The Truth about Lateral Pelvic Tilt
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- From a Postural Restoration perspective, lateral pelvic tilt is just a visible manifestation of the underlying left AIC and right BC and right TMCC patterns. If the right TMCC pattern is involved, it is particularly problematic because it includes the TMJs (temporo-mandibular joints).
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The TMJs are a huge influences on the central nervous system and in particular various cranial nerves such as the vagus nerve, trigeminal nerve, and hypoglossal nerve. When TMJs are compromised, it can affect the function of our entire autonomic nervous system.
In many cases, the position of the mandible (jaw) can have a profound influence on extreme dysfunction that goes on at the pelvis and sacrum. My experience is a perfect demonstration of this.
Also, the pelvis is greatly influenced by the respiratory system and the bones that make up the cranial bowl: the occiput, temporal bones, and sphenoid, and the mandible. A severely tilted pelvis could have influences coming from higher up that can be seen in facial asymmetries.
To fix a situation like mine, a dentist is often needed to fix the position of the jaw through use of an acrylic dental splint that allows the jaw to assume a more natural position and the body needs to be re-trained through Postural Restoration training.
This is the kind of perspective that can only come from having personal experience with it. Most doctors would NEVER be able to begin to imagine all that is going on. Most would just say "well, your X rays look fine, your MRI didn't show anything, but we'll send you to PT where they will have you do condescending exercises that hurt you more/flare up your symptoms and then the doc will offer you gabapentin and you owe us thousands of dollars. Fantastic!
Not me my physio new what he was doing and got me better .I did use some of these movements too.but physio got me thru..they know more than you think
They may know, but they have to care enough to want to find the problem and from my experience most don't.
That's why these videos are valuable. It allows people like me to attempt to treat themselves.
I have jaw , shoulder and hip issues on the left side and for some reason none of the professionals I've seen over the last 20 years can see their connected?
Alcohol and drugs helped for years, now I stretch for 20min to an hour a day and that helps
But a massage therapist would totally understand this ❤️
@@wesleylawrence6439I understand your frustrations sadly
@@wesleylawrence6439only way is to take control of our health and plenty of resources online to help us along the way.
As someone who's been very frustrated with TMJ for 16+ years, this was very interesting
I'm happy to hear that.
Damn man we do have that same algorithm. Love your stuff
Dude it’s good to see you here
@Adam Swink temporomandibular joint
@Adam Swink temporal mandibular joint, dysfunction...
Ever since orthodontic treatment at an early age, I remember telling my dentist and parents that I had lost my bite on the right side after treatment but no one took me seriously because nothing ever showed up on my dental exams. But hey, at least my teeth were straight... Years passed and I progressively began to lose ranges of motion on my right side eventually losing the ability to produce force up and down the chain on my right; It's hard to quantify but it's easily more than 50% of my strength. It started with my right jaw, then my right shoulder, my right ankle came next, and then my hip and spine. I've spent thousands of dollars on chiros, PTs, acupuncturists, podiatrists, etc. all to no avail. Intuitively my mind and body would always come back to my jaw - I just knew it was all connected and that my jaw must also be taken into consideration but it never was and nothing every helped. After years of seeking help and finding none, I stopped seeking altogether. Fast forward 10+ years and I'm a completely different person. I'm unreasonably anxious and scared at times which is really weird. I can't seem to put on weight no matter how hard I try. I've become a very light sleeper and developed food sensitivities which makes rest and digest hard to come by. I suppose this is the body in a chronic sympathetic state. Your videos are the first I've seen to connect the jaw with everything else just as I've always believed. Thank you for the video and thank you for your time 🙏
I've had pretty much the same experience, including the sleep and foot sensitivities. Did you manage to fix the bite?
I know exactly what you're talking about. When you reach a critical state in this process, your body will take over and start complex readjustments and rewiring, if you allow it to. Pay attention and stay connected
Did you ever fix the bite, or the problem?
I had a michigan splint made which is so much more comfortable as it gives an even bite, and sure enough it has relieved TMJ and neck pain.
@@whatsmyageagain1000 nice! what kind of splint is it? Neuromuscular?
And also do you plan on wearing it forever or you will have orthodontics to match your bite with the splint "shape" permanently?
Thanks!
RUclips send me here because my daughter is 11 and „needs“ orthodontic treatment. I trusted my gut and said No. I found a specialist and have an appointment soon. Thank you. So valuable
Biggest indicator I find in most people is the shoulder wing, the upper traps become chronically tight, and the back neck muscles become dysfunctional.
Finalllyyy!! Someone is talking about this.
This is how i've been intuitevely interpreting my issue but unfortunately 11 years and i still haven't found one doctor or therapist that understood this.
We need more people like you!
You made my day. Looking forward to watch all your videos and book an online consultation if this is an option. Please keep going ❤
Yeah talking is the key word here. Why doesn’t he demonstrated how to fix it??? Hmmmm!!
