Your FEET and BRAIN Determine Posture and Pain: My Story in Pictures

[@chombbii7989]

Hey, Neal I been watching your videos for a long time. I went and saw a PRI PT in Monterey, CA 4 months ago and I saw him 4 times. It was a great experience and he said I just need to see him one more time. All the exercises he gave me for homework cause major changes and my body. He said that I should be all good to go and back to powerlifting. But to be sure to see him one more time. People this stuff works and I'm 95-98 percent healed and it feel amazing. I just gotta do this months homework(exercises) that I got.

[@beautypablotamarini7315]

Please, PLEASE, what is or who is "PRI PT". And "CA"... 🙏

[@chombbii7989]

@@beautypablotamarini7315 Posture restoration in Monterey, California the guy I work with is Cody Gilliss

[@NealHallinan]

I know Cody! Great guy!

[@Cleanyourroom-yv1te]

@@beautypablotamarini7315Postural Restoration Institute , Personal trainer in Monterrey, California

[@StarHarvestOfficial]

@@beautypablotamarini7315 Postural Restoration Institute, Physical Therapist, and California.

[@sitapatel7299]

OMG your video hits the spot in all the same places I’m suffering with. Big toes don’t bend/ touch the floor, right arch higher than my left, feet fall out when lying down (no IR), tight upper traps, neck breathing, anterior tilt, left pain in shoulder and piriformus, hip flexor tightness. More recently jaw tightness and my right canine tooth noticeably sticks out so much too.…I think this has shifted more in the last 6 months. Also can’t seem to engage my breath all the way down to my pelvic floor and no back rib expansion. My right hand and wrist hurt, and my right eye twitches too! I now think my issues started in 2019 when I first suffered with right temporal headaches and maybe became a mouth & neck breather after several left ankle sprains over the last 10 years. Working from home with flat floors and in front of a screen too. I really need to see someone like you but there’s nobody PRI certified in the UK 😢

[@adamchmelovsky9941]

Same

[@Skurk1n]

Mee too

[@uboobly]

How are you doing now? Your timing (2019) and symptoms greatly overlap mine. The not being able to breathe down to pelvic floor was a problem on right side for me until recently. After rewatching Ron Hruska's webinars, the adductor one, I went after the right adductor in a serious way with PRI and non PRI moves. Suddenly I had ground and breath again on that side. The adductors /sit bones need positioned under properly for the compression to the ground feeling. Ron also mentioned it can be a factor relieving the forward Head Posture.

[@uboobly]

I meant to say, the damn screens for work in the pandemic corroded my condition I think.

[@jaredhead9503]

Neil I stopped wearing my retainer and that was the cause of all of my dissociation, visual snow and brain fog that was unexplainable. I tried every treatment under the sun until I found your videos on PRI. Your videos and the information about how teeth are so important and everything else literally saved my life. Now I am just wearing my retainer and all my symptoms are improving at the same time. It's like I'm crawling out of hell you are a godsend

[@blakeginter8880]

Are you just wearing your retainer and seeing results?

[@jaredhead9503]

​@@blakeginter8880 I was for a bit, then it stopped. Back to doing PRI and it is all starting to work better.

[@ra1242ra]

In the past 2 weeks I’ve been using toes spread and dr scholl toe corrector. I’ve felt huge relief on my neck and shoulders tension. Finally im really sensing the ground, especially on the right where i had a really big arch. No shoe or paper towel got me to sense this as spreading my toes. I also massage ball the feet and at the beginning it was so tender! Now it’s getting stronger and better.

[@uboobly]

I'll try this, thanks for saying, my right toe is hungry for sensory

[@AnneAlready]

I started with toe spreaders (I used correct toes) and wow did I have a lot of tension in my feet! One extra thing I discovered is that using a foam roller on my calves helps a lot with tension through the plantar fascia. I couldn't believe how good my whole body felt after stretching my calves properly! You are definitely on the right track if neck and shoulder tension is easing! Hope you'll keep seeing improvement.

[@acardinalconsideration824]

Do you sleep with the toe corrector on?

[@AnneAlready]

@@acardinalconsideration824 I'm not the OP. I did sleep with my correct toes on in the first few weeks I had them after I got used to wearing them for a few hours. I tended to take them off half way through the night if they shifted and pressed in where they weren't meant to. The tension in my feet improved very quickly once they remembered how to feel the ground and I only rarely use them now.

[@beautypablotamarini7315]

Its so absurd that I catched myself walking normally when I walk on the street with my mind occupied with thinking. Exactly at the moment I realise that I'm walking normally BUM I start dragging my right foot.

[@uboobly]

It's creepy that becoming aware or intentional activates the dysfunctional pattern.

