Hey thanks so much! Wanted to share with you about a guy I met today at the supermarket- could hardly walk so me and security assisted him. I asked him what music he liked - he replied Eagles - so I put Eagles on my phone and his gait moved forward and eased up and he began walking easier.
Im so grateful, and getting closer to the truth, the ultimate truth on posture. Thanks to You Neal. You are a poet with a warm voice speaking of Posture, and of movement. I hope to spend more RU-vid time with You in the future.
This corresponds 100% to everything I feel during/after my posture exercises, a.o. leg curls. PT’s remarks that the position of my pelvis is incorrect but the leg curls pull them there. Therefore, the only way to avoid that is a rounded back. Going back to the gym, using their rounded support. Thank you so much !
Thank you so much Neal! What you describe in this video explains explains what I've been with my entire life, perfectly. The poorly developed face and and very crooked teeth I developed are because of my posture. My anxiety, depression and low energy I've dealt with my whole life is because I'm not grounded and my diaphragm is frozen. My locked up jaw post braces is cause my head is stuck forward with an adjusted bite. All the dots have now been connected and I've got work to do developing muscles I've barely ever activated my whole life. But knowing I have the answer has me very excited for the first time in a while. You have no idea what this means. Thank you for sharing this Neal 🙏
Heyy ! I’m glad if it motivates you improve yourself !! I would like to know how it’s going on now ? What exercices did you do helping you having a better face, more symmetric, and a good posture ?! I would like to know that cause i have an asymmetrical face through the years (maybe people don’t notice it but i do on family photos,…). I fact i realized the left side of my face is pretty good (pretty good jawline, good eyes,…) but the right part isn’t that good (my eyes is lower than the other, my jaw is more chubby…). What would you advice me ? Thank you in advance !
OMG, yes hypermobile here this explains what others could not. We know our bodies so well and when we get into problems we need to talk to someone who can relate. I appreciate your knowledge and videos. I just want to get everything rebalanced and thrive. You illustrate perfectly how one connects to another and confirms how I got here. It's been a lifetime. I'm 66. Thank you..
I just cannot thank you enough for this information. You have helped me tremendously to understand why I have been in so much pain, and your simple exercises are already changing my life 💕
I've seen quite a few videos on PRI and especially about the importance of the hamstrings but this is the first video where it made sense. I was thinking hamstring as leg flexion and not as pull of the hip to neutral. Really informative, super helpful.
I came here to say the same thing: outstandingly simple and useful explanations. I have been doing various PRI exercises for a while and kind of understood why i needed them but not to this level of detail. Thank you.
I’ve been watching you for years Neal and it’s been a blessing. Here recently I was finally able to visit a PRI provider in Texas and it was life changing. Thank you for what you do
Hey Neal, your videos have been having a tremendous affect on my life as ive been struggling with the exact things you did in ‘92. Im 19 and I have all the hip problems, knee joint pain, ringing ears etc. ive been able to activate my left proximal hamstring but my right is still incredibly stubborn, i have to twist and pop it to get access to those muscles and they are very weak and painful. Still struggle with upper back and tons of neck pain due to compensation but im getting there! Thanks a million
I am a massage therapist and love your videos. I see the patterns you describe all the time. I was wondering what you would recommend a massage therapist could do to best help the general population that is ungrounded and cannot diaphragmatically breathe. Answering here would be great or a quick video would be absolutely amazing and i'm sure would help many other therapists. Thanks Neal!!!
Hmm....good question. I'd recommend taking the PRI Postural Respiration course, where there are many manual techniques that could be used by massage therapists to get people neutral. Helping expand and "pump the ribcage" (alternation) is the goal with manual work. But cranial-sacral could help too, especially if you know how to mobilize temporal bones and de-compress the cranial base. I'll give it more thought and make a video at some point.
did very well with presentation and demonstration, this vid helped me identify how chronic the issues of poor spinal breathing, causes, and potential remedy
That is soo cool, that you remember me man ;) Yes, I'm still dancing and going (rarely) to parties too!! Omega fun to dance at the party, quite different from learning experience :) I dance mostly Salsa Cubana (in Bachata I only know "main step"). Life is so much different nowadays since I got my PRI orthotics from United States, but most changed after I got to my cranium unlocked by great orthodontic treatment here in Poland (it will be 2 years in march). It completely gave me new life, new breath.. Gained all range of motion in my ribcage tests with ease. Spectacular. Thank you for your work and that you were born, as well as your bravery to share what you've been through. I needed that. @@NealHallinan
Hello doc, all the points you mentioned in this video I have all these issues,starts with Anterior pelvic tilt,don't feel my hamstrings,but I have a doubt,I have fat around my belly and waist,so is my excess fat causing the poor posture (APT) ? Or fat has nothing to do with forward pelvis & poor posture ?