Thank you ❤ I had Adult Orthodontics in my 40s, causing me over 100 musculoskeletal symptoms & injuries (many serious) including pelvic tilt, degeneration of joints, torn knee meniscus etc. Orthodontics is dangerous. How is the industry getting away with this scandal!
I'm in disbelief because I have been suffering for a good many years from severe postural issues that ultimately caused to to attempt suicide and I have never heard anyone discuss these problems in the depth I understand it now from my own problems. Without telling the full story (it is a very long story) I fell and bumped my chin hard when I was a young kid, then grew up with jaw problems (like cracking in the TMJ) and postural problems (very tight hip flexors & hamstrings, forward head posture, kyphosis, etc). This all then got infinitely worse when I had surgery to repair a ruptured ACL, and then my postural problems got so bad I could feel my body moving out of position all the time. It's incredibly psychologically and physically distressing, and since no medical professionals could find the issue I got diagnosed with psychiatric conditions. During all this time I had lost a significant amount of height from my body being so misaligned and looking nothing like I did before. I gathered my own information from trial and error that it was a large issue with my jaw mostly, but I couldn't fix it myself and suffered for 13 years with this condition. 2 years ago I jumped from 5 stories in an attempt to end my life, but survived, only to have broken my jaw and bones in my face, femur, dislocating my right elbow, and I spent around 2 1/2 months strapped down to a hospital bed in a dissociative state. My body is now an even bigger wreck than it was before, but I've managed to make it better (but it's still pretty bad). When it's at it's absolute worst I actually cannot physically breathe (I feel like I'm literally suffocating inside my body), and any small motion has the chance to make things "move out of place" quite easily. I look so physically strange now that I get so many stares when I go outdoors, so I avoid going outside at all costs! I'm better both physically and psychologically now, but it's still extremely difficult to deal with, made even worse by the fact that virtually nobody else fully understands physically what I'm going through. I thought there wasn't anyone who understood the body to this extent like what I have suffered through, so I'm definitely going to check more of your content out, and maybe there might actually be hope for me to finally get help after decades of living in this absolute nightmarish hell.
Appreciate you opening up and saying this bro. Keeping you in prayer, stay strong
I'm sorry to hear about your struggles. My mind went to some very dark places when my body was at its worst. If you are in the US, I recommend finding a Postural Restoration Institute certified PT to help you. They can be found on the website.
Stay strong buddy
I also attempted suicide because the suffering... A no one seems to understand... Not even my parents or the doctors... Fuck em all, unless they had the same pain, they will never understand. I have always been critisized for beign lazy, for not doing anything... They don't know how such condition devours your body and mind....
Holy shit. I feel the EXACT same way as you. I have been suffering from these issues for years that has caused me to become very depressed and this is the first vdieo out of probably 500+ videos I've seen that actually nails what I have. And just like you I also tore my ACL and needed ACL surgery which caused my posture to become bad in the first place.
This is exactly what happened to me. Prior to watching Neal's content, I would have looked at the pelvis only. Priceless information, as always. PRI is really fascinating if you dig deep. Thank you Neal.
You're welcome, Thomas.
I had a pelvic tilt and scoliosis since I was a teenager , I fixed my TMJ/TMD when I was 29 and 2 years later everything is almost back in line, crazy!!!!
How did u fix it? I’ve been struggling for 5+ years and it drives me crazy
@@owenevans3703 Jaw surgery or braces ,it depends how bad your case is.Mine was 90% fixed with with just braces at Alpan orthodontics in LA because he specializes in those cases.
Hooww pllzz
How are you doing now?@@ivanpanzovski
My left leg is 9mm shorter than right - which, until it was found, caused me immense pain and misery over the years. My whole left side below the glute is extremely weak and underdeveloped compared to the right.
A few years of using a heel lift on left side combined with strengthening and stretching (mostly the right side) has been life changing.
I can do regular basic things that most people take for granted :)
I started working out and strenghtening my whole body made it looser and my tilt not as bad as muscles on the shorter leg’s side arent as tense anymore. Start exercises if you havent yet
@@fr0sbitEDIT I have, I'm lifting light weights working out 2-3 times a week
What kind of stretches ?
@@louie8425 what kind of lifting?
This resonates deeply.
I‘m a long time follower of yours, and after consulting with Staff from the Hruska Clinic themselves and seriously considering flying over to Nebraska, I found an airway-centered dentist one block away from me in Vienna. I have my braces on for a week now, hopefully things will change (at last). Thank you for all your videos, they made sense to me when nothing else did.
Vienna, Austria? Or Vienna, Virginia?
@@NealHallinan Vienna, Austria. Would have been a long way to Nebraska.
@@danielgupta9374 I’m happy my videos made sense to you. I’m not sure they make sense to most people, unfortunately.
They'll make lots of sense to people who think & question what's happening in the body, & why. Thanks, Neal
Bin auch aus Wien. Darf ich fragen wie der Zahnarzt heißt, den Sie da gefunden haben?
