 🤔
Your videos have started my journey to fix issues with my hip flexors and lack of grounding on left side, thanks!
Have you ever had a patient who lacked an upper molar? Can a splint on the bottom teeth help provide proper sensing in that case?
What about prism glasses and vision therapy (with the purpose of getting rid of prisms someday), do you find it useful in the process of getting the right posture?
Jaw misaligned didn't cause hip Misalignment .
You got pelvic tilt and your pelvis is pulling your body which is putting strain on your jaws.
And if your one mastoid process is more forward than other then in that case your SCM is directly pulling your TMJ.
Wow, this is incredible. I have a lot of these problems, and you are the only one who has explained my pain and discomfort! I just got my braces off and they have really messed with my body. I can see my neck is tilted, my cranium is in a sidebend pattern, and my bite that feels messed up but looks ok. I also have a recessed upper jaw. I'm actually going to myofunctional therapy soon, but I wanted to know what you think about getting dental work in my current state? How about the ALF? And if you can, is there anyone you would recommend in the Bay Area or the extended region? Especially with dental integration since I couldn't really find anyone on the PRI directory . . .
amazing explanation
Just found your channel, watched a few videos, this video is me to a tea, I have hyper mobility and currently have braces, they were going to remove a moler on the left but I said no ( wouldn’t of sped the process up as my teeth are moving so fast as a 40yr old due to hyper mobility). I am constantly in a left aic right bc pattern with SEVERE foward head posture that just won’t let up.
Amazing content!
So fascinating. I learned some real yoga from a choy lay fut sifu years ago, have always practiced and maintained decent posture, but the last year or so things have really gone off the rails. I started trying to pull apart adhesions around my head, neck, shoulders, face, by myself using combinations of yoga moves and chiropractic methods. Bad move. Those muscles need to be relaxed as someone else does it. Anyway, those mistakes combined with tooth loss, bad glasses, and other things have me..basically looking like your old picture and despite a lot of wonderful intuitive guidance, I'm out of my league and don't know how to self heal this situation. I'm in northern alabama and don't really expect to find someone as savvy on all this as you are.
you have a brilliance thank you so much
How did heal activation help me engage my core muscles and ease lower back pain? Thanks for your amazing content
Absolutely sensational
This is some good stuff!✨
Thanks for the info!
What do you think about mewing as a tool to help with cranial growth and equalizing imbalances in left vs right jaw. Thank you for the videos, some exercises which help would be much appreciated! Much love from Germany!
Be careful with where you are inside your mouth! I started mewing on the rhs more unknowingly and it exacerbated my LAIC symptoms.
I’ve been “mewing” for about 2 years now. From what I have gathered just from my own body, an asymmetrical/extended pelvis and ribcage will also cause you to mew asymmetrically, if you can even mew properly at all. Essentially, you can’t achieve equal and balanced pressure with the tongue on the palate if you have dysfunction below.
This is also where I am kind of confused with how to go about addressing it though. Do you have to fix the bite/jaw with dental intervention first before you can achieve neutrality? Or can you get there with breathing exercises and slowly mewing and expanding your palate with appropriate musculature. I have had better success mewing after doing PRI breathing exercises the right way. My impacted left canine (been impacted my whole life, still have a baby tooth there) has actually seemingly moved a little since I’ve started mewing successfully. There is a cut in my gum I’m assuming where the tooth is wanting to poke out. And that definitely wasn’t there before. Curious if I keep making progress if the tooth will come out on its own or I’ll need some type of intervention.
Excellent explanation🎉❤
Would you recommend visiting an osteopath to help correct such misalignments in the body?
“Grateful for your shared insights”
@TheNoepje they shouldn’t be doing much touching around your jaw and neck at ALL. The majority of what you do with those types of therapists is simply facing a mirror and doing facial exercises along with particular tongue placement and posturing on the roof of your mouth, affecting even the way in which you swallow.
Spot on as always.
Hey what's your opinion on coffee and all those psoas/jaw/feet stuff? Do you think its bad long term? It seems to help me get a temporary relief probably through stimulating the nerves. As for a long time fix tho the only thing that seems to help so far is balancing exercise in a big ROM where I try to hold a difficult position for 5-10 seconds. Like something close to weighted streching but with balancing too. Have a good one!
I love coffee and will never give it up.
thank you 🙏
soooooooo ... much ✨✨✨✨✨❕
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.
