BROAD GRIN

Myofunktional Exercise  Collect ion

Application:

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This exercise is good as a stretching work-out for the ring musculature of the Orbicularis and for a tone increase of the whole “Belt”(Anatomy) musculature in case of a reduced cheek and lip tone.

Contents:

Depending on the carry-out mode straining or hold exercise or, as well, mobility respectively motility in exchange between outer “belt” and medial ring.

Materials:

Not afforded.

Procedure:

- Previous exercises:

Not prescribed. Else see annotations in  ALTERNATIVE EXERCISE under paragraph “Discussion”.

-Starting position: Recommended the basic position ,M’-POSITION.

- Step-by-step-Description:

A In the hold-mode

-1 the mouth corners pull extremely and solely broad – sideways (retral) neither up nor down.

-2 Return to start position. Alternatively:

B In the kinetic mode

-3 gets strained – narrow – the Orbicularis in contraction to one of the (following mentioned ) ALTERNATIVE EXERCISE  as ,O'-EXERCISE.

-4 Continue with step 1 – broad.

- Timing:

One sequence under A is filled in the hold mode by counting up to ten, perhaps rising. There may be several sequences coupled together - broad – narrow – broad – narrow…. .
Under B the sequence, by the changing between the exercises, the contraction and the stretching, gets a tacted frequency which may be prescribed with a time measure of one second per exercise contents and encloses all in all ten changes.
Finally the changes may go off fast fluently (highfrequently) alternating; motility developing.

Characteristics:

A hold and stretch exercise, gross motor skills, tone increasing.

B Mobility, stretching, kinetic.

C motility.

Remarks:

Teeth in nonocclusion helps against to strong straining. Lips touch each other.

Discussion:

From the component orbicukaris stretching the exercise is also suitable as ALTERNATIVE EXERCISE for contration work-outs of the orbicularisas, for example, ,O’-EXERCISE, CHERRY, TRUNK and the like. For the Buccinator the exercise means a contractive tension in comparison to BALLOON, where the muscle is tensioned by a passive stretching. So even for this muscle an ALTERNATIVE EXERCISE mode  can be constructed (BALLOON / BROAD GRIN).

In contrarary to the exercise discussed here the LETTER SLOT (see there) is an exercise which requires a higher coordination and more over leads to a more aim directed training through its its different forms of carry-out.
BROAD GRIN requires the opening of the mouth slit. To achieve that additionally the radial Orbicularis muscles and further the insonating tracks may be accentedly strained . The Oral Fissure is dragged open in a broader plane.