The problem with correcting forward head posture is, it's there because of a reason. That reason being compensatory of course, forward head posture opens up the airway behind your soft palate. Once you force yourself into a new posture, you might actually worsen the breathing situation. You'll have to address recessed upper and/or lower jaw first to get a good posture and be able to breathe normally.
For me it’s definitely a push-pull scenario. I developed fine growing up so I have tongue space but I do have a grade 3 tongue tie and I developed palatal/lingual incompetence about 4 years ago. For me personally maintaining good posture does narrow my airway, but it is a good reinforcer to force myself to drive the back of my tongue up. That said, I’m definitely in a situation where muscle tone/tongue tie combo is more of an issue than tongue space
These videos and your channel in general are super valuable to me!!! thanks so much for sharing your story and what you have learned. I was born with a tongue tie and have many of the problems you are struggling with. It’s funny, I’ve actually been to LA COMS for a consultation and I feel like we are walking through the same steps. I actually have an appointment at UCLA ENT on Monday for potential sleep breathing issues. I deal with severe fatigue, anxiety, depression, etc for YEARS and it keeps getting worse and makes it so hard to function (I’m a PhD student). I finally reached a point where my whole life was in question and since then I have been doing my own research and just this past weekend had a breakthrough when I discovered UARS. If the doctors at the ENT clinic brush me off like they did to you I might use your “can I get that in writing?” trick. I have been seeing an orofacial pain doctor at UCLA for TMJ issues for 2 years now and have had no improvements despite daily exercises... he just keeps blaming it on too much stress and anxiety and was going to put me on a daily muscle relaxant when I’m convinced that my real issue is structural. I’m inspired by you and I might even start my own youtube channel. Thanks again.
Wow I relate to you so much :( which ENT at ucla are you seeing?? I hope this goes well. Have you had any sleep studies yet? Either way, I think you're on the right path. Kudos to you for taking that initiative. It's hard as hell. The gaslighting from doctors has gotta be one of the most humiliating parts :( Oh and if love to see you start a vlog! Learning from each others experiences is critical!
I’ve been doing myofunctional therapy for a couple months do correct my tongue posture and tongue thrust. I had braces for two years to correct a severe overbite and got them off in February. My overbite started coming back so I got braces again and started myofunctional therapy. Dr. Zaghi and my OMT think my enlarged tonsils are causing my UARS, tongue position, and swallowing issues. Retraining swallow patterns have been the hardest part of myofunctional therapy, but I am becoming more aware of my habits and correcting them as much as I can despite my anatomy. Myospots have been helpful for reminding me to correct my tongue posture throughout the day. I wanted to ask, do you do mouth taping at night?
That's very interesting. How has myofunctional therapy been? I think you're the first patient I've talked to who's actually done it. What benefits have you noticed? I have been taping my mouth shut at night throughout the past year. And lately I've actually not even needed to use mouth tape. I use a CPAP machine so originally, the mouth taping was just to prevent leaks. but the more I use the mouth tape the better my tongue poster got and eventually it seems like I'm not needing it much at all anymore.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 I've been taping and doing myofunctional therapy for about two months. I notice that mouth taping allows my overactive chin muscle to be relaxed when I wake in the morning, however the muscle will tense up as the day progresses. When I mouthtape during the day, I find I get a lot of saliva production when I am reading or at the computer. My anxiety definitely tenses up my facial muscles. I find doing yoga and listening to music helps my anxiety a lot and I can detach my mind from my annoying anxiety-related habits. I still feel tired and out of breath when I wake up after mouth taping unfortunately. I wake up a lot during the night from nightmares, sometimes very sweaty. I just did an at-home sleep study through Dr. Zaghi's office and the sleep study recorded I woke up 4 times during the night. I have a Zoom appointment with him next Monday to discuss my results. Dr. Zaghi gave me my UARS diagnosis last month so I am fairly new with learning about this condition! I am very athletic so other ENTs and doctors never looked far into my symptoms (high anxiety, cold hands/feet, runny nose especially during exercise, difficulty breathing through my nose, fainting, low blood pressure, fatigue, chest pain, sleep walking, night terrors, and swallowing problems). In the past as a kid I got diagnosed with vasovagal syncope and costochondritis but Dr. Zaghi is fairly certain it has been UARS this whole time instead. I did have an allergy test two years ago and found out I am very allergic to dust mites. I haven't had any luck with allergy medication, and Dr. Zaghi thinks it is because of my tonsils and UARS causing the chronic nasal congestion. My worse issue with UARS is fainting. I will faint when my anxiety is high and sometimes vomit as well. Myofunctional therapy has definitely strengthened my tongue. I find balloon breathing to be difficult still but not as difficult as I started. Eating slowly and drinking mindfully is difficult for me but I notice it getting better. Some days are better than others. It is slow progress but it is progress. I started reading the book called The Oxygen Advantage as it was recommended to me by my OMT and Dr. Zaghi. It is quite insightful! If you have more questions for me, feel free to message me on instagram @violetvorpal :) I wish you the best for your journey!