Hey Neal, ive been strugling getting help with my left lazy eye with astigmatism. It definitely affects my neck. Im so right eye dominant. How or who could i see to get help with this? I appreciate your help! The hamstring excersizes have helped a lot.
Funny enough I stumbled on you the other day because I am having right adductor and hamstring pain, probably tendinitis, but I'm trying to understand my biomechanics better so I can rehab and prevent problems in the future and Left AIC pattern lines up with all of my symptoms. I also overstretched my hamstrings over the years and now I'm suffering for it. My left lower back is bigger too.
It looks like I’m going to finally be getting my permanent retainer removed from my lower row of teeth tomorrow! The permanent retainer that had kept fixed in place my artificially created cross-bite & contributed in keeping my jaw trapped in a dysfunctional state for the past decade. They’re likely going to have me wear a dental deprogrammer for a little while. From there, I’ll likely either buy a stabilization splint or get Invisalign. I know it’s difficult to say without seeing me in person, but I’m curious, what are your thoughts? Do you think you will eventually get braces or stick with your stabilization splint? As always, thank you!
Are you in the US? If so, are you working with a PRI therapist? The neck lateral flexion test that I show in this video is hugely important in order to know whether your neck is neutral or not. The position of the neck influences jaw position and thus occlusion.
@@NealHallinan Thank you for the reply. I’m not currently working with a PRI therapist, I’ve tried to get in touch with a couple of them near me but haven’t had much luck. But after watching your videos, I was able to discover just how misaligned my jaw has been as a consequence of my severe cross bite. Lots of cranial torsion that has effected my entire body. I just had my ears cleaned out for the first time in years, the right side was incredibly impacted and the left was clear. I’ve been wearing a custom molded mouth guard while doing exercises and it has helped tremendously. I’m hoping that the stabilization splint that I’m getting in two weeks will help function as a great long-term treatment. Im going to try and get my body as neutral as possible before my dentist makes the proper adjustments to it. Do you continue to use your splint as a necessary tool in maintaining neutrality?
OMG this video has just come at the perfect time. I’ve only discovered your channel about a month ago and recently realised I can’t feel my hamstrings much at all! Question is do I need to strengthen them as well as the pri techniques? I’m quad dominant due to lots of running before all of my chronic pain issues started about a year ago. I now think I’ve lost my left ZOA and have a PEC pattern too from watching some of your videos. My left bottom rib is definitely flared if not both sides and I can’t engage my core or breathe without using my neck and chest. I actually walk with my chest out front and bum out back….never realised this is bad until I discovered you! I wish I’d found you months ago, shame we don’t have any PRI specialists in the UK, so any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated 😊
I’ve also been told I’m hyper mobile by a chiropractor a few years ago. My left leg also falls outwards, when I walk I can feel it moving out and in as I stride, so internal rotation is poor on the left 😢
Restoring "posture" in the sense that I'm talking about in this video doesn't require anything beyond PRI techniques. It's "neuromuscular strength" that we are looking for, which is simply getting your brain back in touch with your body. More somatic than physical training. But as I talk about, figuring out why someone can't feel their proximal hamstrings is what the science of PRI is all about (usually instability and neck tension is playing a role). You may want to try the standing technique I reference in this video, which is more fully explained in the actual video.
Thanks for replying, I’ve been stretching, massaging, strengthening but now I realise why none of its working…you are so right, it’s the brain to muscle connection I need to work on along with my breathing!🤞🏽🧠🩻
This is finally the aha moment I needed. I now really understand the 90/90 exercise now and where I should feel the hamstrings. I feel them closer to the middle, so now I have a better understanding of what I need to feel. Just through breathing I have been able to shut my left hip flexor off at night to get better sleep than I have been lately. What are your thoughts on exercises like single leg deadlifts? Or is really doing the tug of war you mention? Also which video is it with the one where you do the breathing exercise. Can you add it to your description pls.
There is a card at around the 6 minute mark that links to the video. If you are neutral and stay on your heel it’ll work the hamstring just fine. There is a world of difference between people who can couple abdominal control with hip muscle control. They won’t overuse their lower back bc they don’t need to.
Hey Mr. Neal! I want to ask something important and hoping for your reply:) Whenever I feel like I'm doing a technique correctly and feel an immediate change or improvement, I start to feel anxiety and uncomfortable afterwards for sometime. I feel like it's because my body hasn't been used to it for long?
