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Myofunktional Exercise  Collection

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An exercise which aims at the antagonistic musculature of the cervical (collum) region (see also SLIGHTLY NODDING) and is applied in case of dysfunctioning adductor muscles of the mandible (grinding, pressing etc) and to adjust the SITTING-POSITION.

Contents:

This exercise belongs to the COLLUM EXERCISES. In its substance it is a stretching and mobility exercise.

Materials:

Not required.

Procedure:

- Previous exercises: BASIC-POSITION and its component postures.

-Starting position: From the sitting position the BASIC-POSITION from lying out of the PAUSE-POSITION (see also “discussion”).

cription:

-1 The eyes are rolled down towards the thorax (“tie knot”).

-2 Only the tip of the chin follows the line of sight keeping the jaw in the position of the PAUSE-POSITION;

This movement is involves only the uppermost joint of the cervical spine.

-3 Subsequently the next lower vertebra and only this is permitted to follow this movement.

-4, -5, -6 Afterwards the next vertebrae are following in a row (the movement reaching down as far as the thorax.

-7 The exercise is carried out with some vigour creating a faint aching in the neck. This posture is maintain with counting out.

-8 And all the way back to the start ( stepwise but as fluent as possible).

-Timing: The movement flow should be not fast and as soft and steady as possible. Keeping the position at first with counting to ten, later on increasing up to a minute.

Characteristics:

Presumably stretching exercise with components to enlarge the mobility limit

Remarks:

Adults with a suspected CSS (Cervical Spine Syndrome) will practice thos exercise warily and only with a hint of strength.

Discussion:

Frequently the neuromuscular symptoms from the described disorders of the manibular muscles  are spreading into the neighbouring regions. Typical for this are neck tensions. These are approachable by manual massaging but are equally curable through stretching. The latter has the special advantage to restitute the frequently restricted expanse of the mobility frame ( and may be conducted at every time and situation).

Would these neighbouring symptoms be let unmonitored a boomerang-effect might possible pull back the restored mandibular musculature into the hypertone and spasm.

The exercise may be, as previously mentioned, performed

from the lying position. The principle is the same except, beginning with the had, in the direction towards the toe tips the vertebrae are lifted up one by one as for down as possible; subsequently they are put down to the floor in reverse succession.

A variation of this exercise is meant to integrate a minimal head shaking as an additional transversal movement to the basic sagittal direction preventing muscle cramping.

Instructions:

The neck muscles are going to relax. We have a stretching exercise for that.

At first we take up the SITTING-POSITION. The look is directed downwards; slowly the face tilts forward so as to check if you had dropped something down your tie, right up where the knot sits. If you do that with some strain you will feel back in the nape of the neck a faint muscle draught. The posture itself will stay quite upright.

The position is kept while counting to ten.

Thereafter you get back to the upright SITTING-POSITION.

The next stage: In the described first step the head was moved only with the first and upmost vertebra. Now the second one will join in the forward movement. When it reaches its limit the third will follow – til the movement crosses over into the thoracic vertebrae; there you may stop. And then, upwards in the reverse direction vertebra after vertebra is unwound. The exercise will be repeated 5 times.