Any surgery will lead to scar tissue development and myofascial restrictions from collagenous deposit from the incisions. The body responds to trauma by laying down collagen to “repair” the trauma. The body doesn’t know the surgery is “trying to help you” per-say. Licensed therapist. Have had many years in MF release and studying the MF system. Hit me up in the UARS group anytime.
Hey James. Check out Dr. Zaghi’s study about the role of myofunctional therapy pre and post op s opposed to a traditional frenectomy. This alternative “functional frenuloplasty” addresses your above concern.
3:30 In my experience SDB caused nasal congestion which of course caused more SDB. Nasal valve collapse (also a problem for me, but my F30i takes care of it) probably contributes in part to the SDB. I never have any problems with my nose during the daytime.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 That's an interesting question. Also why did it cause Psoriasis for me? I think anxiety/stress and inflammation are closely connected. I also used to produce buckets of earwax, needing irrigation twice a year. Not anymore xD
Most people with UARS have nasal congestion because of all these structural problems. The nasal passage is simply too narrow. PAP isn't going to resolve that...it might just blast through it by brute force but it's not going to fix the underlying issues for most people with these structure problems. Some inflammation of the turbinates can happen from stress and over-breathing however, but those things are also all part of the vicious cycle of structural problems and bad habits. If you correct the narrow maxilla/narrow nasal passage, and improve tongue posture and breathing habits, the nasal congestion will go away.
@@deezuschrist Explain to me how I can do strenuous exercise with a clear nose now during the daytime, without mouth breathing and without using those nose things Evan has on in his videos. My experience calls your bullshit.
Evan Lavizadeh Hi. I’ve spoken to you on reddit before. My username is “dannydawiz” I’m currently on month 5 of braces to prepare for mma surgery. Tongue tie release with Zaghi is scheduled for next year. Other things aside from bad posture caused by fascia restrictions include being unable to sit normally in a chair for extended periods of time. Chronic back pain making it impossible to sleep on my back or lay down to watch a tv show/play a game. Falling asleep in general is dreadful because it’s impossible to get comfortable in any position. The tongue tie put me through 2 years of speech therapy as a 7-9 year old. As an adult if I talk too much or too fast I trip over my words, mispronunciate them, or stutter. While driving a car my body is always tense. While playing guitar my body is always tense. I can’t study for long periods of time because of pain. Awkwardly, sex can be painful because of being unable to lie on my back. I can’t sing/record vocals well because of the restrictions a tongue tie and narrow airway put on my voice. All sorts of things man. Keep the videos up though. I’m sure they will help somebody. 👍🏻
Holy shit man that sounds so severe. My postural strains are nothing like that. How's exercising and being active? Also, why do you have to wait til after mma for tongue tie release? And thanks for the kind words!!
Evan Lavizadeh Exercise and being active aren’t impossible. I can still hike mountains and wasn’t a bad runner as a kid. It’s no surprise however that having a narrow airway means that in order to breathe I have to tilt my head up resulting in forward head posture. I do also have a tendency to to trip on my right foot when running so I believe it must also be causing some type of imbalance. I can lift weights fine but without getting the restorative sleep necessary for recovery, building muscle is extremely difficult. I am going to do tongue tie first and then MMA. It was delayed until 2021 due to insurance reasons. However, there is some risk that Dr. Zaghi informed me of relating to what you mentioned about tongue space. The concern is that releasing my tongue tie may potentially make my sleep worse due to the limited amount of space my tongue has to rest within my mouth. Ideally, I would like to do MMA first but seeing that it’s so far away I am much more desperate to be relived of my fascial restrictions. My ADHD will be much more tame I believe as currently concentrating on anything for extended periods of time is a massive chore.