[@alainaaugust1932]

Thank you, Neal. I discovered you on YT months ago, I have no idea why. I seldom watch videos like yours, but YT Algy decided in your case, I must. Now I have to tell you, your constant use of technical terms made what you were saying very hard to understand though I am reasonably well educated. I persisted and began to consciously straighten my walk, my spine, my height-shoulders back with tucked in tailbone. It takes 13 steps to walk my hallway. There I practice when I walk from the living room to the kitchen and back, a frequent occurrence. To correct that left big toe dominance thing, I’d walk saying “heel, ball of foot, heel, *center* ball, heel, ball, heel, ball.” In the beginning more than once I had to reach for the hallway walls to keep balance. That left toe dominance is insistent! That alone astounded me. Walking since a baby and I still haven’t learned how?! I knew it was working when I bit down one day and bit into my left cheek. I began to practice shifting my jaw over to the right, hoping to straighten my bite. I know I’m a work in progress but your instructions have helped so much. Calluses on the side of my feet have not returned after I removed them with file and lotion after every shower. A strange pain in my left leg has mostly disappeared. It’s now slight infrequent twinge just signals me to not forget the hallway practice. Thanks again and may all who watch you experience similar benefit. Blessings.

[@samjoinson6437]

Good to speak to you the other day Neal! The pearl of wisdom "you have a stopping problem not a movement problem" has been ringing in my ears ever since you said it. Completely changed the way I view PRI and the resulting patterns from the stress response caused by (too) asymmetrical lateralisation

[@Skurk1n]

My feet is the is the reverse from this, still i feel like i am in this pattern 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@jacobspivey]

I have every single symptom you have AND I have the right torsion/head twist to the right and the bend to the right, going toward my right shoulder. My right side is dominating my entire body. Over the past 2 or so years the torsion has become increasingly worse, I guess.. because it’s twisting my esophagus, and my organs, I can feel it. I have a hard time using the restroom now, #1 & #2 and I’m developing ED, I’m 29yo… I’ve lived with the pain my entire life as I believe this stems from a head/neck injury when I was 6yo.. but the OCD and mental fog/discombobulation of not seeing/feeling centered is eating away at who I used to be. I can’t even think. The ‘fight or flight’ is unbearable. Heart rate is constantly spiked and mouth dry 24/7. I’ve gone to a PRI specialist 3 times now and he’s recommended a dentist I should see about a splint. I just pray that my cranium gets fixed. I used to be so alive and happy & outgoing. The orthotics I got ($500) have slightly turned off the left side of my neck and allow me to swallow/breathe a bit better. I just want to say thank you so much because I never knew what was wrong with me and it makes you feel actually insane. Thank you.

[@네임네임-x2y]

hello I m suffering same symptoms like U can U tell me the appliance name?

[@jacobspivey]

@@네임네임-x2y So the ‘splint’ on the bottom teeth is called a ‘pada’ I believe, that’s what the dentist told me. & the ‘ALF’ stands for ‘Alternative lightwire forces’ or ‘Alternative lightwire functional’ is like a retainer that goes in the top of the mouth around the inside of the teeth.

[@ChickenBiskit06]

I had this problem since I was nine years old which cause pinched nerves that cause sensitivity to the cold and heat. Through out the years it cause depression, muscle aches, muscle weakness, knee pain. I’ve been watching yours videos and with that I was able to figured out what is actually going on.

[@N1TRO]

That half a pattern on each side is the thing that resonates with me the most. I feel exactly this way. Everything your saying sounds familiar except flipped. Left arch higher, right more pronated. Right big toe joint stiff and my right foot is outward

[@jakobblake6860]

This is me too.Left AIC but my weight is on my left foot with a high arch and my right foot slightly flat.I have no idea what to do.

[@N1TRO]

@@jakobblake6860 I've started seeing a chiropractor. Turns out my right hip is higher, my right side of my lumbar spine is a bit fucked and same for my right neck vertebrae. The biggest shock was just how locked down my hips were. Even after multiple sessions the range of motion change is slow despite strong adjustments. Also I didn't realise how much my body wanted to release the tension in my neck, was really necessary. You might be in a similar position to me. I have done stretching, massage gun and pri techniques for 2 years on my own but I simply could not get my hips to align no matter what I did. I guess I'd compensated for so long that even when I felt like I was generating movement I either wasn't or it was extremely small. After initial assesment I've been advised 2 sessions a week for 3 weeks then 1 session for 3 weeks then after that should just be routine check up appointments. Had 4 sessions so far 2 being part of this treatment course and I can definitely tell I'm gaining movement in my spine and hips and I have increased sensation around my spine, it used to be a dull sort of feeling when my spine and surrounding area was touched, now I can feel him actually going between the vertebrae and exactly where it is.

[@MarmaladeINFP]

I've been walking barefoot my whole life. But I only began wearing barefoot shoes a couple of years ago. My barefoot habit made it easy to wear barefoot shoes. I already know how to walk normally barefoot as humans have done for millions of years. So, to put it simply, if you know how to walk barefoot like humans evolved to walk, barefoot shoes are awesome. The problem is most modern people no longer know how to walk barefoot, not to mention their feet have been structurally altered by modern shoes and they have weak foot muscles.

[@maureendetroit]

The heel cup is what Vibram Fivefingers shoes do for you. I get feedback from my arches and heels all the time. I've been working on myself since 2018 learning from KZbin and other books and wearing fivefingers. A doctor who truly understands these issues may help get you straight sooner but all my efforts have changed me in a way that a doctor never could. Vibram Fivefingers forever!

[@AnneAlready]

I lost central vision in my right eye, perinatally. Makes sense why I have to work quite hard at this. Prism glasses and postural insoles are helping. Sensory integration is better. More work to do yet lol. Love your work!