Fascinating topic and your passion and dedication to this work is so inspiring Neal 🙏🏽
Thanks, Gonzalo! Hope you are doing well!
So interesting. I have a crooked jaw as well and my pelvis a little tilted up from the right. I really wish I hadnt been so innactive during my teens playing videogames. I believe all those hours of bad posture, and lack of physical activity weakened me and caused these imbalances. At 29 I am mewing and trying to be the healthiest I can be. I feel feel better than ever. But there is still more to fix
Hello, mewing isnt't good for health !
@@marcellosartor9085 you don’t know what your talking about and spewing nonsense. Go do your research buddy
I had many instability issues, and most were fixed by eating the proper amount of protein for the weight I wanted to be at as well as doing the following lifts. Rear deltoid fly (machine), inclined bench (30 degrees or less) with dumbbells and going very deep to past the chest for the 'hunch' up top. Pull up hangs once able to do without pain is also great but not easily done at the start.
Lower body wise, bulgarian split squats (start on the weaker side and do the same reps for the 'stronger' side to even out), hip thrusts, farmers walks (1/4 bodyweight of dumbbells in each hand and slowly walk heel to toe with straight back and looking straight) and squats all helped to correct me from 'gamer hunch' to shoulders nice and back straight as well as walking smooth.
@@marcellosartor9085 idk tf u talking about I'm not using my nasal steroids or antihistamines anymore because mewing has opened up my nose so much. I stopped needing medication to breathe thru my nose easily and forgot about it.
@@gedix3578 this sounds so intriguing. Can you please explain a bit more? I myself am allergic to stuff like dust and I'm sensitive to pollution.
Absolutely great stuff! I'm a massage therapist and am always telling people how their muscles are interconnected, so sometimes I may have to work a different area of their body before I even touch the one they want.
Just when i was looking for answers for my posture, you release this video
Just wanted to leave a big THANK YOU for your videos. Been working on my body alignement for years now, and am happy to say that your informative videos help me gain new ground with great results. Kari
You're welcome.
This is EXCELLENT information! I have been going from the bottom up trying to find the source of my misalignment. I was told pelvis but I see my left shoulder is forward when I walk. I never realized how complicated it can get. Thank you for the video!
You're welcome. Seek out a PRI certified PT, they can help figure things out for you.
I have swallowing problems. My myofascial LMT identified tightness in my jaw, but not a tilt.
Good information about the right diaphragm.
The RUclips algorithm sent me to you😊.
hey Neal - I have a birth defect & only about 15% vision in my right eye (I basically just see light and dark with a tiny bit of colour). now that I've been watching your videos I keep wondering what effect that might have on my postural issues. the body is so fascinating! thanks for all your work!
Thank you for the information you've been putting out about postural restoration. This have been life chaning for me. I can now breath again after 4 years of not knowing whats going on with my body. You doing gods work!
life changing info. just becoming aware of the neurological reporting in points has put my body in a restoration mode, so much changing
Hey Neal, I am a chiropractic student. I came across your channel a week ago and I have to say I am really* enjoying the videos. You have inspired me to one day complete the PRI courses in the near future sometime ! Take care, looking forward to your future videos man!
Thank you Gnostic Ari. I'm glad they have inspired you.
I’m Anthony I emailed you, I ended up sticking with the chiropractor. So what I am doing now is getting a splint from my dentist and working to continue to fix my neck. I’m going to keep you up to date, my issue might be one of the most complicated I have personally ever seen.
what are you dealing with?
@@reikodra1580 Loss of cervical lordosis, lateral pelvic tilt, malocclusion, severe TMJ, hyper lordosis of low back, lots of nerve compressions everywhere, blurry visions, bad hearing, and so forth. I’ve minimized a lot of it through chiropractic treatment but there’s still a lot of confusion
Have a look at Mike Mew and Orthotropics on RUclips. His clinic deals with TMJ and says splints cause long term problems.
To treat tmj, need to expand palate and then keep teeth in light contact for 6+ hrs per day. I had mild symptoms of tmj (clicking and grinding of jaw joint) which have subsided simply by keeping teeth lightly together all day and keeping tongue on roof of mouth.
I finally have a clear explanation for my secondary illnesses and physical dysfunctions. A shorter right femur causes my musculoskeletal injuries. Well, I had three root canals on the same molar because of severe CJD and toothache on the opposite side of the jaw. And as a former dental assistant for 20 years, I know the midline offset is logical. I believe in your factual theory, research, and discovery. God Bless you. 🙏
This is gold. I fogured these things out on my own which was a hard process.. but you gave me more clarity and put it in medical phrases i can search for.. so it thank you for that
You're welcome.
You are greatly appreciated. You confirmed my general understanding of the issue with with your comprehensive outlook.
TMJ vs upper cervical instability... was wondering which one came first and I have a better idea now.
Thank you big man!!
You're welcome. TMJ and upper cervical instability really can't be separated because the TMJ and C1/2/3 are so highly integrated.