@@DannyDaWiz wow that was all really informative. Have you talked to them about the possibility of surgery first to treatment? I only learned what it was the other day. Some patients are eligible to do MMA before braces. I wonder if there's any possibility of that for you or me. Anyway, that all seems like you're taking the ultimate test of patience. Best of luck and keep us all updated.
Hey Evan, your videos are great and I love them so much, I am 22 years old diagnosed with UARS also and I am considering MARPE, and my question is that if it's possible that the MARPE can cause malocclusion?
Hi Yarin! Thank you for the kind words! I don't wanna say it's impossible, because there's always a risk of things going wonky. However, MARPE nearly always actually fixes malocclusion. In fact, MARPE was originally designed to fix malocclusion. So I am not at all worried about MARPE causing malocclusion.
My maxillofacial doctor dosent believe in MSE at all for air flow/sleep apnea issues. However, your video is convincing MSE can help Nasal airflow and palatal tongue space which will eventually help airflow/apnea. The doctor is confident MMA and genioplasty is more than enough for my severe sleep apnea. I am leaning to only orthognatic surgeries due to insurance and cost. Hopefully I can do MSE later and get same benefits if orthognatic surgery dosent help my sleep apnea. What's your thought on my situiation?
You can do MSE or SARPE later, yes. If you have severe sleep apnea and want a solution fast, I think it can be wise to do MMA and Genio first and MSE or SARPE down the line. You risk aesthetic issues with teeth not lining up though. And I think it can cause some alveolar bone issues to do two rounds of braces like that. It's really up to you. I think it's silly not to believe in MSE at all for airflow though so hopefully your doctor is a good one.
No. I don't seem to have enlarged soft tissue so I'm staying away from all soft tissue procedures for now. I'm sticking to osteotomy (bone surgery) first.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Got it. Thanks for the response. Also, how was your CPAP experience given that's the treatment of choice for sleep disordered breathing. (OSA, UARS) ?
@@vishal-846 CPAP helps a bit but it's not nearly enough. I still use it and I've been using it for 3 years now. But I'm still waking up alot throughout the night and I am tired all day.
I know you know a lot already about your own condition. But I would say give BIPAP or ASV a try if you have UARS. ASV in particular is great for UARS. I think it's helpful to give all machines a try before complex (and risky) surgeries. Anyway, I and many others are with you in this journey!
@@vishal-846 yes I've considered that. I might do it soon. For my case though, I realized there's many other benefits that I need from the surgery. For example, I need to treat my chronic nasal congestion. Thank you so much for the advice!
Your posture is really bad. I'm not a pro but I can see this: Anterior pelvic tilt Hyper lumbar lordosis Thoracic kyfosis Forward head posture Tight sternocleidomastoids I am working with a Functional Patterns practisioner. I can highly recommend it.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Well my FP therapist is a fysiotherapist aswell so he just includes FP techniques in my treatment. Fysiotherapy is covered in my insurance, however I pay extra money for that. I think costs are manageable if you visit a FP practisioner once per three weeks. It's a lot of homework you have to do youself anyway. As you know, nobody can fix you but yourself. You have to do the work, especially when it comes down to muscles and fascia, there's no surgery for that. Anyway I'd love to answer any questions you have or how it is helping my posture so far. Thanks for posting your videos as that is helping me a lot!
I had basically 4 out of the 5 mentioned issues, *which resolved by themselves when I started sleeping well with BiPAP*. Forward head posture is a matter of airway anatomy, no "practitioner" (correct spelling) is going to change that.
@@cebruthius Okay interesting! I agree, bad posture is a airway caused problem. Which means it is top-down. However, does help if you try to fix it bottum-up aswell. I see it like a company, you can change things top-down or bottum up. Many times top-down changes result in the biggest changes I believe in a company. Perhaps also in the body!