[@NealHallinan]

That's an interesting issue, because in the normal pattern, the left eye loves to focus centrally and the right eye loves to focus ambiently, and one of the goals is get the left eye paying more attention to the periphery and the right eye pay attention focally (which is associated with being in "left stance").

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

⁠​⁠@@NealHallinanI’m not entirely sure all the terminology so apologies, I think I am in the boat you mentioned I’m right hand and side dominant, though I have noticed since my vision going a bit weird the left side of body feels slightly more dominant and like everything is connected how it normally is but my ride side feels like like a stroke nothing is in cooperation or functioning properly, if it’s not too much trouble to ask, what would that sound like to you or am I just overly conscious of it now perhaps than before? Not sure tbh.

[@neoleegdg]

Hey Neal, can you expand on how looking at our screens and lacking of movement for an extended period of time could potentially cause our brains to drop our left eyes and causing us to develop patterns? I think this is invaluable for the general public and if there's someone who can explain this, it would be you.

[@vee9133]

Yes!!!

[@Rin-xy4tt]

That is a lot of info to share. Great video as always.

[@NealHallinan]

It's a lifetime of info in 30 minutes.

[@TOSUnbound]

Sensory doesn’t drive biomechanics. It’s a paradoxical causal loop. They both drive each other. That’s why when you train a muscle it feels extremely active and there’s more sensory stimulation. It’s called neuro mechanical matching.

[@johntay3831]

I have aligned peoples postures and released trigger points from just training the feet with isometric leg balances alone.

[@TInyK12]

Neal, I figured out that my left eye was slighlyt more close than the right. This indirectly caused the right side of my body to rotate towards the midline. When I raise my eye, it stopped. However it's not the eye. Squinting or opening the eye caused my ears to shift every so slightly, which is connected to the vestibular system.

[@sanaaquarius16]

Thank you for everything. I have suffered from QL and papas pain for years. I’ve tried many training and release way,but not effective,my body get back to tightness so fast. Now I understand the connection through your film.

[@JamesJackson-he2fs]

3:30 that is definitely what is happening on my right foot. I have no real strength to push the big toe into the ground but the second toe digs in hard.

[@NealHallinan]

It's very normal in the left AIC pattern for the right big toe to lose its "push", which means it's hard to transition from your right to left without some sort of compensation.

[@RonWesterbeek]

Thanks for sharing Neal. Great insights and solutions. May they serve many among us well. 🌱

[@NealHallinan]

You're quite welcome.

[@rit2557]

Gentle Neal....i don' t have enough words, letters to say Thank you!!!! Thank you for sharing your deep and so usefull knowledge ❤🙏🍾🌈🤸‍♀️

[@YaseminUlusoy-u9w]

I’ve been looking for this video since I broke my left tibia 6 years ago and had two operations. I’ve suffered from that imbalance non-stop since then. I went straight back into overtraining with incorrect form to make sure the damage i’ve done can go as deep as possible. Anyways that was in my twenties; trying to fix things with pilates now. Multiple doctors said my symmetry was just fine, but I couldn’t understand why I still felt very different and uncomfortable all the time. Thank you, thank you and thank you.

[@GMc-iw2fy]

Thank you for this information!!! It's amazing that the cranium can change. My mouth has changed shape over the years from extraction on the upper left. The good news is using mewing and a good prosthodontist. My mouth is returning to the a healthy bite I had in my twenties. Also, mewing helps my neck, creating more movement when I turn my head. I'm 67 years old!

[@HannaLynnRoth]

The amount of overanalyzing I'm about to do lol but totally cool info. I never heard the skull and hips being similar but of different regions.

[@davecopp9356]

Thank you for the work you do. All the best.

[@bbb7331]

You have no idea how helpful your content is. You are saving people man. I would like to hear your opinion on the "Repetitive Rotation Superior T8 Syndrome pattern". Did not find a video about it. It turns out that I have no right at all, and I had to sense my right big toe, or right sitbone, or anything on the right to get my vision after loosing it with the splint on. HaHa crazy!!! So when you say "do not fit in any pattern", it really talks to me and makes it harder. I really need that right sitbone, my right femur is stuck in er. Does not make any sense to me! Working with Jennifer now and will also meet Ron. Thank you bro for everything! You are a savior, and I will send you an update soon! BTW, your new picture should be the one on the PRI website HaHa! :) Bader

[@NealHallinan]

Jennifer in Texas? I needed my left big toe sense to feel my right proximal hamstring. I can get it in any position except "long seated". It's very strange. It always perplexed me, but I think it's the combination of lack of left big toe and my oral cavity deviation.

[@bbb7331]

Thanks for your reply. Yes, Jennifer in Texas. I wanted to visit you also, but had no money left for more flight tickets -- it was a very long trip. So I am proceeding with her from Jerusalem online now, but I will try to reach you in the future to say thank you :), and I hope I can really solve my issues. It is a big journey. My case challenged them -- very weird and strange. I was changing between patterns constantly in the same hour. @@NealHallinan

[@bbb7331]

Yes, that Jennifer. She is amazing. Its weird how everything is connected, everyday passes I understand my body more. I really wanted to meet you also, but had travel and $ limitations. Maybe in the future. For now, I am still unstable, changing between patterns in one day, but the splint is too helpful and will see what I can achieve now. @@NealHallinan

[@sherrishaw-ex7eo]

You may have saved me here lol really amazing I will be rewatching so many times

[@michduran1]

🤯 ❤ Thank you for sharing your story, the pictures, and the info! I have learned a lot from your videos.