Hi Neil thank you so much for your videos I am learning so plenty every single time I watch your videos. I’m currently living in Portugal there are no PRI practitioners over here that I am aware of. I most definitely have a problem with my cranium position and dental/jaw issues. My question is what specialist should I see first in order for me to correct those issues before I start doing your video? Thank you
Happy New Year Neal, can you drop a link to the video with the exercise where you hold your back against the wall while leaning on the chair? I’ve been struggling for 17 years with tension on my left thigh. It feels like my left leg is on a short spring and always leading. It also radiates to my lower back. Other symptoms are a limited exterior rotation on my left shoulder and a stiff neck on my right skull base. I’ve started walking with your technique (focusing on my big toes and arms and hip movement) and felt instant improvement! No physical or massage therapist was able to help me in the slightest so far. Thank you for everything you are doing 🙏
Hello Neal, iam exactly this guy at 11:08. I am suffering the last 3 years and did not can change something. Even wirh physio Teherapy. Iam from Austria. Is there a possibility that you can help me from far away? Best regards Markus
Hi Neal, thanks for another great video, I have a question, when doing the 90-90 hip shift, if it was done properly, does feeling the left proximal hamstring include both of the medial and biceps femoris in a proximal part? Or should u just feel the proximal medial hamstring (annihilating the bicep femoris)? Asking this because in left AIC the left bicep femoris was mentioned to be overactive
Good evening! I recently started following your channel! Very interesting content! Compliments! I have a question... regarding the asymmetry of the skull, to improve your situation, what treatments did you undergo? What benefited you? Thank you!
My husband leans on every wall he comes to, either with his body or just an arm. Does this indicate a spatial problem/unstable pelvis, or bad habit. Thanks! Also, I recently found your channel and it is really enlightening.
Hey I understand your stance on the shoes, but do you have a shoe recommendation that has the heel cup and also the wide toe box? Thats the reason I like minimalist is the wide toe box. Bunions are not good as well for balance and proprioception. Any recommendations? Thanks
Neal, question for you. I am dealing with the same occlusion and vision issues that you experienced and am seeing a PRI trained DPT. I have a dentist working on a bite splint that will be ready in a couple of weeks, but curious for your thoughts on when I should engage the PRI vision D.O. into the process? Should I spend an amount time with PRI with the bite splint before engaging the PRI Vision DO, or should I reach out ASAP? I’ve heard you say the jaw affects the vision, so my thinking is that it’s better to wait a bit to hopefully get the jaw and neck muscles to relax some before seeking vision guidance?
You recommend start from which playlist? if i want to enhance my poisture and everything else I saw many videos on ur channel but i can't seem to understand cuz iam not seeing them in a serial manner and don't know where to start
I thik this explains "manspreading" :). I find it tiring while sitting to keep my knees close together, the hip flexor muscle gets tired.. what do you suggest? btw, you changed my life, 10yrs of the tight hip, psoas i couldn't keep my knees together and pull it to my chest without spreading it as the pain was unbearable. just standing on my left heal and taking a breathe got my hip in the position to do it. thank you! I'm trying all your exercises, but would love to know which is the most effective to reduce the tired feeling i'm getting in the front hip inner groin when sitting ?
the weight machine for hamstrings is good but you wanna focus on the range of motion should be limited to the squeeze of the proximal part. going through the whole motion may make your mid hamstrings strong...which is the problem!
Amazing video Neal. I've been seeing PRI therapists for over 10 years so a lot of this is very familiar to me now. But no one has ever explained any of it in this much detail to me. I constantly get asked where I feel it, but when it's my left hamstring it's usually the lower portion where it gets me, never near the butt. When I have asked if this is okay I usually get told ' we will take it ' so I always assumed it was fine. Wish someone had explained it this well to me years ago. I also have the overly built lower back muscles which I have always thought looked odd :(. Still trying to improve myself but I have never had any look at all as I think it'd dental I need (apparently). I'm curious which dental devices you use over there. I have a deep bite and am trying to test out a 'tanner' currently, someone suggested it will give some height / decompression. Have you heard of that one? Very interesting stuff as always. Thanks for sharing
It took me 8 years before I got a glimpse of proximal hamstrings on either side, yet I still made dramatic improvement. As a "cranial" patient, I know that cranial issues make true pelvic stability (without the TFL/hip flexors trying to kick in) difficult to achieve. As my cranium has become more symmetrical, my ability to stabilize without TFL interference has increased dramatically. I only used a normal mandibular splint that PRI uses to give occlusal "reference" and thus relax the neck. I haven't heard of a tanner.