9:40 This is where I check out. So when you lie down and straighten your body your tongue pops down like that Spirit of Ecstasy figure on a Rolls Royce haha ( ruclips.net/video/aj53HuWBfjE/видео.html ) Is that how it's supposed to work :)
First off, hilarious reference. But I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. The tongue is supposed to stay resting on the roof of the mouth at all times of rest. Does that answer your question?
@@cebruthius certain craniofacial abnormalities will cause the fascia under the tongue to become shortened. because of this, every time you try to pull your tongue up, you're straining your entire deep front line fascia network. Which tugs on your entire body. This buckles the posture into curvature.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Yes, but this relates to the discussion about the "buckled posture." The tongue would get pulled on if you were to try to unbuckle the body.
@@cebruthius oh now I understand what we are discussing. Wait yeah that totally makes sense... So I guess it would be kind of futile to work on this before I recover from MMA?
@@cebruthius as I mentioned in the video, mewing is not only to change the shape of your skull, mewing (or practicing proper resting tongue posture) has other key benefits such as partially resolving sdb. I'm not mewing to change the shape of my face. That ship has long sailed.
The problem with correcting forward head posture is, it's there because of a reason. That reason being compensatory of course, forward head posture opens up the airway behind your soft palate. Once you force yourself into a new posture, you might actually worsen the breathing situation. You'll have to address recessed upper and/or lower jaw first to get a good posture and be able to breathe normally.
Yeah I figured that much. Do you think I can address the other bad parts of my posture? Or are does it not work in isolation like that?
Actually very good insight @blasterbeam I like it, it sounds logical. Thanks
For me it’s definitely a push-pull scenario. I developed fine growing up so I have tongue space but I do have a grade 3 tongue tie and I developed palatal/lingual incompetence about 4 years ago. For me personally maintaining good posture does narrow my airway, but it is a good reinforcer to force myself to drive the back of my tongue up. That said, I’m definitely in a situation where muscle tone/tongue tie combo is more of an issue than tongue space
Bro for how long you are having correct tongue posture you will get a better looking in couple of years
The poor posture increases posterior airway space - so the posture actually benefits you until your airway is corrected.
These videos and your channel in general are super valuable to me!!! thanks so much for sharing your story and what you have learned. I was born with a tongue tie and have many of the problems you are struggling with. It’s funny, I’ve actually been to LA COMS for a consultation and I feel like we are walking through the same steps. I actually have an appointment at UCLA ENT on Monday for potential sleep breathing issues. I deal with severe fatigue, anxiety, depression, etc for YEARS and it keeps getting worse and makes it so hard to function (I’m a PhD student). I finally reached a point where my whole life was in question and since then I have been doing my own research and just this past weekend had a breakthrough when I discovered UARS. If the doctors at the ENT clinic brush me off like they did to you I might use your “can I get that in writing?” trick. I have been seeing an orofacial pain doctor at UCLA for TMJ issues for 2 years now and have had no improvements despite daily exercises... he just keeps blaming it on too much stress and anxiety and was going to put me on a daily muscle relaxant when I’m convinced that my real issue is structural. I’m inspired by you and I might even start my own youtube channel. Thanks again.
Wow I relate to you so much :( which ENT at ucla are you seeing?? I hope this goes well. Have you had any sleep studies yet? Either way, I think you're on the right path. Kudos to you for taking that initiative. It's hard as hell. The gaslighting from doctors has gotta be one of the most humiliating parts :(
Oh and if love to see you start a vlog! Learning from each others experiences is critical!
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Marilene Wang MD is the doctor I’ll be seeing. Thanks for the encouragement!
I’ve been doing myofunctional therapy for a couple months do correct my tongue posture and tongue thrust. I had braces for two years to correct a severe overbite and got them off in February. My overbite started coming back so I got braces again and started myofunctional therapy. Dr. Zaghi and my OMT think my enlarged tonsils are causing my UARS, tongue position, and swallowing issues. Retraining swallow patterns have been the hardest part of myofunctional therapy, but I am becoming more aware of my habits and correcting them as much as I can despite my anatomy. Myospots have been helpful for reminding me to correct my tongue posture throughout the day. I wanted to ask, do you do mouth taping at night?