[@lynnedoyle8451]

Hi Neal thank you for all your support 😅 excuse the pun. You are giving me some information that I think will get me into balance. My right foot has arthritis between the 4 big bones on top. I have much pain barefoot so I’m gradually finding the right shoes but I know more is needed I’m watching your videos and expect my 30 years of dysfunctional movement trying not to fall over in hospitality keeping my body balanced as I carried hot heavy plates while almost running will start to unwind and eliminate pain ❤🤩

[@NealHallinan]

You're welcome. Finding a PRI therapist will help in that process, if you have access to one.

[@lynnedoyle8451]

@@NealHallinan Sydney doesn’t have anyone. Just Physios here. Not forward thinking from my experience. A Pumble on the table and off we go. Next day back to same ole. The internet is where all the good info is. You are at the top of any list one could deem inspiring enough to keep watching you and learn how to sort ourselves out. Awesome 🙌

[@NealHallinan]

@@lynnedoyle8451 There are two individuals who do at least some PRI. Mei Wong and The Body Fixer. Pretty sure they are in Sydney. Glad my channel is helping.

[@ameliaconway]

yes - ive suffred for 15 years - but finally with a good splint, physio and osteo plus heel inserts in shoes I'm starting to unravel my twisted body.

[@neon.neutral]

At this point im not sure if it was the chicken or the egg. I broke my jaw and had it wired and then splinted to solve my resulting tmj problems. Problem was it was splinted so that i lost molar sense. Then i had bunion surgery on my left foot (no pt after of course aince i was only 21 and would surely figure out how to walk properly again 🙄) so now have a left big toe that doesnt touch the ground and is stiff. Neal, i think you might find this interesting. Been determined to be patho pec, i think relatively hypermobile, extended back position maybe since my jaw accident, maybe also since birth. Mom had spinal fusion, then my son was born with umbilical hernia. With my heel orthotics and a fantastic pilates teacher whos teaching me how to feel my core, and having found a PRI practitioner i like here in austin, im on the road to recovery. Thank you for all you do.

[@NealHallinan]

That's awesome. I'm happy to hear that. The simple fact is that the feet/ankle heavily influence the jaw/neck and vice versa. It's a feedback loop. Won't really matter what the chicken or egg was, once it is there, it's there, and has to be addressed. But of course, you still WANT to know the "origin story" to give you a sense of closure.

[@meishac9277]

Very good information Neal. The difference voices and body leaning information 10/10

[@alfred_NE]

I have the exact issues you describe. I met with a PRI practitioner several times and none of the exercises prescribed helped much, and like you said, some of them were actually pretty painful. Now I understand why.

[@NealHallinan]

Yes, unfortunately that can happen. Had an individual like that recently. Forward head posture, history of trauma, and jaw deviation to the right. She couldn't feel anything correctly. Her back couldn't let go. I know it's coming from her neck/jaw/teeth so had to refer her to a dentist and therapist in NYC that collaborate. It's a tricky situation.

[@Fillet_O_Chris]

The exercises didn’t do anything for me either. Makes sense why though because whatever is holding me into this pattern is far stronger than what any 90/90 hip shift and adductor pullback exercises can do. I have strange variations of the pattern too. Left eye is the dominant eye and it feels like I’m ignoring the right eye a lot. The right eye also appears more squinted on me which is another deviation from the norm. My mandible’s midline deviates to the left when closed and then right when opened all the way, but an even weirder thing is I can close my left eye and force my right eye to be used for focusing and that causes my midline deviation to relax almost entirely and my occlusion feels more aligned. No one around my area, even the PRI provider I saw had any idea what to tell me really. It seems like the PRI providers who refer or collaborate with dentists or optometrists are very few & far between. It’s very frustrating because I know there’s bound to be something that can help me - probably in the form of splint therapy and some form of glasses that shuts down and reverses the visual pattern I’m in - but finding people who knows what they’re doing who collaborates with dentists or optometrists is a luck of the draw situation.

[@alfred_NE]

@@Fillet_O_Chris Sounds like we have the same symptoms. Your eye and jaw issues are identical to mine. I think if I were to somehow lose my right eye, nothing would change except for loss of depth perception, but even then, it's not like it's really pulling its own weight right now anyway. I'm experimenting with removing stimulants like caffeine and other chemicals that cause stress, and am going to get myself a pair of grounding shoes and mandibular splint.

[@startao]

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[@startao]

Its help me very much ❤

[@alecconway5032]

Helping so much man! Thank you

[@JackFoerster-Hunzicker]

Does PRI literature address the contra lateral forces created by the left SCM in contrast with the right canine / right pterygoids? I had a breakthrough today completely unexpectedly related to that, it was something preventing me from staying neutral. I heard your voice in my head saying "the overactive right side of the neck" and then I had a breakthrough when I finally activated my left SCM fully, allowed me to get into left stance (in my torso) much more fully than ever, and allowed me to occlude my left molars and canine better than ever. Combining that with right canine occlusion "locked" everything in place and gave me stability I have never had before, it was apparently the key preventing me from staying neutral.