Great video! I was curious about what your opinion is regarding prolotherapy for laxity especially for those who are patho PEC? I saw a doctor perform a prolotheprapy session for the upper cervial spine. so, would a treatment healing the unstability of the upper cervical instability contribute somehow to better grouning?
Oh, definitely. Once you lose pelvis position/stability, the right and left piriformins can becomes overactive/overused for leg movement, though for different reasons on each side.
So is it beneficial when doing a hamstring curl in general to make sure that you put something underneath your pelvic to round out your back I was taught the opposite
Hi Dr Hallinan, I'm having excessive rounding of the lower back while deadlifts or squats (butt wink) and have a swayback posture. Is it good for me to do 90-90 hip lifts as it puts my hips to even more posterior tilt which I'm trying to avoid?
Neal, I love your videos. Have you dealt with patients with left foot and ankle arthritis/issues? If you don't have strength and range of motion of your big toe and ankle on the left side, will that have major affects on your ability to stabilize the left side?
My left big toe is very limited in the most distal joint but I don't really think it is much of a issue. But in general, the left foot needs to be able to supinate and pronate properly for the left side to stabilize without kicking in the left hip flexors or right neck. I don't look at as a strength issue, just an ability to go through a cycle of pronation/supination. If that can't happen, people won't stay neutral. Some people actually need an orthotic in that scenario.
@@NealHallinan thank you for the reply. My issue is with the 2nd most distal joint as well as my ankle. My passive range of motion isn’t completely terrible but my active range of motion is worse, and it doesn’t take much of a load to reach pain (for both the ankle and MTPJ), so I’m not propelling myself forward off my big toe and that has lead to other imbalances that lead me to your videos. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to regain the function of that foot and ankle, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to deal with other issues up the chain. Not sure if you’ve ever dealt w a patient in a situation similar to that.
If one felt the hamstrings near the knees, and they were terribly weak, how would they approach strength training via leg curls? Should we train daily with low volume and intensity, space it out during the week, do a high volume training session one a week or something else?
Hi neal . The guy at 11:06 has a rounded lower back? How does pri deal with it? Because you always talk about low back arch but this guy low back rounding? So what is he lacking and what he needs to do?
I have the same problem as the guy at 11:10, where should i start with correcting this? Cant feel my left hamstring but i feel my right, Thanks for your video!
Plz, when i made the hip test both hip sides touched the floor, there is no side stayed higher in the air or didn't touch the floor What's that mean? Is that abnormal or what? Hope you can answer me 🙏🏼🤍
Neal would you mind linking the deep dive video on the chair reach exercise you mention around 6:45? Maybe add to the video description so future viewers can more easily locate if you can
I am so messed up. I have left hip arthritis so bad i can barely walk. It seems to be connected to my left back. Dr says DDD lumbar. I've had right knee injury recently whuch required surgery. Meniscus. All this sounds like it relates to all my joint arthritis and skelectal issues..but i am dealing with brain fog and have a hard time understanding. It's all do confusing. I don't have a lot of money nor time (job) to go see any more doctors and physical therapist. If anyone sees my comment and can offer a suggestion that i can do please help. Thank you and God bless you 🙏
Hey Neal, I managed to feel my hamstrings on the first technique but my left hamstring felt very strange like I was using some atrophied muscle that I did not really have strength to contract properly and my leg started to shake. I felt it like all the way from my butt to my knee. Is that good or bad? (with regard to trying to get back to neutral)
🛑 @ 9090 you will not feel the hamstring at the bum; you’ll for sure feel it at the knee. You will never get the proper hamstring activation using the 9090 position. The legs need to be completely straight and extended to access the proximal hamstrings at the pelvis. Those that feeling their hamstrings at the posterior knee are correct. Neal you got this wrong; look at the joint angle.. you’ll get it I’m sure.
Even though your explanations makes sense, I've never been able to get an effect of any of the exercises. My hamstrings feel like they are 1/3 the thickness at the proximal end compares to middle or closer to the knee.. I have zero ability to feel them proximally. At least the level I would expect. Terrible lower back pain. ATP, all that fun stuff. My quads seems impossibly tight, but no amount of strengthening or stretching seems to do much. I've tried 30 min couch stretches. They're like pulling on braided steel cables. They won't give :'( Psoas doesn't really feel tight to me.
Neal, any tips on costochondritis? Chest/rib pain? Can left AIC right BC pattern cause chest pain on the right side due to overactive scalene muscles pulling the rib cage up during inhalation? Would love to hear back from you, t thanks for the video!
