TRUNK-EXERCISE

Myofunktional Exercise  Collection

Application:

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This exercise specifically focuses on the strengthening of the oral fissure. Jointly all three regions of this part of the Orbicularis are aimed at. The peripheral ones (here pointedly focussed) the medial and the central (see as well notes in paragraph ‘discussion’). Illustration 20 shows the three fibre tracks in a schematized view. The picture shows collectively three later on described exercises in their performance posture associate with the analogue circular muscle tracks, the activated drawn as fat hatched ring.

Application range is the incompetent mouth slit closure.

Contents:

Special strength exercise of the circular Orbicularis musculature in form of a HOLD-EXERCISE or in combination with others (see below) as a kinetic respectively INCREASE-ARRANGEMNENT.

Materials:

Not requested, recommendable hand mirror in the beginning for self-control.

Procedure:

- Previous exercises: See Starting position. If planned as an ALTERNATIVE EXERCISE in combination with ,O’ and CHERRY MOUTH (see   ORBICULARIS EXERCISES) these will have to be practised before.

-Starting position: At best the not strained ,L’-POSITION should be taken up.

-Starting position: At best the not strained ,L’-POSITION should be taken up.

- Step-by-step-description:

-1 Performed as a single exercise the mouth is pursed and protruded maximally as “to imitate an elephant’s trunk”.

-2a In the static mode this position is kept with counting out.

-2b With the kinetic mode we get back to the start after having reached the maximum position and in the follow again take up the maximum posture.

-1 Performed as an  INCREASE-RRANGEMENT

(Figure see above) as step one the ,O’-Position is taken up – the rima oris pulled quite flatly together star-shaped towards the centre.

-2 Now the tension is increased as to protrude the lips out of the centre to form a _‘cherry’ – the ,O’ is pushed forward.

-3 Thos position is additionally strained and the ‘cherry’ prolonged forward to build up the ‘trunk’.

-4a Now this might carried out as a static phase by counting while holding or

-4b as a kinetic, dynamic phase by changing the positions fluently over ‘cherry’ back to ‘O’, again up to ’trunk’ and back again.

-Timing:

In 2a as a static single exercise hold and, as one sequence, count to ten (or later on increasing); several sequences combined to a series

In 2b as a kinetic single exercise strain and loosen in a frequency beat; in a secondly tact a sequence is formed containing about twenty to thirty actions.

The combination of these two modes results in a CHANGING EXERCISE , now in the series changing the mode from sequence to sequence, static // kinetic (a // b).

Within an  INCREASE-RRANGEMENT as with the combination of  ,O’-EXERCISE (selectively for the inner most muscle ring) > CHERRY MOUTH > (additionally the second, the medial ring) >  TRUNK EXERCISE (all three muscle rings) in a series one of these exercise at a time representing one sequence is applied (one exercise and count to ten, next exercise and count, third one..)

This arrangement is set up pyramid like.

In the static carry-out on top of the pyramid the position is held under counting to the ( later on increasing), in the kinetic phase on top of the pyramid follows the return backwards (,O’ > CHERRY > TRUNK > CHERRY > ,O’). A long exercise series is gained.

Characteristics:

Crude motoric, tone enforcing, mobility / motility, active stretching – dependant on the mode: Static resp. kinetic.

Remarks:

A great deal of care should be taken to coordinate and control the different muscle regions of the circular fibres consciously as well in the single exercise as in the  ALTERNATIVE EXERCISE and to impart the patient a feeling for his movements ( hand mirror).

Discussion:

An aimed influence on the different regions of the radial as well as the circular muscle fibre tracks of the Orbicularis is discussed specially in the chapter  ORBICULARIS EXERCISES. Here a short summing up: The different regions may be trained one by one constructively as with the  UNIT-CONSTRUCTION-SYSTEM , in a series in form of the INCREASE-RRANGEMENT or within the context of  an ALTERNATIVE EXERCISE.

In the combination with other exercises the affectivity of the single exercise may be increased markedly. That my easily be gained with the before mentioned combination of ,O’ > CHERRY > TRUNK (aBBILDUNG) or, with a contrary effect by  LETTER SLOT. Carried out accurately this will put the patient in a state of being in a sensorial way conscious of the different muscle regions while practicing.

Instructions:

The lips gain more power.

We start with the, O’-EXERCISE which we should have practiced before.

From the ,O’ we will, now, change to the CHERRY MOUTH if we have learned that already.

Finally the lips are pushed forward quite strongly to nearly reach the form of an elephant’s trunk (what surely will never happen really).

This position should be kept while counting to ten.

At the end we turn back to the ,O’.

And when we have arranged it before, it will become difficult, now, because we carry on to form the ‘cherry’, to the ‘trunk’ and finally back to the ,O’.

This is the procedure for one exercise stage which is to be repeated five times.

And then follows the recreation pause!