[@JackFoerster-Hunzicker]

The contra lateral forces of the left SCM pulling my torso into left stance counter balanced by right canine occlusion, but ONLY when combined in sequence with extremely strong left molar and left canine occlusion; which anecdotally I could feel my right temporal bone rotate externally (with this new stronger leftside SCM activation and left dental occlusion) and the right canine occlusion is the last sequential step that "locked" the right temporal bone in the correct orientation. The sequence was: Left SCM -> STRONG left molar occlusion -> strong left canine occlusion (which I could never maintain more than a few seconds before today) -> noticably feel my right temporal bone rotate externally as the left canine really occludes -> right canine locks everything in place and allows me to finally maintain everything. Is this discussed in PRI because I am almost certain of what I am experiencing, I was having inexplicable severe pain in my right canine as my PRI program progressed and now I feel like I finally understand why.

[@NealHallinan]

Yes, the left SCM, left molar, and right canine sense are necessary for appropriate left stance/right trunk rotation. It's all a normal part of PRI. You should check out the free webinars that Ron Hruska gave on mandibular movements. Lots of techniques you could experiment with are attached to the videos. You can find them on the PRI website.

[@tramchamploo]

I would recommend Nike zoom freak 5 or KD 17 for proper pronation. But you have to deal with jaw problem simutanously, otherwise you won't get proper arch as long as the jaw is locked.

[@user-td5gy2fh3p]

I would be interested to hear your opinion about putting all this together with Mewing and The Starecta Method. For me, Mewing + The Starecta Method + these videos have helped me out a lot! I now have more energy than before, my facial asymmetries have improved, giving me more confidence in how I look, and my TMJ is also almost completely gone.

[@NealHallinan]

I don't have direct experience with mewing or Starecta. If your brain likes those things, your body will, too.

[@jackiek4159]

Any tips on how to do this when your jaw has shifted to the right and affected balance in the body?

[@hairbeauty8083]

thank you for these videos

[@rebekahbrown9964]

well our olfactory system is asymmetric to a degree since the dominant side of your nose which you breathe through alternates every couple of hours! of course you’re still breathing through both sides, but one becomes primary till they swap!

[@vee9133]

Can you please speak more on vestibular system and how your eyes etc play a role in posture and walking? I have been struggling for years with feeling off balance while walking and being visually dependent. Thank you.

[@NealHallinan]

Your vestibular system is responsible for posture, and the visual system is a major input into the vestibular system. When people become unstable, they often overuse their vision to stabilize themselves.

[@vee9133]

@@NealHallinan what can I do to help myself? I am unable to go anywhere to get help.

[@kevinpimentel3641]

Neil, great content as always. Question, have you considered jaw surgery to address your assymetrical cranium/pressure inputs? Why or why not ?

[@NealHallinan]

No. For the most part, I'm not in pain. Besides tinnitus, I have no real complaints.

[@kevinpimentel3641]

@@NealHallinan so your bite no longer influences your proprioception as it once did?

[@Journeytosuperhuman]

I hope to get double jaw surgery in July to help with all the symptoms I have. I'll update back here in the future.

[@hookedonherbs3825]

I know someone. Who has very much neck forward position. They also have tethered cord. Low back pain numbing legs with walking or standing. He is also missing teeth. And as they aged they developed seizures. Seems like that person needs this kind of therapy evaluation . Where would one find such therapy in Idaho?

[@antonioferrara1782]

I had crooked teeth but they were in functional balance. After poorly done orthodontics with invisible aligners, problems began. I have had a crossbite on the left side of my mouth with the first and second premolars that don't close, the canines on the left have "opened" and the molars do not close in the correct position, all this on the left side of my mouth, on the right I have a good occlusion. All this creates imbalances and compensations that translate into pain, all on the right side of the body perhaps due to excessive activation of the cytene chains and hyperactivation of the muscles, Metatarsalgia on the right foot, painful right ankle and painful right gluteus (gluteus medius), I believe that the malocclusion problems have ruined the distribution of body weight. I use a Cervera Bracco plate at night to compensate for the nocturnal clenching and finally with my gnathologist we have started a process of correcting the occlusion with orthodontics. Any advice to give me? Is this the right path in your experience? A thousand thanks

[@Nathan-brown-gallagher]

Dr.Hallinan Appreciate you and your channel man. Great Work! I'm convinced PRI is correct. Cam relate to much especially the last 15 years noticable change in way my right upper incisors contact lower teeth. Im up here in Toronto, Canada any Doctors or Clinicians you can point towards? Thanks. Cheers

[@NealHallinan]

I know of one person who does PRI in Toronto. Jacqui Walt

[@MisterDogg]

I wonder if Neal has ever tried a float tank/sensory deprivation chamber?

[@chimoz_820]

Neal, what are your thoughts on Tongue ties and whether they are beneficial or a hindrance to the body?

[@sarahanson2137]

I am interested in knowing this as well, as I have had a lip tongue tie procedure in the last year and experienced several benefits.