That's very interesting. How has myofunctional therapy been? I think you're the first patient I've talked to who's actually done it. What benefits have you noticed?
I have been taping my mouth shut at night throughout the past year. And lately I've actually not even needed to use mouth tape. I use a CPAP machine so originally, the mouth taping was just to prevent leaks. but the more I use the mouth tape the better my tongue poster got and eventually it seems like I'm not needing it much at all anymore.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 So does the CPAP work for you?
@@evanlavizadeh4032 I've been taping and doing myofunctional therapy for about two months. I notice that mouth taping allows my overactive chin muscle to be relaxed when I wake in the morning, however the muscle will tense up as the day progresses. When I mouthtape during the day, I find I get a lot of saliva production when I am reading or at the computer. My anxiety definitely tenses up my facial muscles. I find doing yoga and listening to music helps my anxiety a lot and I can detach my mind from my annoying anxiety-related habits. I still feel tired and out of breath when I wake up after mouth taping unfortunately. I wake up a lot during the night from nightmares, sometimes very sweaty. I just did an at-home sleep study through Dr. Zaghi's office and the sleep study recorded I woke up 4 times during the night. I have a Zoom appointment with him next Monday to discuss my results. Dr. Zaghi gave me my UARS diagnosis last month so I am fairly new with learning about this condition! I am very athletic so other ENTs and doctors never looked far into my symptoms (high anxiety, cold hands/feet, runny nose especially during exercise, difficulty breathing through my nose, fainting, low blood pressure, fatigue, chest pain, sleep walking, night terrors, and swallowing problems). In the past as a kid I got diagnosed with vasovagal syncope and costochondritis but Dr. Zaghi is fairly certain it has been UARS this whole time instead. I did have an allergy test two years ago and found out I am very allergic to dust mites. I haven't had any luck with allergy medication, and Dr. Zaghi thinks it is because of my tonsils and UARS causing the chronic nasal congestion. My worse issue with UARS is fainting. I will faint when my anxiety is high and sometimes vomit as well. Myofunctional therapy has definitely strengthened my tongue. I find balloon breathing to be difficult still but not as difficult as I started. Eating slowly and drinking mindfully is difficult for me but I notice it getting better. Some days are better than others. It is slow progress but it is progress. I started reading the book called The Oxygen Advantage as it was recommended to me by my OMT and Dr. Zaghi. It is quite insightful! If you have more questions for me, feel free to message me on instagram @violetvorpal :) I wish you the best for your journey!
Any surgery will lead to scar tissue development and myofascial restrictions from collagenous deposit from the incisions. The body responds to trauma by laying down collagen to “repair” the trauma. The body doesn’t know the surgery is “trying to help you” per-say.
Licensed therapist. Have had many years in MF release and studying the MF system. Hit me up in the UARS group anytime.
How wow. I had never considered this. I will absolutely hit you up, thanks. Are you talking about the UARS Facebook group? I can't find your profile.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 it’s Heath on the FB group
Hey James. Check out Dr. Zaghi’s study about the role of myofunctional therapy pre and post op s opposed to a traditional frenectomy. This alternative “functional frenuloplasty” addresses your above concern.
@@Jwalk1829 forgot to tag
3:30 In my experience SDB caused nasal congestion which of course caused more SDB. Nasal valve collapse (also a problem for me, but my F30i takes care of it) probably contributes in part to the SDB. I never have any problems with my nose during the daytime.
That's interesting. Any idea why sdb caused nasal congestion?
@@evanlavizadeh4032 That's an interesting question. Also why did it cause Psoriasis for me? I think anxiety/stress and inflammation are closely connected. I also used to produce buckets of earwax, needing irrigation twice a year. Not anymore xD
Most people with UARS have nasal congestion because of all these structural problems. The nasal passage is simply too narrow. PAP isn't going to resolve that...it might just blast through it by brute force but it's not going to fix the underlying issues for most people with these structure problems. Some inflammation of the turbinates can happen from stress and over-breathing however, but those things are also all part of the vicious cycle of structural problems and bad habits. If you correct the narrow maxilla/narrow nasal passage, and improve tongue posture and breathing habits, the nasal congestion will go away.