It's certainly possible. If one or more areas of the ribcage spend too long in a non-expanded state, ribs get tight. You can feel how some people's ribs are unbelievably rigid while others are completely supple.
Gosh, it could be so many things. Vision is the least common, but very it's a very strong influence. Vision isn't hard to figure out because if I see someone who simply can't get neutral, it's almost always vision or teeth/jaw related.
What if barefoot i care feel the harmtring working while doing the exercise?? Should i do it, or eaven if i feel it i should wear good suportive shoes Thank you
you continue to blow my mind, sir. I feel like you'd have a great practice alongside an "attachment style" therapist. The connection being the way the mind is involved in holding trauma in the body form. And maybe a dentist and an ENT as well... all in the same office. The four of you together advocating for patients would be a huge plug in our leaky healthcare system. They are so connected and yet kept so far apart by our current paradigm. ....♆..⚯.....♆.♅...☉...🌘.....☉....♅..⚯..♆............... ☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁☁ 🌲🌲🌲🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌲🌴🌴🏝 ~~🦀~~~~~~~~🐢~~~~~~~~~~🌊 ~~~~~~~~~~~~🐢~~~~ 🐟 ~~~🌊 ~~~~~~~🐢~~~~~~~~🐢~~~~~🌊✨✨✨ ~~🐢 ~~~~~~~ 🐬 ~~~~~~~🐢 🌊((( ( ☿🔥🏕 ~~~~~~~🐢~~~~~~~~🐢~~~~~🌊✨✨✨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~🐢~~~~~~~~~~🌊_ _ _ _ _ _ 🌞 ~~🐙 ~~~~~~~~🐢~~~~~~~~~~🌊 🏔🏔🏔⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰🗻🗻🗻🗻⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰⼭⼭⼭
Hi Neal. Love the vids - do you think you can become a top tier athlete by only doing PRI exercises like the split squat and hip hinge as well as alternating db bench press on your channel?
I don’t think top tier athleticism is built in the gym. I believe it’s something you’re born with. Your size/weight/strength can be enhanced in the gym, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be more athletic. My friend was the strength coach for the Lakers….his job wasn’t to train them since NBA players are already some of the best athletes in the world. His job was to help them recover and not mess them up.
I understand, if you had to give an athlete the biggest chance of making it pro, would you give them those exercises as mentioned above that correlates with PRI or would you advice them to follow knee’sovertoesguy for example who recommends ATG(full ROM in extension training). So do you think that top tier athletes in the NBA let’s say would benefit more by changing to PRI-based exercises as opposed to what they are currently doing(leg extension, leg curl and 90 degree squats) Thanks for answer
@@jekrkrbddbkfbrbebdjd8952 I think it would benefit them to “PRI-ize” strength training because it more closely matches normal human movement and how the brain actually organizes movement. But will it make them more athletic or maximize their talents…I really don’t know. That would be a good interview question for my friend. Perhaps I’ll interview him on that subject.
Thank you so much Neal for the answer. I would love to hear from your friend on a video. I remember watching you back when you had 7k subs in the later stages of 2020, I even have screenshots of some of your videos from back then where it says you have 7k subs because I found your stuff interesting.
The bands are simply there to help you inhibit the TFL muscles. Many people "learned" to overuse their TFL/hip flexors due to a patterned pelvis position, and can't get their hamstrings to engage properly as a result. So you can look at this technique as a hamstring facilitation technique, or a TFL inhibition technique, or both (because it truly is both)
wouldn't the psoas be under active if your pelvis is forward? i don't get that the opposite would be true if you look at the muscle fibers. also couldn't you test if this was the case with a "thomas" test? from what i have gathered it is both the psoas and the hamstrings that together pull the pelvis in the correct position from each side. i mean the excercise with the ball and feet towards the wall is great that you show! i have benefited greatly from it. but i can't understand how the psoas is not firing when you actually squeeze a ball between your legs. sure it is stimulating the muscle in a neuromuscular way
It’s involved in external rotation of the left leg and lumbar spine rotation to the opposite side, which is what is happening in the left AIC pattern. Inhibition in this context simply means reducing its inappropriate activity.
@NealHallinan aha so if I understand you correctly, inhibition of psoas in this sense of a left AIC individual actually means inhibiting the left psoas and activating the right psoas(with ball between legs) Also that would then mean activating left adductor and inhibiting right adductor In the context of the 90/90 feet on wall and hip lift, also to activate left hamstring and inhibition of right hamstring. In order to pull pelvis straight! All these muscle groups then work In balance together to keep pelvis neutral and both feet straight 👌