[@nzbrn92]

Nice Video 👍🏼. Iam struggeling with this left AIC pattern since at least 6-7 years now. i tried several techniques but nothing really helped me long term. I always felt off when walking or standing. i had an interesting experience last summer. i was partying and drinking one night and couldnt sleep well after that so i decided to smoke some weed to get some sleep. For the first time i didnt think about my problem, i didnt care at all. so the same day after 2-3 hours a felt a shift in my body. suddenly my entire perception of sensing the ground and my Field of Vision was totally different. it felt like „relaxed attention“ . my body suddenly felt perfect aligned wothout doing any exercises. i just „let go“ in my head and i felt more of myself. i thought in my head „thats it, thats who i really am. i wonder how my body managed to do all this without and exercise.

[@Jessica-tz3wb]

omg, this opened my eyes. I have the same 'feet feature[', I can relate...

[@marykimberlyhayes]

Excellent as always!

[@NealHallinan]

Thank you.

[@skepticsphere5930]

Neal, I have an urgent question. Do you know if posture and breathing can be linked to GI symptoms like reflux or constipation? Is it possible that bad posture/breathing can lead to esophageal sphincter muscles getting weak and not properly closing?

[@NealHallinan]

I believe so, yes. It's all the autonomic nervous system, which your gut is heavily linked to via the vagus nerve. A forward head posture can create a lot of disharmony in anything associated with the neck/throat.

[@2am561]

This is facts💯

[@전유현-l7x]

Are you aware of why my sense of touch/skin on the general right side of my body has gotten weaker after the age of 18 ? At the same time, I do sense that my dominant eye also changed from right to left and molar & heel sensitivity is now also left dominant. Is it bc (1) my right side sensitivity got weaker that Im left dominant, or (2) my left side just became more sensitive on its own, or (3) both, or (4) num1 scenario causing num2? I’m pretty sure it’s (4) but I don’t know the reasons. The starting point is probably vision related

[@Journeytosuperhuman]

Amazing video Neal! You mentioned the cranial twist because of the pre maxillary teeth and left eye drop out, what PRI courses will a practitioner need to have learned to help with this issue? Thank you in advance 🙏

[@NealHallinan]

That comes up in the secondary/advanced courses, Cervical Revolution and Cranial Resolution. My visual issue isn't specifically covered. It's just something you learn through experience.

[@remkojerphanion4686]

All this about we humans being asymetrical is new and fascinating to me. I grew up in New Zealand in the '60's and '70's, and all us kids would go barefoot always (literally always). Mostly we would leave home in the morning with shoes on, because we were told to put them on, but when we got just around the corner, it was shoes off for the rest of the day! 😊 From about my early-twenties I seldom went barefoot, and I wonder how much that has influenced my health, and indeed my life. A number of years ago I suffered from a depression, which among other things, I described as having a feeling of "not having the ground beneath my feet". That was a metaphor I used at the time, and now, looking back, perhaps I really did not have the ground beneath my feet. You've got me thinking Mr. Hallinan!

[@justinkennedy3004]

I have never dealt with depression long term but every time I get to back outside and do my workout pattern, a mixture of shadowboxing and hackeysack cobbled together over years, I am surprised at how easily I forget what real flow FEELS like. It feels so glorious and joyful but somehow I forget that within a few days of not getting my full workout in. The memory fades almost like a dream does, something you swear you'll never forget but then only days later you lose connection to what made it so profound. Luckily, unlike dreams, I know exactly how to get back to that place. But it is a sad thing to know that so many others have lost their memory of that feeling and been locked out from rediscovering it because of a locked up body. Then they convince themselves it was never as good as they remember... and then they convince others of the same falsehood. Horrifying to see, like the horse going under the swamp in the neverending story movie. Keep your memory, Remko!

[@remkojerphanion4686]

@@justinkennedy3004 Thanks so much for your comments and nice words Justin. I guess I really should re-member, and re-connect.

[@NealHallinan]

@@remkojerphanion4686 These are two of the best comments I’ve seen on my channel. The two of you truly represent what this channel is all about. Even if you don’t understand all the technical terms and anatomy etc…your comments indicate you are already living what PRI is trying to get people to re-experience: neuro-sensory flow and uninhibited mental states.

[@davsss6406]

So do recommend any specific type of insoles , or generic ones could help, to feel more grouded

[@NealHallinan]

Most people only need the normal insoles that come with the shoes.

[@josephjackson7659]

Hi Neal love how informative your videos are could you do a video on how driving can effect the body I am from the UK so our steering wheel is on the opposite side to America I feel like driving has caused me all kinds of problems I regularly become very dizzy no pain except in the neck occasionally around the voice box area I just can't help but wonder what might be happening to the body while we drive

[@uboobly]

That's funny for me to read this as for a few years now I wished I was driving in England instead of the U. S.. My reasoning was the left support for the windshield was obstructing my left eye field and my right eye was getting all this lavish car space to my right and out the windshield that way too. Goes to show sometimes who knows what bothers our senses with this stuff anymore.

[@inessiev]

Hi Neil, amazing video! What would you suggest to someone who matches most of the Left AIC Right BC pattern but does have a right pronated foot? Does it make it even more difficult to correct? I saw your video abou the right adductor, was super helpful :)

[@ibrahimshikdaher7551]

Greetings from Berlin. I like watching your channel. It speaks about me especially thinking relating stress and anxiety with posture and pain

[@uboobly]

What happens to your posture when you get anxious or tense?

