Vision and PRI

[@hajoocassim4231]

Greetings from South Africa. I am short sighted minus 2.5 in both eyes. This deteriorated to minus 3.5 at age 45. I have seen most of your videos. I have been for MRIs, chiro and psyiotherapy for lower back pain in my left. This morning, i did your excercises but worked on my eyes. I closed my right eye and automatically my weight shifted to the left. Opened and closed my eyes, same thing happened. Thank you so much. This makes sense. We don't have a PRI practitioner in South Africa, so this is a blessing. 😊

[@chrisradnedge74]

This is the best channel on youtube Neal. Thank you mate.

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you, Chris!

[@shadowlily2714]

You are a blessing, Neal. Now 25 years of age, I’ve always had strong vision and to do exercises like Bulgarian split squats is a great struggle for me and requires a ton of visual focus. It now makes sense to my how sometimes, I can refocus my eyes from right to center it that makes sense. I remember at 19 yrs old, looking over my blind spot while changing lanes (compensating for lack of peripheral vision) and the left side of me neck in tremendous pain. As a kid, always in pain and injured. I’ve been compensating for as long as I remember. I live 2 hour drive from you and would definitely appreciate treatment from your office.

[@danielleritcheymiyazaki2307]

Thank you Neal. Your videos are changing lives

[@rosesammy5611]

I never fail to watch your videos. Thank you for the insight ... it makes so much sense. Truly amazing! Thank you Sir.

[@AliHasan-rf4kz]

Omg I feel I'm discovering my body !! Waiting a video about teeth misaligned Thank you alot !

[@NealHallinan]

I'll make a video about teeth soon.

[@generatingideas]

@@NealHallinan aaaannnnddd?!

[@moctezumaalava552]

Thanks again Neil for another great video. God bless you!

[@NealHallinan]

You're welcome.

[@margaretmyles8290]

Thank you Neal, it makes so much sense, I've felt for years that my right side is having a fight with my left side and this is why PRI makes sense and my Chiro knew all about PRI and had already started do some training in this area, how good is that. I thought I was going to have no chance as I live in Sydney Australia so there may be a light at the end of the tunnel

[@Blacksquareable]

Yep, me too. Like my body is in a fight with itself. 2 things helped for me. One was to cover my non-dominant eye and the other was to wear more of a plus than I needed to cut out the over stimulation and convergence issues.

[@ms.montero5719]

Thank you so much for putting this information out here. I worked on my visual system, my left jaw popped and I am doing great!!!!

[@sosathegreat]

what did you do?

[@JdaPhoeniX9]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. This video deserves way more views and likes

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you, Jay.

[@baderqassim3248]

Neal, although PRI practitioner in USA failed miserably to treat me and in fact was just guessing, and although the splint did not help at all, I want to thank you. This video helped me. I used a different method than PRI that worked better for me.

[@NealHallinan]

@@baderqassim3248 Did we ever do a consultation? I spoke with a Bader once, but don’t recall the last name.

[@Blacksquareable]

If you've lived it then it makes perfect sense.

[@MrMamakara]

you are very genius

[@lpfan23]

I’ve felt like I’ve been spiraling down this hole so much that it makes my chest and ribs internally rotate under my ribs to my left lower back. My right side of my chest under my sternum is numb and feels like it rotates back to the ribs. It seems to leave my body so numb that I can’t sense my chin, right hip, right glute. Anyway after watching this video I’m more or less on my path to recovery!

[@winelover3639]

Thank you !!!

[@bintz1823]

Ive been wearing contacts from the moment I wake up until right before bed for 20+ years. I have chronic back pain. I got an eye infection and wore my glasses all day instead and my back pain is significantly improved. Like..from 8/10 to 3/10.

[@bennymac6618]

My eyes got checked, perfect vision. Matter of fact, my imaging of the inner eye came back better than they’ve seen, but I still stumble trying the tests

[@lpfan23]

Same. I noticed I was really tensing my right eye (almost like squinting)

[@bennymac6618]

@@lpfan23 Yeah, definitely get where you’re coming from. Even months later, I still get on and off twitching/blurriness in my eye on and off not as bad but still here and there

[@Spkinfos]

Hi good information bro

[@ShotStoppers]

can closing your eyes. or just keeping your left eye open while doing techniques help with this???