Fascinating… I have a major jaw issue and I’ve been so focused on my hip and it makes so much sense. The jaw issue has become way more prominent and causing more issues from the top down but never realized the connection
Oh, so appreciative of this & your videos. With an inner standing of how we r connected internally, boosts my perception & awareness, able to change long help movement patterns. Consequently, feels safer, more confident.
This is the most insightful TMJ video I’ve ever seen. Thank you very much.
Your videos are so great and just the information I needed to hear! Since my injury I have had all these docs that look at the body one part at a time. It is so refreshing to learn and affirm the system as a whole. Doctors should be learning this stuff before they can practice. The mechanics of the head to toe makes sense to me! Thanks so much for the info!
I’ve been saying this for years, orthondics is causing a lot of this by reinforcing jaw misalignment, which for some ppl is very extreme. It’s a conundrum because orthodontists removed 14 permanent teeth from my mouth in 1970 . This lasted 5 years before everything was removed, bands braces etc..that’s just mideavel. I feel like they should concentrate on a compromise where you look fine but not perfect. Depending on the severity looking perfect isn’t worth all the damage , and pain . It is not corrective except in appearance for most people
Just the information I needed. Driving a forklift for years has caused a right side hip hike.
I'm only 19 years old and live my daily life in pain. Recently, I found out I have a displaced disk in my jaw, as well as bone overgrowth, an undeveloped jaw, and narrow tongue space. I also have extremely, extremely tight SCMs to the point that they restrict my talking, chewing, swallowing, and even breathing. I also have tight scalene muscles, and recently I've developed lower back pain. All of this pain is mostly on the left side, and in the mirror I notice that my head leanes left and my whole body has a tendency to fall left. When I walk, I almost always have a tendency to fall over left.
My whole life is a mess because of this. I'm only a teenager.
Stay strong
yo i have this is exact same problems everyday with the same symptoms? did u hit the left side of ur jaw on anything bcuz that what i did to cause all my symptoms
@@mikeoxlong4506
Ah my TMJ doctor thinks I hit my jaw when I was a little kid, which caused it to develop poorly. That, and yep, I was in a car accident where my right jaw hit the airbag which he thinks made it worst.
You might have a vision issue. It may develop if you chew more on one side.
@@ahadmdabdul
I do have photophobia (extreme sensitivity to light) and major eye pain. I consider them a part of my headache symptoms, hence why I require accommodations at school to test in dark rooms.
I didn't bring up any of my ocular pain, so I'm very curious how you concluded that? And what sort of vision problem might you suspect?
Hey Neil! I’m glad my friend Karin is getting to see you, she’s a very smart woman and has some great wisdom to offer!
Ah, yes. On Friday. We will have lots to discuss.
It's been a long time since I've experienced a paradigm shift but right now my mind is totally blown. I'm going to have to look into this. Wow!
I'm happy to help with that paradigm shift.
Valuable information here. My chiropractor said I had lateral pelvic tilt along with my sacrum being out of line. Never mentioned anything about potential neck SCM tightness that may be at cause. I'll look further into this. Thank you very much 😊
You’re welcome. Almost nobody recognizes the contribution of compensatory breathing. It’s at the heart of Postural Restoration.
SO MUCH INSIGHTS .I LOVE IT BECAUSE I KNOW BODY ANATOMY . PLZ ALSO ADD SOME REMEDIES THANKS
My entire channel is about Postural Restoration, which is the remedy. There is no one perfect exercise for everyone.
Orthodontia started in 3rd Grade. Headgear, braces. TMJ started in freshman year of high school. Pelvic problems in junior year. I’m now over 40. Three major surgeries in head and neck. Constant left anterior hip pain, constant right SI pain. You describe me here.
This is amazing discovery i have the exact same issue i. have a left TMJ and blocked airway due to childhood injury and lateral pelvic tilt at the right side.
Thank you.
This video is connecting so many dots for me! Thank you thank you thank you
You're welcome.
This is good stuff. Through studying to become CPT, I learned that a lot of the times, the site isn’t always going to be the source. This video demonstrates this very nicely 👌🏻 Kinetic chain baby!!
"It's all connected" is always said, but rarely actually believed.
I love your work. You have truely discovered something I was suspecting . But so clearly presented. I have these issues and am a dental assistant. Thru out the years if working and getting older you I found out are a massage therapist. ME too as all the pain left me to pursue massage therapy. My own pursuit is much like your own pursuit. Must be that 100th monkey effect. Very interesting and I wonder how many of us are effective by this chronically. Conectting the dots. ❤
i have just the pelvic asymmetry you describe here and had TMJ dysfunction with severe pain for many years, on one side. I've been doing what I guess is now called somatic meditation for about 10 years and the TMJ problems have gone, but I still feel and explore the asymmetry in my body - the Yogis have a lot of knowledge on the two sides.
