Vision, Tension, Ranges of Motion, and the Left AIC Right BC Right TMCC Patterns.

There is nothing that will hold you into a stronger Left AIC, Right BC, Right TMCC pattern than a visual system that isn't functioning properly.
To change this gentleman's range of motion, stretching the hip flexors will not work. Stretching the hamstrings will not work. Stretching the pecs will not work. The "sleeper stretch" for the posterior shoulder capsule will not work. The only thing that will improve his range of motion is keeping one eye closed. When both eyes are open, his brain restricts his range of motion. With one eye is closed, his brain does not restrict his range of motion.
I can't say for sure what is going on. Most likely his right and left eye aren't working as a team. Perhaps this is a binocular vision issue. It's definitely a "brain" issue. His visual clarity might play a role, and he did have Lasik surgery.
All I do know is that his vision is restricting his movement in such a way that he will have to move and breathe in compensation. All of these compensations cause joint and muscle pain eventually. That is why he came to see me.
pritrainer.com...

[@Fillet_O_Chris]

Love the passion Neal, PRI has been a life changer for me and there’s no telling how long it would have took to find out about it had it not been for your channel!

[@NealHallinan]

I'm happy it's been helping you.

[@cassieopia532]

Great info Neal. I have visual and occlusion problems. My quality of life has deteriorated as those systems worsen. yes, it’s all connected.

[@NealHallinan]

Indeed, vision and occlusion issues often happen together.

[@jasonn_lifts]

You should chew more

[@cassieopia532]

@@jasonn_lifts Never said I didn’t.

[@prasadshetty5226]

This video is pure gold

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you. The vision aspect is definitely a passion of mine since I've lived it.

[@ataylor992]

Also worth mentioning: Vagus Nerve stretches- particularly after prolonged screen use has helped me integrate periphery and relieve tension more handedly.

[@NealHallinan]

Where did you find these stretches? Book? Internet?

[@CyBORGBOY11]

@@NealHallinan Yawn may stretch vagus nerve. It is most used on Bates Method.

[@ataylor992]

​@@NealHallinan I personally have been using the one at the 6 minute mark of this video where you bring your ear towards your shoulder and then look left/up and just focus on left periphery and breath. (I'm Left AIC Right BC). I'm excited to report over the last few days I believe this single exercise has helped repositioning my ribcage/scapular area . (I'll do the right one sometimes but I've just been focusing specifically on the left periphery one). I seem to be able to draw air into my uppermost right chest wall with absolutely no resistance or neck breathing whatsoever (maybe because my right sternocleidomastoid is finally being engaged during this exercise/stretch?). Subsequently my scapular area seems to be engaged in a new way and my ribcage seems to be trending toward an uncompensated position as I grapple with the new uncompensated planes of motion of my body. Exciting! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmKrdHppd6x-bqs Hope my experience helps in some way!

[@NealHallinan]

@@ataylor992 my guess is that looking left and maintaining left peripheral awareness is what is helping you relax.

[@KT-ed8hj]

Neal any shot you can do a video on how to sleep better? I feel like we've been waiting on a video on that subject for some time now.

[@user3657]

I am one of these people. I have a narrow space issue! woohoo! My body loves being in wide open spaces. In massive parking lots etc my body goes ahhhh and my arms start swinging. its honestly crazy how environment releases tension. I can not be in the house for a long period of time because of this. You will never understand these things unless they it happens to you. It took a longgg time to understand all this and neal is right. Alot of PRI specialist dont understand its about removing the tension in the body first.

[@NealHallinan]

Yes, the environment makes a huge difference for some people. I started getting suspicious about the "space" issue when I noticed my pelvis would tilt (left AIC pattern) when I'd go into my bathroom, and in October 2019 I noticed my right calf and left SI joint would ache when taking a shower.

[@user3657]

@@NealHallinan Are you still like that now? Are you in any prisms at home? How do people like us function without getting to far into a pattern? Prisms anytime we are in small spaces? Im telling you my body knows the difference when driving on the highway and its wide open and then I hit a spot with trees on both sides, I just lock up.

[@Aangel452]

Wouldn’t it be awesome if someone could invent a machine that pictures all skeletal bone positions, tendon tightness and muscle nots including all these areas in a colour that also recognises pain there. Something like this would be wonderful for experts in this field like you, you would instantly be able to know what and why there body is in contortion and not neutral and in sync correctly.

[@trenthm]

Absolutely amazing. Thanks so much for this video!

[@KT-ed8hj]

So what is the solution here then? Does he have to walk around with an eye patch on his right eye for the rest of his life? How does he avoid that?