[@MrOshimaida]

I'm watching this with one eye blindfolded. I was capturing photos outside with a rangefinder camera earlier. This was when I noticed the weakness of one eye. I decided to cover my dominant eye and within a few minutes my pain symptoms along my right side subsided. Decided to research if this was a 'thing' and long behold it is. 🧐

[@NealHallinan]

Yes, that can happen. It's not a "clarity" issue as you know, it's an issue with how the brain processes (or doesn't process) visual information.

[@anotheryogateacher8499]

hello Neal!! i have been watching your videos off and on for a couple years now. my upper left quadrant of vision used to be dull, dim and fuzzy. i could not take in much info from either left or right eye in the upper left quadrant. sounds similar to what you are talking about. one day last january i was sitting in the ocean (i live in vancouver, bc) and i could feel the muscles above my ears start to retract strongly. this happened for about a week. i thought it was a most curious sensation. after a couple weeks of feeling this sensation while sitting in the cold, cold ocean my upper left quadrant of vision cleared up and has been better ever since. a couple months before this i got invisilign to straighten out my teeth. after my vision improved all my postural imbalances (which you have described so well) improved remarkably. i don't have a good explanation for what happened but it seems to align with much of what you talk about in your videos. around the same time my breath holds improved in a remarkable way, from 4-5 minutes to 8-9 minutes in just a few months. you said something along the lines of teeth, vision, breathing and body pain... keep up the good work!!

[@NervBatysta]

Anything you can do (exercices) to help relax a little bit ?

[@Bjornstativ]

I have issues with all three sensory categories (eyes,teeth and feet). Where should I start? Does it make sense to work on all three at the same time or would that be counterproductive? 🧐 Thank you so much for your videos, they help A LOT!!🙏

[@fit4legends944]

Very interesting! Thanks for the great content ! Could prism glasses correct this vision issue? And are you referring to Binocular vision dysfunction? it seems that it disturbs the balance of the body, causes dizziness, tinnitus and other symptoms.

[@TreyRobak]

Could lack of peripheral optic flow on the left side be something that holds some of those boney relationships in place incorrectly? Specifically creating right torsion situations?

[@benjamincoman4684]

do you recommend a standing refraction for BOTH the distance and reading pair for those of us with neck and vision/brain issues?

[@giuliano7959]

Hi Neal, i've recently been diagnosed with astigmatism, do you have any experience with that and PRI? i'm hesitant to get glasses for it incase it messes me up further..vision otherwise I can read the smallest letters easily, only recommended a 0.25 on the left which i'm also hesitant to get as I don't want my eyes to get used to glasses and needing stronger prescription each year for something so small as a 0.25. Thanks

[@HeatherVella]

Is it possible to train our eyes? I got told by a behavioural optometrist that my eyes aren’t working together and they gave me glasses to retrain my eyes and told me to ease in and I wore them too long and the glasses made my back and neck tighten UP

[@TreyRobak]

Would the PRI techniques to open up left peripheral vision and promote more optic flow on that side get someone over to their left. Or do those techniques then allow someone to have more success with more “traditional” pri techniques (left hamstring, left glute med, etc)

[@NealHallinan]

Both. I often have to do left periphery/optic flow before someone can actually feel their left glute medius. Quite often with heavy computer users.

[@adfadfewfrewafawefaw]

another thing to help relax the eyes is get blue light glasses for when you look at screens

[@awakenedsoul]

I understand this because I had to figure it out on my own. Posture pro understands...many people and counties understand this.... However...if the world knew this...there would be mass sucides because people would realize how much the human body is a piece of shit and basically just a living hell. Anyone who is told that even a mm of tooth lose affects your brain and body would freak out...what's the point of living in such fear that the human body isn't perfect but a huge flaw with no back up and just constant hell and fear that omg I need a filling and now I have scoliosis

[@Blacksquareable]

Oh yes, far-sighted people need glasses for distance, too. For me I have manifest hyperopia in my right eye and actually need a plus to see distance clearer.

[@deepzepp4176]

Hi Neal. I’ve had TMJ for years and recently noticed that if I look hard into my peripheral vision on the right of left, my jaw will move along with my eyes. Is this a known PRi thing, or am I just really weird?