I can't believe how much I can relate with what you have just said in this video. I have not been able to pin point what was wrong with my body and why it is the way it is and I feel like you have lifted a weight off my shoulder. For so long now I was afraid to tell anyone what I was going through on a daily. I just thought it was part of getting old and I have sort of accepted as who I was and living with it. But now I want to change and get out of living in constant discomfort and pain. I want to feel body and get real help. Thank you so much educating me and others. Your testimony and knowledge really shed a light that I thought was not possible. You are a hero to me and I'm sure to others as well. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the kind words.
I am looking forward to learning more through your videos. Thank you
So relatable. They moved my jaw too. The bia-nator. Been healing from a year of neck shoulder pain.
RUclips kept showing this in my recommended so I decided to watch. Pretty interesting stuff. Guess you can say this one's for the algorithm!
The algorithm did a good job on this one. Watch the follow-up video I just uploaded yesterday.
I have been dealing with TMD for over 10 years. Have gone to Chiropractors, Dentists, Massage Therapists. Never heard the relationship between TMD, diaphragm, and pelvis. I have issues with all 3. Makes complete sense.
Great video MR NEAL
Buh how did u fix this TMJ issue or asymmetry
Very interesting. My right hip is in front of my left hip and my whole spine has rotated. I started getting terrible balance, to the point I was afraid to go out.
I have an anterior bite, stigmatism in my right eye, high hip on the right, left shoulder problems - and it seems - based on this video that they are all connected... which needed fixing first, the bite?!
Man we need better holistic healthcare.
You'll need help sorting all that out.
www.posturalrestoration.com/find-provider
Thanks for this. Just wanted to shout out to The Power Broker. Read in college. Was interesting especially for a native New Yorker.
Man, story of my life. I am seeing a TMJ expert, I can breathe.
All your videos have blown my mind! They make complete sense. I have Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, so I already struggle to know where my joints are in space. I have been trapped in a L AIC pattern for years, I grind my teeth at night, I pronate more on my left foot and find it hard to pronate on the right. I have a lot of neck pain and tension. You have opened a new door for me after years of pain and struggle with seeing lots of different professionals. I am a personal trainer and your videos are a huge help in me moving forward, and for my clients too. Question, will the neck sort itself out if I return to neutral?
Ehlers Danlos is tough to deal with because of the hypermobility. The neck will sort itself if a body is able to get neutral, yes, but sometimes the neck is the limiting factor. I talk about this in my most recent video.
I'm hypermobile too. It definately doesnt help the situation
So I just discovered what my problem is, I have been so frustrating at my noticeably more muscular right side: abs, lat, quad, chest, shoulder, arm are bigger and more defined on my right side. This is frustrating as someone who does powerlifting and bodybuilding as it kills any symmetry while also provoking strength imbalances. It's really hard to overcome and I hope i'll fix it someday
Yes, you just have to keep in mind that there is an underlying right dominance built into all humans. It's not a problem until we lose our left side.
@@NealHallinan I guess in my case since it's only a problem aesthetically it's less important
I started weight training and was feeling positive but the position we're stuck in and the imbalances cause, so much bad form it became so painful l. Itd a shame because working out was helping my mental health and feeling physically stronger made me feel mentally stronger too, but the pain soon overtook any benefits and I gave up. I've been worse than ever since then. It sucks.i try to do an hr a day on exercise bike only now but even that has issues with balancing the body
Thank you so much sir . You are great please upload more this type of content.
Anyone know how to get in contact with Neil? Can’t book appointments or reach him on social media. Really wanted his insight on jaw surgery that I’m on the fence about.
So wild to come across a video that actually understood my problem. Im a veteran, and every doctor I’ve talked to (VA or not) tells me I’m crazy. Im so exhausted with it. My quality of life has been greatly reduced because of this. I cant even sit or lay comfortably anymore. Where can I seek help in michigan? I have the worst of the worst I think. I thought I was screwed until I watched this video. Ive looked for answers for 7 years and only got a TMJ diagnosis.
happy to find your channel, just subscribed...... great & valuable but underated content🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
thank u
You're welcome.
Man I just found you and it's amazing cause I have a very assymetrical face and never knew the reason, until I watch your vídeos. The thing is: my face is up to the right, but seems like my rib cage and my pelvis is also up to the right 🥴 it makes no sense, right? I wish I could find some serious treatment for this in my country (Brazil). If you know what to do about my case, please tell me 🙏
First of all, great video. Now, I can checkmark that I have everything that is described. Lateral pelvic tilt to the right (with shoulder lower in the heightened side), tight back and neck, overuse of lats and obliques in compensating side (I train with weights and my overused side constantly gets injured somehow), jaw that is "out of sync" and problems with my ears as well. I got it all. Now, I have no idea who to seek out for this kind of thing. Should I start with a basic physio? What kind of professional would typically be able to help with this?
If you are in the US, you should search for a Postural Restoration Institute certified PT.
Awesome video. Thank you very much. Now what I’m very curious to know is how did your jaw get replaced back to normal? Did you do exercises or how is it even possible to get the jaw back to normal position?
🙏🏼Wow, thank you, finally someone understands.