[@vanioutska]

Neal i am truly fascinated by the idea of a common type of assymetry in all people. However as a logical being i am equally interested in all possible ways to question an assumption as such. After all, all scientific approaches begin with the null hypothesis. That means that when you start to explore the truthfuleness of the assymetry you are not trying to prove it is true. You rather state the null hypothesis which is: There is no assymetry of the left AIC type and then check if the null hypothesis is of any truth or not. What in your mind would be a good or a few good experiments to debuckle the null hypothesis?

[@johns1493]

Hi! I watched optometrists pick up prismatic lenses for people! They claim that prismatic lenses can only be installed with the base one down, the other up, and you say that you had prismatic lenses installed with two bases down, could you explain why? And tell me while wearing prismatic lenses, have you performed PRI exercises? And is it possible to work at a computer during this period of time?

[@leept4921]

wow! i always noticed that being outside felt good and within 5-10 min of getting home or sitting to read tension started building in my neck. the one eye closed test changed some of my pri tests instantly! mind is blown. thank you for this life altering enlightenment!!!

[@Terrytrickz]

im trying to figured out becuz the left hip is stuck in anterior tilt from a weak or locked hamstring thats why it would be chronically tight to say a single leg dead lift or just reaching to touch the toes ?

[@JJFresh206]

Would you recommend getting glasses after an initial period of correcting basic Left AIC patterns from your website's program? I ask because I most likely will have to pay out of pocket, so if I can reduce some of the basic ways my body is compromising, I can get a more accurate assessment of my visual deficit and the glasses will last longer. I appreciate your work, I'll be contacting your for a consultation soon.

[@user3657]

binocular vision dysfunction.

[@CyBORGBOY11]

*Temporomandibular Joint* Published case reports have reported that normalising occlusion could eliminate distal musculoskeletal symptoms (Gole 1993). Possible mechanisms for these results were demonstrated in EMG studies showing alterations in occlusion altered EMG activity in the peroneus longus and gastrocnemius (Valentino and Melito 1991) and altered the plantar arch (Valentino et al 2002). Furthermore, in rats a simple occlusal pad on the right first molar was able to cause a rotational scoliosis in one week (D’Atillo 2005). This could be corrected in 83% of cases in one week by switching the pad to the left side. However, the correlation from a quadruped to a biped is unclear. Interestingly studies on shooting performance have found improved postural stability and shooting scores with the jaw in the centric position (Gangolf et al 2000).

[@CubedNightShot9777]

Hi Neal. What is the PRI method to fix scapula winging?

[@Arjun-gk2dq]

Hey Neal, an excited subscriber here. I wanted to work with you but I read on your website that you're not taking new clients at the moment. Any updates about that would be great!

[@NealHallinan]

Hopefully in the next month or so I'll start doing some online work again.

[@jeanfalconer149]

I don't mean to divert potential clients from you, Neal, but I've done a couple of virtual meetings with Kasey Aikin (prismpt.com/about-us/), who I found through these videos (Neal did an interview with her here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKDUqot6eLmqo80), and she's been great. I contacted her after I saw that Neal wasn't accepting new online clients and was able to make an appointment with her for the following week. This is a very timely video, as one of the techniques Kasey has me doing involves standing on my left leg, head forward, while looking to the left. It makes me really dizzy! She mentioned that I might have a visual issue, and after we talked I realized that (I think) I mostly use my left eye to see, which causes me to rotate my head slightly to the right and tenses the back left side of my neck (among other things). I've been experimenting with rotating my head back to the left and trying to force myself to look more out of my right eye, which feels very strange to do. Anyway, thanks for another very informative video! Kasey said that while many (most?) optometrists won't know what postural restoration is, a behavioral optometrist would be best to see because they'll have some understanding of the connection between vision and posture.

[@ruebenandrews9914]

@@jeanfalconer149 Hi. when Kasey asked you stand on left leg with head forward does this mean you went into cervical flexion or cervical extension?

[@jeanfalconer149]

@Rueben Andrews You do the whole thing in left stance, left arm forward, which I think puts the left side into flexion and right side into extension. By "head forward" I simply meant that you're facing forward but looking sideways (as opposed to moving your head forward with your neck). You wouldn't be able to do the technique based on my description, though; I was intentionally vague because I'm not sure I'm supposed to be giving that information away. It's more involved than what I described.

[@ruebenandrews9914]

@@jeanfalconer149 thx Jean, sounds like a Right AIC cervical cranial expansion. If I remember correctly you look to the right when you inhale and look to the left when you exhale.