[@PittieTictures]

Cool vid Neal. ive underestimated the role of my vision in all this i think. Getting them checked this week. I recall you discussing prism glasses. Under what circumstances would these be used?

[@NealHallinan]

PRI uses them only for specific purposes, usually to help people "ground" better. That sentence would be meaningless to a normal optometrist, however.

[@jeremy6549]

If you stated you are farsighted and also have trouble seeing at a distance, how do you avoid using progressive lenses?

[@Tedsting82]

Can this work in reverse where your movement patterns, positions you’re stuck in etc cause vision issues?

[@sosathegreat]

can vision issues be caused by malocclusion?

[@ShotStoppers]

is there I way I can order some prism glasses? perhaps make the right lens blurry, and the left lens base up

[@crossface9936]

Try The Bates Method for vision problems.

[@eld5372]

I just tried closing my eyes and walking to see if taking my eyes out of the equation would make a difference and it did. I could feel that I was sensing the left side and muscles were kicking in. I was holding on to a rollator so I would not fall. So I’m wondering if my eyes are a big factor in my problem. Also, I commented on a video a week or so earlier that I went to acupuncture and that really caused my my left side to kick in. The acupuncturist put a bunch of needles in my head, and I am just wondering if that relaxed a bunch of muscles in my head and let my skull bones move. Because she really didn’t many put needles in other areas. Just one in each leg and three in the wrist and hand area on each side. But I do remember feeling a big change in my head. But as I mentioned before, within about 24 hours, it just all of a sudden wore off.

[@alexmontague5440]

Occlusion and vision are areas where PRI and osteopathy should get together and chat.

[@NealHallinan]

The founder of PRI gives osteopathic medicine a lot of credit.

[@Journeytosuperhuman]

Hey Neal, thanks for all this informative videos. I have had posture issues and mostly leaning to the right for a few years now. I've done many exercises but nothing really helped. I came across your channel a month ago and now everything makes sense. I have Left AIC pattern for sure and I believe the right tmcc too. I went to the optometrist today because my left field of vision is getting worse and the optometrist can confirm that it's true. I got all four of my wisdom teeth in 2019 and that's when all these issues got a lot worse. Im pretty much stuck in the left AIC. My optometrist is sending me to a specialist because they think I have a lession in my petuitary gland. My question is whether you think PRI can fix my issue or I have to go to a Neuro and optometrist specialist? Thank you!

[@NealHallinan]

Well, you can't really separate PRI from optometry, because proper movement depends on proper visual input to your visual cortex which can then be processed by the motor cortex. You'll likely need both.

[@Journeytosuperhuman]

@@NealHallinan thank you for the reply Neal. I live in Sydney Australia and it seems like we don't have PRI practitioners here at the moment. I'll have a look in the best future after I get my MRI for my eye and brain. Thanks again!

[@jasonn_lifts]

@@Journeytosuperhuman look for neuro optometrist with PRI type ideaolofy

[@sundoesshine8800]

O m goodness. Thanks for mentioning the progressives. I've NEver felt good wearing them... Especially when walking. Was considering getting clear on upper with no line readers on bottom (lined bifocals bug me) Do you think that would be okay?

[@NealHallinan]

I think they are probably less problematic than progressives.

[@mmccrownus2406]

one can do eye exercizes to vastly improve the eye functioning.

[@varuntrivedi637]

Hi Neal I have a blurr vision in my left eye although my right eye is fine. My body shifted to right because of this I have pelvic tilt also. And my right shoulder neck are compressed which result in less breathing from right diapram I went to a eye doctor they said it was not possible to correct ur left vision just like right one. So I m little Worried if i m able to correct my body posture or not plz help

[@PerformanceHealer]

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[@nielssomers6873]

Hi Neal, In the video you talk about stabilizing a body with vision, particularly the right. How would you get someone out of that?

[@NealHallinan]

Once the body is stabilized with the appropriate muscles, it will likely stop using vision. However, sometimes a special prescription may be needed (like decreasing the prescription for the right eye a bit) so that it stops taking over, or the individual may just need to start observing left peripheral vision more. I think dental issues are more common (narrow palate, maloclussion etc...)