Mine is a little opposite… right hip upslipped and rotated, all the muscles below my hip are compromised, all the muscles within my pelvis, and all the muscles above are significantly smaller than my left side. I stand mostly with my weight on my left side. The only part of my left that’s affected is my neck. I stretch a lot and tend to overstretch if I’m not careful. I walk crooked sometimes looking drunk but I have no glute med. and piriformis is affecting lymph flow apparently to my right leg.
I tell every doctor and practitioner that it feels like I have a Barbie leg that was taken off and not put back on correctly… like it doesn’t fit right or feel right like the rest of my body.
I don’t know what PIC(?) is…? Looked like happy baby pose
Wow! So interesting. I have all of these issues including TMJ. I recently had an MRI for my low back and hip pain on the right side and I am wondering which doctor to go to first. I also had ankle instability on the right side which I had surgery for last year. Thanks for connecting more of these dots. It does make sense.
Thank you for the helpful knowledge, the things you are describing are what I have been feeling for years I really appreciate it
You're welcome, Luke.
Interesting. I had issues with my left foot since birth. When I started physical therapy for it, an old jaw injury got reactivated and my gums spit out suture that was in there for over 20 years. Now I understand why this is happening. The body is one hell of a self correcting mechanism given the chance
Yes, if given the chance.
Hi Neal, thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. I got the chills watching this video, especially hearing the constellation of symptoms & seeing your past photo, because it looks exactly like what I've been seeing in the mirror for the past 7 years. My symptoms started with the right TMJ, and very quickly progressed to an intense soreness in my back. I then noticed that my pelvis was rotated to the left, that my right hip was higher than the left, and my right shoulder/ribcage was lower than the left. No amount of PT/RMT/chiro helped. I was wondering - have you ever experienced either directly or indirectly via your patients any lateral cranial tilt of your skull to the left? Is this a common symptom that's associated with a right lateral pelvic tilt? It leads to a lot of pulling and soreness in my right suboccipital/trapezius areas. Looking forward to hearing your expert insight and thank you in advance.
Please upvote so he can see this comment :)
A "lateral cranial tilt" are actually called "cranial strain patterns", so that's what I technically had. They can be classified as occurring on the left or right. So yes, the jaw can be rotated to the left as well. In Postural Restoration it's called the Right TMCC pattern. I'd highly recommend you find a PRI therapist to help you. It's complicated to resolve.
@@NealHallinan Hi Neal, appreciate the quick response. I'm located out in western Canada and the only practitioner is located approximately 4 hours away. I'm wondering about the feasibility of self-treatment through virtual guidance. Is there some place more private we can talk about this further?
Scary how accurate the symtooms listed are to mine.
I will quit my miserable job and dedicate my life to helping people fix this issue if it fixes mine.
SUUUPER INTERESTING. I had tmj for so many years and am 24. I even got zygomatic cheekbone surgery. I have low back pain as well as the hip shift
Hey Neal! Thanks for your videos! You give hope to lot of us. Can tmjd that causes no pain at face or jaw, end up changing body posture? You mention in videos that you needed a splint, but did you use to have jaw or face pain before starting using the splint?
I have been going through something similar since I was a kid as well. Thank you so so much for this video 🙏❤
You're welcome.
Thank you so much. This is me. I quit running about 2.5 yrs ago, quit all workouts, be came more sedentary. Not my best move...Stress brought on tmj on the right, slowly I noticed I was twisting my upper body to the left in daily activity, mostly in the kitchen, etc...until I was like totally twisted and leaned to the left ALL THE TIME! When I started watching your vids here, I knew I was onto something. I want to be active again, but I don't want to further injure myself. The tissue in the shoe helped. I watched your recent walk to music vid, it was interesting. I noticed that my right leg is slow to bring forward and very tight. For someone like me, would you recommend your beginner videos? Thank you for your content. I feel like there is hope.
The beginner videos, or beginner program?
@@NealHallinan The videos on your web site, like the 90/90 etc. Not sure if it matters, 54 yr old woman, used to run 5-7 miles several days per week in the street.
so glad I found this video, Ive been walking in circles for years :D
Very interesting and informative video. Only criticism I have is the video provides no clear path to a solution for people suffering with this. Just a lot of information regarding the problem which is certainly helpful don't get me wrong.
The solution is Postural Restoration, which I am sure I mention in the video. My entire channel is about Postural Restoration. There is no set of exercises for every single person because people can end up with a tilted pelvis for different reasons.
@@NealHallinan Thanks for the reply. I may have misspoke in my earlier comment. What I really meant is, like you mentioned, the solution has to be specific to the individual and because most people don't have the training, they can't administer treatment to themselves. Especially if they have a bite problem like I have. What path would they need to take to get a tailored program specific to their problem? Who should they see first? A physical therapist or an orthodontist? What certifications should you look for in either fields in order to determine if they can help you? That sort of thing.
Mr Hallinan, you need to write a book. Also, do you have any online training videos? How about a clinic where we can see you for a assessment? Thanks.