Do you have to have the mouthpiece on forever?
truly fascinating
Fixing an underdeveloped palate can help a lot. Should at least have 40mm inter molar width
Not necessarily. Loads of people are narrow and function fine. Question is whether the body can adapt or not. Don't follow this 40mm is one for all standard
@@davsss6406 many year ago people average imw was way abough 40mm and no one had these modern problems. Thats where it starts, at least for me palate expansion fixed my whole body alignment
Did you have a marpe?
Interesting - the Heart rate variability (our indicator of Engagement or Measurement of life events) is positively affected. Ie, mind is less influenced & person is more in a time dilated kind of state..... ie, one Act only if prompted / influenced & one has full control on Sympathetic activity. "Wakeful - Sleep" like state is, in short, how one must be!!! Awakened mind & Resting body.....We are like the Schrodinger cat - Quantum state...
At what point is a PRI practitioner or other practitioner needed? I was pretty sedentary for a few years since covid and have developed problems, but not so much that they are debilitating. Maybe after not seeing improvements after a few months of consistent activity?
hello Neal i really need your help! i luv your work and knowledge you have so thank you for this information!
so long story short had cancer when i was 19 im now 35 i went through major surgeries and enxtensive chemotherap and got the all clear 6 months after i was diagnosed.
i have lost alot of teeth because of the chemo and other drugs i was giving so i only have 2 molars left and no wisdom teeth left at all i still have all my front teeth but no back to at all! i now cant get back to my neutral posture by myself. i intuitively did alot of the exercises that you teach about ten years ago and was able to get neutral by myself then but i really need help now as i understand my brain needs to feel the three things (back teeth, ground under my high arches....) and wondering how to go about it.
thanks i hope to hear back from you as i dont trust anyone else
Sorry to hear about your struggles but happy you have recovered. My guess is that you are a dental "patient" first. Without posterior teeth (wisdom teeth aren't needed) it will be difficult to inhibit your hip flexors (molars give heels and hamstrings which inhibit hip flexors). I think you'd need to investigate getting some sort of dental solution to regain posterior tooth sense.Of course, it would be better to seek help from a PRI therapist who has a dentist they collaborate with and they can assess you together. I know major dental work is costly, unfortunately.
@@NealHallinan thanks for the reply and yes i know i need to get dental treatment so thanks for the info i live in Scotland so i have been very wary about going to just anyone for my teeth as i need someone who understand the posture connection. luckily i have family that can help me out financially because of how important it ia
i really dont want to get dental implants but if thats whats the best option then i will have to accept it.
ive been thinking is there some way to apply pressure to the gums where the teeth should be?
Me too. Prone to lower-back spasms for 35 years.
Hi Neal ,what do you think of double jaw surgery for patients who suffer from TMD or cranial issues ? I can't sense the ground on either side , my upper molars are ahead of the lower ones , i don't think a splint or dental work can fix this . Tried PRI exercices but they wouldn't help as i can't breathe properly ever since i got TMD .
Sometimes it's the only option, but I would do lots of research first. Do anything you can to restore any semblance of a curve in your neck. Ultimately, that is what PRI is attempting to do, regain the normal curve. Mandible position is greatly influenced by neck position. If you only tried PRI techniques on your own, I'd recommend seeing a credentialed therapist at least once first. See if they can make any changes.
@@NealHallinan thank you so much for the awnser .
😮 wow 🤯 well I’m all jacked up and have no idea 🤷🏼♀️ how to get a doctor/specialist … just 1.. I have tons of scans & X-rays .. testing and all this information but I feel like no one is putting it together (except myself)… and no one wants to listen. They just want to deal with their “area” and say well if you’re dealing with dizziness again then you’ll need to return to the ENT doctors and I’m so broke down at this point that I don’t know what to do. Sigh 😞
This is extremely helpful personally, thank you for this information. You articulate this very well with realistic examples and events affecting the entire chain.
Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful.
OK, I am at the end of the video, I have all these symptoms to the point that surgery was suggested and I said “no”, there has to be another solution, which of course irritated the surgeon to no end. OK, so how do I get help? Where do I find somebody who is willing to look at all of this? Seriously, make a recommendation, we’re treading water out here and some of us might be going down for the final count.. Don’t just tell us what’s wrong. Tell us how to fix it! Yes, I’m a little irritated, correction, a lot irritated.
I mentioned Postural Restoration numerous times.