[@JaiNormis]

Greetings Neal! If you had a patient undergoing PRI treatment who wanted to increase muscle hypertrophy without promoting dysfunctional patterns, which exercises would offer the lowest risk of injury while still allowing for many muscles to work in a coordinated fashion (compound exercise), allowing for muscles to stabilize an implement moving in space (free weight), and allowing the individual to perform the exercise in a state of neutrality? I understand that no exercise is inherently "bad", but some are more prone to pushing a patterned individual deeper into their pattern even when performed with impeccable technique (for example, weighted shrugs, back squats, chest flies, etc.).

[@NealHallinan]

My basic recommendation is to avoid heavy squatting and deadlifting and stick with single limb exercises. Bi-lateral exercises may be forcing too much symmetry onto a body that really needs to act more asymmetrically (one side engaging while the other side disengages). I"ll make a video about this subject.

[@performa1]

Great question

[@ShotStoppers]

13:05 sorry if i misunderstood but are you saying that my visual system will be fixed if I start reading from right to left???

[@NealHallinan]

No, unfortunately that's not what I'm saying. Reading right to left can inhibit a neuro-visual pattern that is holding us in the right TMCC pattern. Humans love to stand on their right leg (or sit on their right sit bone) with their entire body oriented to the right, but a head rotated to the left in order to stay straight. In that position we constantly move our eyes left to right to move. That pattern (which visual, vestibular, and postural) can become ingrained so much that our neck gets even more stuck to the right. By going into left stance, with a neck oriented to the left, and reading right to left, be can inhibit the old pattern by simply reversing the pattern we are stuck in. That's the best I can explain it.

[@sammymontiel14]

Hey Neil, I just found out I have a -.50 cyl astigmatism on my R eye. The doctor said I don't need to correct it. In your opinion, is this something I should correct right now? Thanks

[@NealHallinan]

I really don't know. I can only give someone an idea of their vision being an issue through PRI testing. For all other optometric advice, I defer to optometrists.

[@kerberatorgames2069]

So why don't we just get something to make the resting tone of the eyes weaker, instead of glasses. That applies for younger individuals I guess. They can adapt more easily.

[@reemaalajaji9924]

Hi Neal. I had PRK laser correction surgery and all my issues got so much worse and my jaw dislocated/locked. I'm so scared because it is irreversible surgery. Can PRI still help?

[@NealHallinan]

I'm sorry to say I really don't know anything about it. While it may be irreversible, perhaps glasses or contacts can still be worn to make changes. I really don't know though.

[@reemaalajaji9924]

@@NealHallinan Thanks for your response. I've researched that glasses can still be worn after and I am sure I can improve my proprioception with exercise. I've got in touch with a PRI practitioner now. Thank you for your work!

[@lauravroman7077]

Thank you for this video - just found you! What are your thoughts on the effects of monovision contacts (one eye sees near, the other distance), Neal?

[@NealHallinan]

I've been told that it is not optimal. You want flexibility in your visual system to respond to different visual demands. I only worked with one person who had monovision correction, I couldn't help her at all.

[@lauravroman7077]

@@NealHallinan Thank you!

[@khachaturdavtyan5144]

To fix it we need cervical cranial repositioning exercise?

[@NealHallinan]

Vision, not necessarily. Depends on the person.

[@wealth1ness]

Are there any visual exercises in PRI or is it primarily about getting vision correction? Would wearing a patch on your right eye occasionally re-strengthen your left?

[@NealHallinan]

Glasses simply allow change to occur, they aren't the treatment. A PRI Vision patient generally has an upright activity/gait program that includes left peripheral vision.

[@reghammond09]

Perfect timing. Optometry appt scheduled next month. Ignored for a year. WAIT! Not progressive lens? I Was going to buy progressive since I already have computer lens. So do you have near and far glasses. According to what you said about the strain on far sightedness you weren’t aware of?

[@karlinhahf]

Can prisms glasses help relax the neck and ipper trapz?

[@NealHallinan]

Only if you actually need them. If you don't need them they'd make you feel horrible.