@@deezuschrist Explain to me how I can do strenuous exercise with a clear nose now during the daytime, without mouth breathing and without using those nose things Evan has on in his videos. My experience calls your bullshit.
@@cebruthius yeah it seems we still have a lot left to learn
Grade 3 tongue tie here. Can confirm the fascial restrictions are horrible.
What point of your treatment process are you in? and what are some of the symptoms besides bad posture due to your fascial restrictions?
Evan Lavizadeh Hi. I’ve spoken to you on reddit before. My username is “dannydawiz”
I’m currently on month 5 of braces to prepare for mma surgery. Tongue tie release with Zaghi is scheduled for next year.
Other things aside from bad posture caused by fascia restrictions include being unable to sit normally in a chair for extended periods of time. Chronic back pain making it impossible to sleep on my back or lay down to watch a tv show/play a game. Falling asleep in general is dreadful because it’s impossible to get comfortable in any position.
The tongue tie put me through 2 years of speech therapy as a 7-9 year old. As an adult if I talk too much or too fast I trip over my words, mispronunciate them, or stutter.
While driving a car my body is always tense. While playing guitar my body is always tense. I can’t study for long periods of time because of pain. Awkwardly, sex can be painful because of being unable to lie on my back. I can’t sing/record vocals well because of the restrictions a tongue tie and narrow airway put on my voice.
All sorts of things man. Keep the videos up though. I’m sure they will help somebody. 👍🏻
Holy shit man that sounds so severe. My postural strains are nothing like that. How's exercising and being active? Also, why do you have to wait til after mma for tongue tie release?
And thanks for the kind words!!
Evan Lavizadeh Exercise and being active aren’t impossible. I can still hike mountains and wasn’t a bad runner as a kid. It’s no surprise however that having a narrow airway means that in order to breathe I have to tilt my head up resulting in forward head posture. I do also have a tendency to to trip on my right foot when running so I believe it must also be causing some type of imbalance.
I can lift weights fine but without getting the restorative sleep necessary for recovery, building muscle is extremely difficult.
I am going to do tongue tie first and then MMA. It was delayed until 2021 due to insurance reasons. However, there is some risk that Dr. Zaghi informed me of relating to what you mentioned about tongue space.
The concern is that releasing my tongue tie may potentially make my sleep worse due to the limited amount of space my tongue has to rest within my mouth. Ideally, I would like to do MMA first but seeing that it’s so far away I am much more desperate to be relived of my fascial restrictions. My ADHD will be much more tame I believe as currently concentrating on anything for extended periods of time is a massive chore.
@@DannyDaWiz wow that was all really informative. Have you talked to them about the possibility of surgery first to treatment? I only learned what it was the other day. Some patients are eligible to do MMA before braces. I wonder if there's any possibility of that for you or me.
Anyway, that all seems like you're taking the ultimate test of patience. Best of luck and keep us all updated.
Hey Evan, your videos are great and I love them so much, I am 22 years old diagnosed with UARS also and I am considering MARPE, and my question is that if it's possible that the MARPE can cause malocclusion?
Hi Yarin! Thank you for the kind words! I don't wanna say it's impossible, because there's always a risk of things going wonky. However, MARPE nearly always actually fixes malocclusion. In fact, MARPE was originally designed to fix malocclusion. So I am not at all worried about MARPE causing malocclusion.
Evan, you will want to see a myofunctional therapist. You don't want to do that alone. We can discuss!
Roger! So awesome to have you on my team 😊
My maxillofacial doctor dosent believe in MSE at all for air flow/sleep apnea issues. However, your video is convincing MSE can help Nasal airflow and palatal tongue space which will eventually help airflow/apnea.
The doctor is confident MMA and genioplasty is more than enough for my severe sleep apnea. I am leaning to only orthognatic surgeries due to insurance and cost. Hopefully I can do MSE later and get same benefits if orthognatic surgery dosent help my sleep apnea.
What's your thought on my situiation?
You can do MSE or SARPE later, yes. If you have severe sleep apnea and want a solution fast, I think it can be wise to do MMA and Genio first and MSE or SARPE down the line. You risk aesthetic issues with teeth not lining up though. And I think it can cause some alveolar bone issues to do two rounds of braces like that. It's really up to you. I think it's silly not to believe in MSE at all for airflow though so hopefully your doctor is a good one.