[@КВАЗАР-ф6д]

Thanks from Russia!

[@NealHallinan]

You're welcome. Thanks for commenting from Russia!

[@iminmissouri8589]

Neal you are a legend

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you.

[@Christian.jsf1]

Holy moly my friend.. amazing you have discovered all this stuff for everyone. This resonates fully.. the longer I'm on my phone.. the more little bits of pain creep in

[@Aleks93k]

Neal, hello! Thank you, this is very valuable information. I am in left aic right bc, but more on my left foot due to ankle injuries on my right foot. I have been doing PRI techniques for quite a long time, the result is weak, the body is very tense. I have strabismus, my left eye is used much less. I tried to do exercises on the left eye, but it does not help for long. In PRI tests, I have the same changes with my left eye closed as your client. Could you tell me how he solved his eye problem? does he wear glasses or do something else? I watched your video about special lenses and a behavioral optometrist. In the country where I live, ophthalmologists do not know anything about such problems at all. I will be glad to your advice!

[@ADAPTATION7]

Your body is lead by your eyes. Vision is a strong sensory organ for balance. Try balancing on one foot with both eyes open and then, with your eyes closed. Maybe it has more to do with the vestibular system.

[@MrZaheer33]

Sir can you please tell me how I can improve while living in Pakistan? Is there any branch of your association?

[@ataylor992]

This video was very much needed Neil. My overactive right eye has been a monkey wrench. You shed a lot of light onto how to integrate it into my PRI.

[@NealHallinan]

It certainly isn't rare to overuse the right eye.

[@ruebenandrews9914]

@@NealHallinan Thanks Neil good video. I just wondered, as I can't find any anywhere on YOUR playlist, a video demonstrating how to do the exercises known as CERVICAL CRANIAL REPOSITIONING and/or ALTERNATING CERVICAL CRANIAL EXPANSION? If not please could you do some video showing these as you should be an expert on this cranial/vision stuff by now, as you've now taken this course several times if memory serves me correctly.

[@markjansen4465]

@@ruebenandrews9914 The youtuber Zac Cupples has posted a video demonstarting it

[@deniseshannon6035]

How do I find a dr that does what you do? I am in the tri area of az nv ca. Thank you

[@SqueezeOJ]

What happens when he closes *both* eyes?

[@frankiimendez5865]

Hey Neil great info as usual, I am currently trying to find a provider in my area to finally get started. I am assuming that I will need healthcare/insurance of some sort?

[@NealHallinan]

I don't know. Some providers take insurance, some don't.

[@maciejsiedziako2315]

Neal, any opinions / hearing experience, about prolotheraphy for TMCC pattern?

[@NealHallinan]

Hi Maciej. I really don't have any experience with it. People who go for that are usually under the care of physical therapists.

[@GonzaloCorts]

Fascinating!!!!!!

[@DaTouch9000]

Hey Neil, great content as always! One Question : Do you think that this "trick" would actually work ? If converging eyes too much is bad for you and since converging eyes need both eyes to be open, how about wearing an eye patch while working on the computer and then periodically switching the eye patch to the other eye so that converging actually never takes place since only one eye is open at any given time . . .

[@NealHallinan]

To be honest, I'm not sure. Perhaps doing that might engrain some type of visual "habit" that may not be advantageous in the long term. Probably want to address that question to an optometrist.

[@efrengramajo]

Do you see any reason to involve Thomas Myers’ anatomy trains into what you do? Would it complicate more than help?

[@NealHallinan]

To be honest, I haven't had to incorporate much in regards to fascia. I'm not against it, though. Whatever helps resolve a pattern is useful.

[@efrengramajo]

@@NealHallinan Same. I have found that correct movement and focus on breathing takes care of almost everything unless there’s been a serious injury.

[@Hero_Of_Old]

I do something called DCT (dynamic contraction techique) which is a form of resistance stretching of the fascia for pelvic floor dysfunction. Ive been doing it a long time and whilst it relieves my tension a bit, it never seems to fix the overall issue. I suppose this would be irrelevant if you have a vision, foot or dental problem and can't be fixed until that is corrected. My body is always stuck on the right side regardless of how much I do.

[@playermartin286]

Why is PRI mostly focused on the left ZOA? Wouldn't it make sense to achieve also the right ZOA?

[@NealHallinan]

Because the right ZOA restores so easily and is often never lost to begin with. You need both, but the left side is always the challenge because of the smaller left diaphragm.

[@stevemass8523]

COVID mask xddddd pathetic