TONGUE-ROUNDABOUT

circling back and fore in the cheek pouch

Myofunktional Exercise  Collect ion

Application:

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TONGUE-ROUNDABOUT and CHEEK-BUMP only differ in the way of execution. TONGUE-ROUNDABOUT is the dynamic variation.

This exercise is aiming at two target areas: Presumably the unilateral activity of the longitudinal fibres of the tongue (Anatomy: Area II, B, Page 19) and additionally partaking the cheek musculature (lateral “Belt”).

In the first case the work-out is directed towards the flexibility of the tongue body, its mobility, the width of the motion frame for example in a unilateral deficiency of the motor skills. A benevolent influence this action further exhibits on the sensitivity and orientation of the tongue tip and body for dysfunction caused loss of sensitivity in the context of tongue pressing or biting.

The eponymous stretching effect which the tongue exerts on the cheek is indeed of a lesser meaning and can be achieved much more effectively with the BALLOON.

Exercise in a dynamic version see  in paragraph “Discussion”:TONGUE-ROUNDABOUT.

Contents:

Acquiring or holding  an eccentric functional extreme-position by the tongue body.

Materials:

Procedure:

- Previous exercises: A special pre-exercise is not required; recommendable the centred orientation and sensitation of the tongue tip by the help of a POINT-exercise.

-Starting position: Conveniently the ,L-M’-POSITION.

- Step-by-step-description:

     A  Static mode:

-1 The tongue is pressed as far as possible backwards through the row of teeth at full tilt against the cheek. from the inside.

Outside results the bump.

-2 The position is sustained while counting (progressively in the course of training).

-3 After a short return to the starting position the action now moves to the collateral side.

     B Kinetic mode:

-1 As above in step 1.

-2 Immediate change-over to the opposite side;

-3 Immediate change-over to the opposite side;

-4 et cetera…

-Timing:

Mode A: Retaining the extreme position on one side (while counting for example up to thirty) fills one sequence so that mostly the contra lateral action becomes the follow-up sequence. Several sequences are linked up to form a series.

Mode B: -makes a beat by the shifting in about the frequency of one second. As frequency sum within the sequence twenty may be prescribed; five sequences will amount to one series.

CHANGING EXERCISE will be generated linking one sequence A behind one sequence B then A again and so forth. This procedure is especially recommendable for the improvement of the motion frame of the tongue in respect to its mobility, motility and tone.

Characteristics:

Sensitising, Orientation, Stereognosis, Tactile Kinaesthesia, Feedback, Gross Motor Skill, (A) Statics, (B) Kinetics, Mobility, Motility, Stretching of the cheek tissue.

Remarks:

Special care should be taken as regards timing in case of motor skill losses. As a (above described) CHANGING EXERCISE the tongue body will get trained in quite a beneficial way in nearly the total physiological frame extent.

For the cheek region we already suggested  BALLOON as a    more favourable stretching exercise. As a MOTILITY-EXERCISE for this region the TEETHRINSING is advisable.

Discussion:

The execution of mode A will stress as well the stretching of the cheek tissues but rather that of the collateral tongue side and cause a tone rise in the longitudinal tongue musculature of the working side.

Mode B is suited for the improvement of the tongue motility with, for example, as mentioned, motor skill losses (perhaps in a UNILATERAL EXERCISE).

 Sabine Berndsen describes a kinetic variation as TONGUE-ROUNDABOUT. Here the tongue tip is painting a circle “on the wall”; clockwise then anticlockwise. The movement can be monitored from the outside.

Instructions:

Here you may practice several things in one go: If the teeth are frequently treading on the cheeks you just push your tongue tip through the row of your side teeth and press it against the cheek from inside. At the outside, then, will spring up a bump. As to make it effective you should hold the bump for some time; as long and as often, as we agreed about.

Furthermore the tongue will be able to work out its moving potential. The action for this will be the same, only that, now, the bump should not be upheld for long. Press a bump, in no time off to the counter side, press a bump, zap… alternately from left to right and left again. Twenty times or as often as prescribed.

As a third possibility the tongue may practice to better find its way within the mouth hole and to become more flexible. The movement is the same again but the practicing is different: As described above a cheek bump is made on one side and consequently, after holding it vigorously while counting to ten switched over to the other side and held again.

And now comes switching again and ten times to and fro in a beat. Then again comes the slow method.  One exercise consists of thirty changes between left and right. After a short break you may start again and there will be so many carry-outs as we agreed.