[@ibrahimshikdaher7551]

@@uboobly I get into forward head posture, have tinnitus, lack of coordination while walking, difficulty initiating to move, having tense hip, ets

[@uboobly]

​@@ibrahimshikdaher7551 I just saw this. Yeah my stuff seems pretty close to yours.

[@fromdanorth]

Man I really wish you were closer to Vancouver… I’d love to have an appointment with you. You’ve really help me identify the source of my issues but I’m stuck and not sure how to address these issues in order to fix the stimulus problems I have. Probably a trip to the dentist would be a start…

[@brettmatheson]

I'm not sure if they are taking clients but there's a PRT in Vancouver. There's also a PRT in Kelowna. Check the PRI website for their contact details.

[@fromdanorth]

@@brettmatheson cheers man!

[@misterbulger]

I was hit in the eye with a baseball in 9th grade around the time my condition got a lot worse. I almost lost that eye. I don't think that eye is is wrong as it used to be. Maybe there's some exercises I can do for it

[@andreasholmlarsen770]

Hey Neal. Ive been watching your videoes for a couple of days and its scary how much alot of info fits on me and im sure i need to see a pri practitioner but i live in Denmark and unfortunantly no practitioners here. Would a pri be able to help on a online consultation or do i need to go to germany to meet one?

[@SemFromAmsterdam13]

My feet are exactually the same slightly more outpointing left feet which makes the left arch higher

[@sciencensorcery]

When you do a self-test like the heel cup when listening to the audiobook, how do you know whether your subconscious is making you do (or not do) something to meet your expected outcome, as opposed to it being purely neurosensory?

[@NealHallinan]

Because I do it with other people, and they have no idea what I’m doing so they have no expectation. I’ve shown the same ideas in numerous videos.

[@sciencensorcery]

@@NealHallinan OK! I didn't mean to question your integrity or anything - I would just wonder the same thing if I were doing my own self-tests so I was curious. I think the mind can be very powerful so it's tricky to work around sometimes.

[@NealHallinan]

@@sciencensorcery Definitely a legitimate question. I’ve thought about that myself “is my brain just messing with me”? but when I can replicate similar things with other people, I realize it is legit. It’s all pressure and frequencies.

[@sciencensorcery]

@@NealHallinan it's fascinating!

[@hammerawl5762]

Another great video! I’m curious, you mention you had a significant regression during peak Covid, but outside of factors like a world shut down, I am wondering if periods of regression during PRI therapy is “normal“? I am going through what I feel is a regression (significant right QL tension & TFL aggravation ) after doing so well for months. Is it more common with someone who has cranial issues? I am torsioned and I do wear a splint. I also have mild scoliosis, which already puts me in an unpredictable category. Just wondering how often you see clients regress for a period. It’s so mentally challenging because I fear getting stuck there.

[@claudiaf4181]

What type of therapist do I need to see?

[@walout13]

hi neal , i just want to know your opinion according my case , so i have a left aic right bc with left tmcc pattern which caused my neck to be tight in the left and my face became asymmetrical because of that (higher right eye, nose...) and i think the problem of that has to be my right glute (max and medius) because i have a less developed right glute comparing it to the left and i have a tight right tfl muscle . my question is does strength training my right glute will fix the problem because i was doing some pri on my own for 4 months without a difference. sorry for my bad english i am not a native english speaker .

[@uboobly]

You need to complete your gait left heel all the way back, but that right arch, R big toe, and access to your right molar sense needs to happen if you want that right glute to work.

[@walout13]

@@uboobly can u explain more please , which exercises do you think i should do ?

[@uboobly]

You need to walk with intention driving your left heel behind you strongly. I didn't specify any exercises you need to achieve those sensory aspects I mentioned on the right side

[@ivangalinec1149]

Hey Neal, been watching your videos for quite long time. Somewhere in this video you mentioned about people who have right foot flatter than the left one, will you be making a specific video for them in near future or is there something special to be aware of compare to standard foot patterns?

[@NealHallinan]

It's just something that I pay attention to, it's not *necessarily* an issue, but it's an indication that something is *potentially* amiss, just like seeing a higher right shoulder. It may be fine, it may not be. It could indicate a foot that may need an orthotic to go through a normal cycle of supination/pronation.

[@mtsdivine]

Hey Neal. Have you ever helped anyone with pudendal nerve problems?

[@annemiller99]

hello neil, i wanted to reach out because i’m asking for your help. i have a severe case of this head tilt and i’m wondering if i can send you a video of myself to show you and hopeful get help.

[@bettinavanpelt7608]

My body seems to do just the opposite of what you’re saying my foot that’s turned out is my right foot. My hip hurts more on the right side.

[@uboobly]

You have the pattern. Neil is slightly different because he was an eye case.

[@freedom_thirtyfive1753]

Hey neal how do i get a career in PRI?

[@pearlkally8325]

Hi Neal, in order to get these measurement, I can see is from NUCCA. I had my first appointment which he did all kinda of measurments from x rays. Am I correct? Thank you

[@NealHallinan]

I really don't know. I've heard of NUCCA, but don't know specifically what they do.