Rocking the gangsta look today eh :P
What can I say? I got the drip lately. 😝
ugg why couldn't I have just sleep apnea lol
Hi Evan. Great video! By the way, are you also considering Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) surgery?
No. I don't seem to have enlarged soft tissue so I'm staying away from all soft tissue procedures for now. I'm sticking to osteotomy (bone surgery) first.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Got it. Thanks for the response. Also, how was your CPAP experience given that's the treatment of choice for sleep disordered breathing. (OSA, UARS) ?
@@vishal-846 CPAP helps a bit but it's not nearly enough. I still use it and I've been using it for 3 years now. But I'm still waking up alot throughout the night and I am tired all day.
I know you know a lot already about your own condition. But I would say give BIPAP or ASV a try if you have UARS.
ASV in particular is great for UARS. I think it's helpful to give all machines a try before complex (and risky) surgeries. Anyway, I and many others are with you in this journey!
@@vishal-846 yes I've considered that. I might do it soon. For my case though, I realized there's many other benefits that I need from the surgery. For example, I need to treat my chronic nasal congestion. Thank you so much for the advice!
How are you doing now and do you like bipap?
I'm doing well. I liked BiPAP better than CPAP but still didn't do enough for me.
Your posture is really bad. I'm not a pro but I can see this:
Anterior pelvic tilt
Hyper lumbar lordosis
Thoracic kyfosis
Forward head posture
Tight sternocleidomastoids
I am working with a Functional Patterns practisioner. I can highly recommend it.
Wow thank you so much for bringing that all to my attention. Is this treatment covered by your insurance?
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Well my FP therapist is a fysiotherapist aswell so he just includes FP techniques in my treatment. Fysiotherapy is covered in my insurance, however I pay extra money for that.
I think costs are manageable if you visit a FP practisioner once per three weeks. It's a lot of homework you have to do youself anyway. As you know, nobody can fix you but yourself. You have to do the work, especially when it comes down to muscles and fascia, there's no surgery for that.
Anyway I'd love to answer any questions you have or how it is helping my posture so far. Thanks for posting your videos as that is helping me a lot!
I had basically 4 out of the 5 mentioned issues, *which resolved by themselves when I started sleeping well with BiPAP*. Forward head posture is a matter of airway anatomy, no "practitioner" (correct spelling) is going to change that.
@@cebruthius Okay interesting! I agree, bad posture is a airway caused problem. Which means it is top-down. However, does help if you try to fix it bottum-up aswell. I see it like a company, you can change things top-down or bottum up. Many times top-down changes result in the biggest changes I believe in a company. Perhaps also in the body!
@@MP-wn7ue Do you understand what UARS is?
9:40 This is where I check out. So when you lie down and straighten your body your tongue pops down like that Spirit of Ecstasy figure on a Rolls Royce haha ( ruclips.net/video/aj53HuWBfjE/видео.html ) Is that how it's supposed to work :)
First off, hilarious reference. But I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. The tongue is supposed to stay resting on the roof of the mouth at all times of rest. Does that answer your question?
@@evanlavizadeh4032 What about the fascia supposedly pulling on it?
@@cebruthius certain craniofacial abnormalities will cause the fascia under the tongue to become shortened. because of this, every time you try to pull your tongue up, you're straining your entire deep front line fascia network. Which tugs on your entire body. This buckles the posture into curvature.
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Yes, but this relates to the discussion about the "buckled posture." The tongue would get pulled on if you were to try to unbuckle the body.
@@cebruthius oh now I understand what we are discussing. Wait yeah that totally makes sense... So I guess it would be kind of futile to work on this before I recover from MMA?
Myofunctional therapy is the missing piece.
Sounds like mewing
That's because it is! :)
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Uhoh.
@@cebruthius what
@@evanlavizadeh4032 Isn't that going to take a loooooong time?
@@cebruthius as I mentioned in the video, mewing is not only to change the shape of your skull, mewing (or practicing proper resting tongue posture) has other key benefits such as partially resolving sdb. I'm not mewing to change the shape of my face. That ship has long sailed.