LIPSTRETCH

Myofunktional Exercise  Collection

Application:

For a definition see the paragraph “discussion”, summoning up the possible click-sound of the mouth. The exercises is applied to work out the physiological mobility frame of the tongue body directing it towards the palate presumably with its first and second third and simultaneously mediate the feeling of orientation. For sequential exercises also see “discussion”.

Contents:

Mobility exercise of the rostral tongue portion and likewise orientation help.

Materials:

Not requested.

Procedure:

- Previous exercises: As a directly preceding step might be recommended the application of the TONGUE CLICK as somewhat easier practicable. Generally the orientation of the tongue-tip should have been completed (“The Point”).

-Starting position: The mouth is kept open with the  ,DRAWER-IN’-Position observed while the tongue –tip stays at the Point.

- Step-by-step-description:

-1 Suck the tongue to the palate like trying to suck on a lollypop then

-2 tear the tongue back-downwards ripping it off from the palate = “plop”! (See paragraph “sounds” in “discussion”).

-Timing: The exercise sequence may be underlayed with an additional frequency when plopping in a rapid follow-up (about fore times a second) giving the exercise an additional motility component.

As exercising frequency rhythm a run of twenty times may be pointed out which sequence might be repeated up to five times (fiver series).

Characteristics:

Mobility, homoio-stereognosis, orientation, motility.

Remarks:

The exercise is a mnemonic and should, thus, be replaced by a succeeding exercise (not being chosen for a habit).

Discussion:

The immediately succeeding exercise for the one discussed here might be an increase in intensity with the FROZEN PLOP. Both exercises are precursors of the further intensity increasing SUCK AND PULL and the HOLD AND PULL. The Klick-ecercises stand for a start help or MNEMONIC for the HOLD-AND-PULL and will be substituted by it.

As for the tongue click exercises:

The clicking sound is frequently called the “Plopp”. This simultaneously is used for the cork effect which is gained when ripping the bent finger out of the mouth. This is why the, in this chapter,  is chosen the term ‘PLOP’ for the sound created when the whole tongue body has been sucked to the palate and then is plucked off downwards.

The difference to the ‘click’ is given as the latter means a miniature ‘plop’ being formed when only the tongue-tip had been sucked to the gum and then tares loose – actually it aims at the DIMPLE which had enclosed a vacuum with its rim.

Furthermore should be counted up the ‘ZIP’ as well being caused by the tongue when, simultaneously to lip closure, a minimal jerk back of the tongue-tip appears with a low pressure forming which sucks a scrap of air, liquid or food retrally while the incisor edges move towards each other.

As a completion the sideways plop which is rather a sideways Zip which results from the jerk of the tongue side margins moving to the median line (making the tongue body long and small).

A quite motivating variation is the sequence of notes which is gained by the mouth floor tension and the width of the mouth opening creating plop-sounds of a different pitch and enables people to create a tune. This variant through its acoustic feed-back control and fine-motoric differentiation is quite valuable for the muscle coordination.

An other advantage may be seen in the illustrating capacity for the expression  CAT’S HUNCHED BACK , the dorsofelexion of the tongue-body in its stand-by-position or the working or acting position

Instructions:

We are going to settle the tongue backside in to its seat back, the palate, hoping, that it already knows precisely where its seat is, the POINT.

Now it has got a seat with a back.

Everybody knows to make click sounds with the tongue! If not you got to exercise SUCKER first.

This is, when you work your tongue as if you want to lick or suck something tasty off from the Point. To get used to that you may dab some jam or cream on it.

And then you suddenly stop licking and

Plopp! you rip the tongue down and off from its seat! And right away do several Popp’s, many ‘Clicks’. When the tongue is clicking away like that it’s back more and more gets the feeling, how it clings to the palate before the Click goes off.

This is a very important feature that the tongue-back feels that.

Do the clicking in a beat of a second, at first ten times, later on more, as we fixed.