I had serious problems with lateral pelvic tilt .muscle imbalances .anterior pelvic tilt .walking was painful .I felt like I had lead in my legs ..went to a physio and exercised three to four times a week hard. Stretches single leg squats and every pelvis movement you could think of..I had this problem for ten months .due to hard work I'm now back to normal .so don't give up hope .I incorporated some of there movements too .but it was good old fashioned physio that got me better .and slot of hard work.so don't give up ..I thought I'd never be able to walk without pain again but I'm as straight as a die. Thanks to my physio
@@googleadmin1515 no ..right shoulder was lower .. lateral pelvic tilt was from lifting heavy things on one side of my body. No facial misalignment..and my right hip stuck out when I walked ..
@@googleadmin1515 I got very down with it .but I'm a fitness freak so kept at it ..lockdowns and going back to a heavy job caused all my problems .I still have back problems due to flare ups of anterior pelvic tilt .but I'm working on that .. if I slack off from physio my back gets bad
WOW this is crazy. I'm having all these issues with my right shoulder and had braces when I was younger, but am getting orthodontic treatment again because my bite is so messed up and my jaw is moving to the right and causing facial asymmetry. I do think it's all connected even though the doctors aren't putting it together, EVEN THOUGH I'M TELLING THEM
THANK YOU for addressing all the comorbidities and mind muscle connection between muscles.
Ik my bad jaw would fuck up the rest of my body but I couldn’t afford it.
Would have been such a good investment
I am from India and coming to USA for graduate studies, I will definitely meet you sir.
Did you get to meet him yet?
My mom had her leg partially severed by a boat propeller in her early teens and has one slightly shorter leg than the other. She never wore a lift. She's in her 70's and still tossing around 50# bags of horse feed... mostly without pain, though she'd throw her back out from time to time.
Im wondering out loud if her amazingly straight teeth and jaws played a role in her being okay despite 5+6mm difference between legs.
I have the same situation, I'm stretching my hamstrings which is helping a lot.
How did you get help for Yourself?? What do we do if we are this messed up with out bodies???
I have this exact same thing. At 47 hip degeneration on my right side, plus on and off again lower back and right hip pain. Xray shows my spjne is curved. I have went to many doctors and not one has mentioned this. I dont know where exactly it originated but I have some ideas. I wish i could someone to help me. I lifts weights so it can become very frustrating.
Neal, what do you mean by you need palatal expansion to move your right jaw forward? Doesn't patalal expansion just mean transversa side-to-side expansion, not forward?
Also, I thought the crossbite was causing your cranial strain. Are you saying it's possible to that it's the lateral sidebend/tilt of cranium causing it independent of the crossbite?
It does mean side-to-side expansion, but as it widens, the jaw will have room to move forward. My left palate is wider than my right, and unsurprisingly my left mandible is more forward than the right. The cranial strain seemed to be apparent as a young child, even before any orthodontic work. The neuro-optometrist at PRI believes I had a binocular visual issue from a young age, and that could certainly have prevented my palate from expanding equally. Crossbites are generally a result of cranial strain, but once they are there, the strain doesn't resolve without correcting the crossbite. The crossbite occurs because of the "strained" position of the temporal bones/sphenoid/occiput.
I just got my back and neck cracked two weeks ago at a chiro and he told me my pelvis was unaligned and I’ve suffered from TMJ and teeth grinding all of my life. He aligned me and my tmj isn’t better idk if I’m misunderstanding is this somehow connected?
He adjusted me and since then I have been having all right side pain, numbness and tingling. Head , cheek, arm, etc.
No chiro can align you in the way that I'm talking about in this video. Only your brain can align you, since it's your brain that is reacting to sensory stimuli and thus "posturing" you. Postural Restoration works by teaching your brain how to stabilize in the appropriate ways.
Extremely interesting video. I wanna share something that happened to me related to it. After a spine injury for a while I had the left side of my pelvis or hip higher than the right one very noticably and it was painful. Then I started doing alot of squats and leg exercises with focus on symmetrically using my leg muscles and keeping my back straight. After some time my spine stopped hurting and the pain went into my legs. I kept exercising and after the while the pain went away from my legs and my hips evened out back to normal. Present day if I don't workout my legs for a few months and live a couch potato lifestyle the problem returns, but if I keep doing leg workouts with focus on symmetry it doesn't hurt or bother me and evens out again.
Late reply, but wondering if you could explain how you incorporated the focus on symmetry with your exercises.
