THICK NECK

Myofunktional Exercise  Collect ion

Application:

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This exercise is one of those belonging to the DIAGNOSTIC EXERCISES. With a special causal indication it may be applied to strengthen the submandibular muscles to unburden the TM-joints.

Contents:

Method to be applied in a rather static mode to work out the Mandibula deflectors.

Materials:

Not required (hand mirror)

Procedure:

- Previous exercises: As appropriate: HOLD-AND-PULL or  SUCK AND PULL.

-Starting position: (,L-M’ as the circumstances require.)

- Step-by-step-description:

-1 The patient is looking into the hand-mirror and/or lays his hand on the front side of his neck. The therapist tightly tensions his own respective muscles for demonstration.

-2 The position is held under counting to ten followed by relaxing.

-3 back to step 1.

-Timing:

a) In the static variation the training posture is taken up, counted to 10, relaxing = one sequence; about 5 sequences should be composed for one series.

b) The dynamic variation requires a succession of tensing and relaxing, as well with 10 muscle actions (sequences) generating one training phase.

Characteristics:

Hold respectively strengthening exercise.

Remarks:

As repeatedly mentioned this exercise is not a characteristically physiological muscle strain and should be discontinued towards the end of therapy.

The teeth must not be occluded . (Relax adductor!)

Discussion:

If the therapist should not be able to demonstrate the tensing on his own body there are going to be certain difficulties to mediate the task. A photo of a sportsman in action would be quite helpful when in utmost body strain his neck muscles are tightened as well to make a THICK NACK, the picture from above might be helpful.

As said, this posture belongs to the DIAGNOSTIC EXERCISES. It is offered here to ease the TM-joints, similar to the exercise SUCK. Here the muscle action rather less in physiological frame conditions – it is static (HOLD-EXERCISE). Nevertheless it may also be executed dynamically in turns with tensing and release.

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