[@karlinhahf]

@@NealHallinan Im having upper cervical problems. And both of my ears are clogged, visual disturbances… lately Ive been experienced intense nystagmus. Im sure it has something to do with my eye muscles, could It possibly be related to occipitals? No doctors are being able to help me

[@gilbertabdo8813]

dear Neil i m in chronic pain since 8 years now and your channel is blessing- i have learned Alot from u - still not pain free but going forward- my question is : i have realized that most of us who have bad patterns have forefoot varus or rearfoot valgus ( i guess different terminology for the same syndrome) i have realized that when i focus my vision to the left when walking 🚶‍♀️ - my varus is more stable - my podiatrist told me its incurable . did you manage to cure your forefoot supinatus after Pri - or u still wear orthotics for this ? thank you

[@NealHallinan]

I actually still wear my orthotics because my left foot has a bit extra curve to it. Do you mean that when you look to the left, your feet pronate more?

[@gilbertabdo8813]

@@NealHallinan - - i have watched one of your videos - on how we loose peripheral visions - so i started focusing my right eye for distance and left eye on left peripheral when walking- to my surprise my left foot is more grounded and pronates in a more accurate way rather than fake pronate. can i have your email 📧 please as i will move to canada around january - and sure need a treatment plan - i have eye pairing issue ( working on this ) also my left toe cannot touch the ground well… i can not feel weight on my left foot for long and my right side is overactive with pain. i donno if there is a center where they can check ur eyes - give u glasses and orthotics and exercises in one trip- as you know traveling 🧳 is painfull for people like us. thank you 🙏

[@tylermccaig]

@@gilbertabdo8813 Where are you moving in Canada?

[@gilbertabdo8813]

@@tylermccaig nova scotia - why are you asking !

[@tylermccaig]

@@gilbertabdo8813 if you were close to where I am, it's in the US but there is a provider only 4 hours away. That's all.

[@basmamanasra7989]

Hi neal what about the lazy eye ?

[@NealHallinan]

Lazy eye was probably an inaccurate description from a optometric point of view. It was more of "suppression", by brain decided to ignore the left eye.

[@basmamanasra7989]

@@NealHallinan that means that wearing glasses will not do any thing

[@josephwalther9871]

This is incredible. I have been stuck in left AIC right BC for years now and am 20/10 in my right eye and 20/30 in my left.

[@NealHallinan]

Interesting. Have you sought help?

[@josephwalther9871]

Neal Hallinan I have not. I don’t wear glasses but will be seeing an optometrist in the near future to get checked. Will have to put off a behavioral optometrist for a later date. Is this something you’ve seen before?

[@josephwalther9871]

Neal Hallinan I know that you’ve mentioned clarity and processing are different but are you aware of any correlation between the two?

[@et5740]

I’m the opposite. Left better than right? Could I still have the pattern? Am I going to have to get it checked out?

[@jasonn_lifts]

Are your prisms also red on right and blue on left? I feel like it blocks my right eye a little as if pushing it back

[@AliHasan-rf4kz]

I'm 25 years old and I felt better thanks to you Neal I have a nose and chin seem oriented to the right .. and my right eye brow is higher than the left one I'm in a left AIC pattern but as I said I feel so much better now because I'm doing exercises regularely .. but do you think I should check my sight by a doctor ??

[@adriangpuiu]

200 degrees horizontal vision shared by both eyes, 120 degrees vertical vision ... its the so called binocular vision ... you might have binocular vision but not 3d ... check c3 c4 c4 cervical and t5 .... you could hav a branchial plexus nerve impingement

[@NealHallinan]

I think it's always a good idea to get your eyes checked if you have never done it before.

[@generatingideas]

Hm...... 🤔

[@awakenedsoul]

Kinda annoying when you say no one knows about this besides pri. Many people know about this...dr. Orlando silva in portugal has been treating people with this for over 40 years and has trained people all over th world and posture pro in Canada also treats people

[@NealHallinan]

Many optometrists and dentists are aware of how vision and teeth contribute to postural issues, after all it's actually in the scientific literature. The difference is the awareness and acknowledgment of the pattern of right sided dominance and its implications. PRI treats the pattern that causes pain and understands how vision can contribute to a stronger pattern.

[@awakenedsoul]

@@NealHallinan or in some cases vision is the problem or heck...the inner ear

[@adfadfewfrewafawefaw]

another thing to help relax the eyes is get blue light glasses for when you look at screens