@@TheEmaile making sure that both feet are evenly spaced apart and to feel the weight of my upper body symmetrically pushing down into my hips and legs. For example since I hurt my left side of the back and hip my right leg naturally started to overcompensate to avoid pain. So in order to rehabilitate myself I had to consciously make sure I'm spreading the weight of my body symmetrically over both legs and that they're both directly under each of my hips when squatting
@@TheEmaile pretty much consider the injury, do your best to understand how the injury affects the symmetry of your body, when exercising pay attention to technique attempting to do the exercise symmetrically despite the injury in order to strengthen like in my case my injured hip and left side of the back. The injury remains but because of the focus on strengthening the muscles on the injured side through exercise with proper symmetry in technique it helps me live my day to day life with less pain
@@TheEmaile Technique and form with proper symmetry of the body during exercise is extremely important after an injury. Especially if it's a life long injury like to the spine. During the process of rehabilitation, technique, form and symmetry of your body are paramount. To strengthen the muscles around the injury to prevent it getting worse and by having good techniques hopefully you can avoid additional injuries and workout safely and continue the rehabilitation process for years
@@lukefrombk thanks for sharing all of that! Makes sense and it’s something that I haven’t done… trying to baby my injured areas has really lead to more issues, when like you said, being mindful of the movements in both sides really helps with rehab and healing.
I have been suffering from this very same contition for over 25 years but have never had the privilege to have it corrected. It has caused a number of other issues like severe muscle imbalance and stiffness from overcompensating, over all aches and discomfort, not to mention posture and aesthetic issues, and the embarrassment/insecurity that comes with it. I've asked many MDs regarding this, and was told that time and time again that my issue is physiological and there's not much that can be done outside of surgery. One said that I was probably born this way, which is not true at all and I have photos and videos of me when I was younger when I was younger. Where does one go to get help?
Well a postural restoration therapist and a airway centered dentist should be a good start.
There is no CLEAR videos of which way my pelvis is facing. When i stand straight facing forwarded looking in a mirror my left leg is 3 inch back.... if move my left leg forward my shoulders face. Does this mean my pelvis is facing to the right or left?
I nearly cried getting this video recommended to me because mywhole left side has been in agony for the last 2 years as my TMJ problems worsened and no one seems to be able to explain how any of it is related, would you be able to do speak more about the steps people need to take to start managing/solving their TMJ issues?
Please watch the video I uploaded yesterday. Beyond that, you should seek out a PRI physical therapist.
www.posturalrestoration.com/find-provider
How do we fix the misaligned jaw
Hi,
I live in the UK. Do you know where I might be able to find someone who understands this stuff? Getting pretty desperate 😩
Thanks.
Hello Neal, I would like to ask you , can a PRI therapist help me as I have: lower jaw to the left ,chest rotated to the right,scoliosis on the right, right pelvis down , right hip and knee rotated inward ,overpronation of the right foot.I have had a lot sprained right ankle.Orthopedist recommended insoles to correct the pronation on the right , the rotation in the knee decreased but my pelvis became very unstable when walking and I got pain in my right SIJ.Thanks!
This is my exact situation currently thank you for explaining
So interesting how these seemingly disparate parts of the body can have this relationship. It's very true in my experience too. I actually ended up getting major TMJ issues for a while and it was actually BECAUSE of pelvic tilt. It was self caused though, I had been so focused on what I thought was good posture and sitting upright (was trying to fix back pain at the time) that I was causing that tilt which in turn caused major strain on my jaw and even eventually gave me a permanent headache and TMJ pain. Just relaxing and letting my pelvis find it's preferred position on its own fixed things basically overnight. Now through further experiences I've come to the conclusion that you should never focus much on your sitting posture, you're potentially opening yourself up for more issues. Good "posture" can just become default if you exercise (strength, mobility, endurance) and move how you should to balance out how much you sit.
The problem is that you believed you had poor alignment and believed good posturing would fix that. It didn't and actually caused more strain. This happens quite often.
So what can be done about your cranium/lateral jaw? Does PRI have exercises for that?
Hey Neil would you be able to make a video detailing proper exercises to improve scapula control and how to properly fix shoulders from rounding forward.
I feel like all 4 pri exercises have helped me tremendously in improving right shoulder internal rotation and pain relief in general. But recently iv been noticing that the fear of going to back into rib extension + my already badly developed posture has resulted in me becoming slightly hunched over. I dont want to go for the standard rear deltoids, hanging scapula shrugs and upper pec isolation exercises, as i just dont want to do something that could ever bring me back into extension and even bring back half the pain i used to feel when stuck in left aic right bc pattern.
The problem is that there is no one technique that will work for everybody. Without working with someone directly, I really can't know what would work. What may work for one person may not work for another because their challenges will be different. The best thing you can do for a right shoulder is have a stable pelvis .
Thanks for the info Neal!
So, is it pointless or even harmful in any way to do a left AIC programme if the problem actually originates from a lateral cranial tilt/ misaligned jaw, and not the pelvis?
It's not necessarily pointless and not harmful, but it may not work and for some people could increase discomfort if there is too much tension in their body. However, I'd make sure I could adduct my right leg before doing any left AIC program.
I think you may have just changed my life?
In your circumstance. Did a mouth plate help?
Also, do you believe with the respiratory system that it was being overly used on the one side? Or under on the other??
why is youtube promoting so many pelvic tilt videos lately ? what's the REAL reason ?
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