@@NealHallinan But the question/problem for most of us is how or where do we find someone like you to help us,...someone who is schooled in all of this truth? It's a practical issue...please tell us/guide us how to find a practitioner who can actually help us? For some of us it's a matter of life & death.
@@smooch2955 The Postural Restoration Institute website. That is the discipline I practice. Also, depending on the nature of the issue, there are airway-centric dentists.
That’s fine for a select number of countries, but I’ve looked and they don’t have a presence in Australia for instance.
@@NealHallinan Yes, but how/where can a person find someone who practices this procedure? Do all physical therapists know about this procedure? A chiropractor?
Tongue also controls the tailbone
Hi Neal, Great video. I have a lot of postural issues and my facial complex is also deviated somewhat to the right (lower right eye etc) - I was going to begin working to fix my posture through various breathing exercises etc. In light of this video, I want to ask if you think any postural restoration I do will be futile or should I be correcting something in the cranium first to see improvements in posture?
I lost a molar back in 2014 and have had severe psoas issues ever since. Debilitating. I’m hoping to have the tooth replaced ASAP but until then, how would I get the mouthguard?
Thank you. TY.
OMG….this is soooo me. It must be my jaw which is causing me being unable to ground myself. Everything you describe is what I’ve experienced over the last 5 years…..the first symptom being temporal muscle pain. Since then I’ve had hip, shoulder, pecs, traps, neck tension, sciatica, piriformus syndrome and more recently left ankle weakness which I’ve put down to several sprains over the years. Maybe a combination of both….left heel sense and jaw misaligned. My ribs are flared and I have anterior pelvic tilt. Also can’t sense my hamstrings, I’m an undiagnosed hypermobile. Seen so many specialists over the years and not one has been able to diagnose or help me 😢
Thanks Neil, for another insightful upload.
Many everyday maladaptions of the autonomic nervous system, perplexing to many physicians, made clear by your PRI lens and close reading of varied science literature. I’m just a little fuzzy in this section 25:08-26:06 on reactive balance on a shifting surface. You seem to suggest, for this situation and perhaps for fixed surface regular hip hip-hinging too, that eccentric posterior muscular activation is unnatural, or did I misunderstand? I know PRI say everyone is stuck in extension, but you remind us often on this channel that we live in flexion. So what’s the ratio between them, the best alternating strategy 🤔
We do need posterior eccentric muscular activation, particularly of hamstrings and abs, but not when you are already living in a state of extension/external rotation. Any eccentric activity occurring out of a state of extension/ER isn't helpful. The hamstrings and abs have to come together concentrically FIRST (90-90 techniques, All Fours, Wall Supported Reaching etc..) into flexion/internal rotation and THEN re-learn to eccentrically lengthen from a state of flexion/IR stability.
For example, In the left AIC, the left femur is usually stuck in ER because the pelvis is oriented to the right. This would cause the medial hamstrings to be lengthened and eccentric-minded. A left leg has no power until it can internally rotate FIRST, and then move into ER from an IRd position.
Thus, in PRI, for the average left AIC patterned individual, the focus in the beginning is on re-establishing a left ZOA, which means left AF/IR (left femur and pelvis internal rotation) with left thoracic FLEXION (which creates left rib internal rotation via the internal obliques). Internal rotation gets your life back. Then you learn to ER again out of the new and stable IRd position.
The terms can get confusing. However, we aren't living in "systemic" flexion. The left hip is living in a state of hip flexion, but the left lower back is living in a state of extension. Hip flexion produces lower back extension.
So when we say we are living in extension, it means "systemic extension", it's of the lower back and cranium. So "local" hip and neck flexion create "systemic" extension. Hopefully that helps clear things up.
Yes it does. I better understand the PRI approach in terms of the progression toward restoration.
Even as I’ve listen to you describe this in various ways many times. Hope to do a course or two one day.
Couple additional thoughts. Are you familiar with what’s called the Joint-by-Joint approach to physical training? In that method the aim is to increase mobility at the hips, stability in the low back and mobility in the thoracic spine to counterbalance the natural structural curves of flexion in the pelvis and extension in the lumbar spine.
I think it was on another certified practitioner’s video on improving hip internal rotation that someone commented “but WHY do we need internal rotation” - I hope they get to read your answer above. If it’s that IR pulls a patterned body-brain back in from extension-external rotation because it activates abs and the ZOA. Is that PRI’s way of talking about Pilates Core Stabilisation or Myers DFL if you’’ve encountered those modalities?
I started to have problems after a car accident...😢