[@NadjaLind]

🙏wouldn't it be so helpful and prevent so much suffering if everybody incl. specialists&dentists knew this? 🤔

[@tysonaldous1922]

I stand on my left leg mostly. My left big toes doesn’t stretch back very well. My right leg feels unsteady and left big toe can stretch back really easy but feels weak. Doe that make me left leg dominant?

[@souravbhattacharjee5700]

Hey neal, can you please tell me, how much time did it take for you to come out of this pattern??

[@bettinavanpelt7608]

Is there a certain way that I could sit to help readjust, my body and hip?

[@anthonypatti7868]

If you have someone who is left-handed, will they still have a right side dominance or right side overactive muscular patterns?

[@tashamcmahon251]

How do you release your clavicle

[@angelaholsapple8830]

OMG my right foot and tibial is the same as your left. Interesting

[@jangrajewski1017]

Neal, great content as always. Informations you share are just beyond of my imagination. I'd love to dig more into the PRI world, but unfortunately here in Poland there are no PRI providers😢

[@SevenMntns]

what if your left canine is twisted? The rest of my teeth are somewhat straight

[@guilhermesmonteiro7344]

Cheers from Brazil again! I think the Alf appliance could correct your premaxilla. I'm a former Alf appliance patient and I studied a lot about it. We can talk about it by e-mail, just let me know if it's ok for you.

[@uboobly]

Not necessarily. Ron Hruska called those , "disharmony on top of of dysfunction" especially for those with forward necks. He's not against them, but need to be at the right time

[@NealHallinan]

Oi, tudo bem, guilherme! Thanks for the offer. My nervous system in very sensitive and wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of braces/invisalign to straighten the teeth if they got shifted during the ALF, so I don't want to risk losing the contact that I have.

[@guilhermesmonteiro7344]

That's why the Alf is called Advanced Lightware functional appliance, it's gentle with people's body. Google this article: The ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional Appliance) creating facial beauty and balance. There are some photos of adult face and posture changes. It's another tool to help!

[@jsmith7422]

Are their any insoles that you recommend for people with high arches? I have trouble “sensing” my left heel. I have had my left ankle broke in a place since I was a child and I have seriously sprained at least 4 times in my life.

[@jonasmartins2236]

How explain to dentist tô get a good splint?

[@FriskyTendervittles]

What about flat feet? Both of my feet have no arch. I’ve always had issues with my feet and when I walk for exercise I have so much pain in the outside of my left hip. I’ve lost a lot of weight and lost my butt and I feel so much weaker not stronger eventhough I workout! It’s so disheartening. I felt stronger when I weighed more. I don’t know what to do 😢

[@dessiecoder2116]

Maybe look at Caroline Jordans videos on front butt. I need to rewatch her story too. :) Have tarsal tunnel waiting on Podiatrist to evaluate and I am limping with no pain. Really. Had ankle roll last fall and over time it has made an issue. Plus new vision with glasses and contacts and I am off balance. It sucks but I am working on it.

[@selfcity7255]

What is the book name?

[@Limeguy98]

Would you recommend wearing a heel cup during the day for the heel sense? If so what kind should I look for?

[@NealHallinan]

A sneaker with a stable heel is good enough. The heel cup is just for demonstration purposes

[@Limeguy98]

@@NealHallinan thank you!!

[@joshuaroberts5083]

I’m seeing a PRI PT in Minnesota. He said I have Superior T4 syndrome. I also have chronic rib/sternum pain (costochondritis). Is it common for Superior t4 syndrome to cause chest/rib pain? Or am I an exception. Also, great video. Thanks for all your work Neal

[@NealHallinan]

It certainly could because the right 1st rib and collarbone are being held together inappropriately.

[@joshuaroberts5083]

@@NealHallinan gotcha. Thanks for replying

[@omarcoptan8666]

Hey neal, serious inquiry. I was a patho pec but after meeting with you and getting referred to a pri trainer in my area, she was able to get me back in the left aic right bc, however, i am a right torsion and just got a splint. Since you had a similar experience (I've watched your videos) what are my chances of making a full recovery and completely eliminating the grueling neck tension I have been dealing with. (My jaw is off to the right so based ok your videos I am a right torsion - super asymmetrical face as well)

[@bethplott7652]

I’m shifting to the left-face teeth left lateral heel pain, advice????

[@mounirelfakiri892]

thanks for sharing the video , hopely you find a solution in PRI PERSPECTIVE

[@NealHallinan]

Well, I"m not in pain anymore, so PRI has done its job (with help from a dentist and optometrist that understood what I was talking about).

[@ticktatrl]

😅❤ many thanks

[@adriangpuiu]

so in the end we are those type of people who should actually push into the left leg to get the jaw centered :))

[@mtsdivine]

Do you have any experience working with golfers, Neal?

[@hookedonherbs3825]

Were you more prone to falls?

[@xorebro]

i had big problem with ichias but fixed it by going barfeet in grass everyday

[@rushbeverytime]

Trail walking in barefoot shoes is relaxing. Walking never felt so effortlessly on concrete surfaces.

[@xorebro]

@@rushbeverytime i got good result just walking a bit sockless in the grass when i went out to smoke. Dont like to chock my system with to much fresh air and gear 😉

[@marcibunn]

❤thank u!

[@ruslanrecebli6771]

Is surgery a solution? Bimaxillary surgery