The Right Big Toe and the Right BC Pattern: A Postural Restoration Perspective
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Sensory awareness of the right big toe is necessary for appropriate biomechanical pushoff (right foot re-supination) to transfer the body from the right foot to the left foot. In other words it is needed to inhibit the left AIC right BC pattern as defined by the Postural Restoration Institute.
Hey there, my name is Neal Hallinan.
The purpose of this channel is to help people understand and resolve chronic muscular and joint pain, primarily through the discipline of Postural Restoration.
As someone who lived with chronic pain for many years of my life, I know how debilitating and isolating it can be. But I also know it can be resolved.
I hold the following credentials:
Postural Restoration Trained (PRT)
Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCS)
Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT)
Amateur Historian (AH, my own self-designation)
I live and work in the great state of New Jersey, USA.
I offer one-on-one training as well as online consultations via Zoom. The information can be found here:
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For an example of typical exercises for a beginner program, you can look here:
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Please note, this is QUITE generic and not sufficient for everybody!
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Hey all you poor bastards dealing with this thing!
Going on 4 years dealing with this, I’ve seen PTs, Chiropractors, Surgeons, Massage Therapists, you name it.
Nobody has been able to tell me what is going on with my body.
I found out this week that it’s most likely my teeth. Insane.
Thank you so much for these videos.
It’s like you have described every SINGLE symptom I have, and it’s the first time I’ve ever heard anyone have a clue as to what is happening with me.
THANK YOU
@@eqsael what’s the tea?
I've been seeing all of those my whole life, so certainly relate to what you are saying!
Was it through his videos that you discovered the Teeth issue?
Have you since found relief? (And if so, what did you do that helped you the most?)
(I'm just starting watching his videos - revolutionary so far, but just scraping the surface!)
@@sarahcraigs5879 i found out that I grind my teeth really bad at night.
So the dentist has given me a night guard that also pulls my jaw forward a little bit.
That’s also contributing to my sleep apnea.
I also am now working with a speech therapist to strengthen my mouth and tongue.
I will be working with the speech therapist for a couple months to prepare my mouth for palette expansion.
My teeth placement is forcing my jaw back, and my forward neck posture is a result of this over a long period of time.
I’m starting to feel changes down my entire gait already just with the mouthpiece and speech therapy.
Ive been dealing with a bunch of weird symptoms, not being able to walk straight is one of them, along with breathing difficulties, difficulty swallowing, etc. I traces it back to losing my jaw on the right side of the lower jaw. Tragic. It was a perfectly good tooth that got removed for no good reason.
Its also changing the shape of my face, as now I have a cross bite and my face is no longer symmetrical.
And nobody even does wisdom tooth implants…
Thank you so much for all the work you do teaching us about PRI. It's been salvatory to so many people.
You're welcome, Marcus. Glad it's helpful. It's endlessly fascinating even after 10 years of doing it.
💯
@@NealHallinan thanks Neal, can you also do a video on cranial strains in relation to these postural patterns? ik there’s left sidebend and right torsion you talked about, but what about the others like a cranium stuck in extension? would be a good vid
I always find myself curling my right toe, this explains why
Throw a dislocated rib on the left side and 13 years without fixing it…this is everything I’ve needed. Thank you so much.
Man, im the same, but its only 5 years for me, hoping this will fix it... just began watching, hopes are up lol
The bunion is in the metatarsophalangeal joint and not the tarsometatarsal one as suggested. Difficult to believe that you know what you are talking about if you lack this kind of basic anatomy knowledge.
Much of this resonates with me. The right big toe, the imbalance etc.. the on difference is my tightness is in my left side and my weight is on the left mostly.
You just described all the things I do the flared rib, the lifting my right toe , the entire posture pattern. I have a longer left leg illusion.
It is just twisted pelvis making the left leg more forward and the right back.
This makes my right hip tight.
I have a palpable and visual indentation on my right rib - it's literally sunk in - along with the inability to feel my right big toe. When you shared the images of your clients laying on their sides to check for the patterns, I did not have to lie on my side to test them on myself. I had already noticed those same patterns on myself a while back. When I then applied a paper towel to my right big toe like you did in the video, within 5-10 mins of standing my right calf was on fire 🔥! So much so that the muscle went into a minor spasm! It was neat feeling. Because of your videos I've managed to search and find a PRI practitioner near me and I'd just like to say thanks. Thank you 🙏
I'm happy that the video was illuminating. I can't say that feeling the calf on fire is necessarily a good sign, but it does go to show how our muscles respond to sensory input.
@@NealHallinan hey Neal, why a paper towel underneath the big toe? What's the idea behind it? Is this to feel the ground more at the phalanxes or is it to shift more weight onto the first metatarsal? I'm just curious
@@consistentme22 It’s simply to push through the big toe for effective transition to the left leg.
@@NealHallinan I thought the paper towel went under the right arch?
WOW! Thank you for sharing your knowledge of PRI. I ran across your website 1.5 yrs ago and it literally has changed my world! Thank you so much.
You're very welcome.
Ditto
Love your content, keep it up G, do you still do online consultations or are u too busy? :)
Hey Neal! Since I incorporated your techniques into my Physical therapy while recovery from a major knee surgery I’ve had less asymmetry and making better progress. My question is, when I did finally feel like I got my right side to decompress, the amazing sensation of breathing fully again was almost immediately interrupted by a sharp sensation in top of hip/lower abdomen. It was painful but more of a good pain. Is this normal? What could be the cause or problem area?
Words cannot express my gratitude for your videos! Thanks Neal.
I have lost vibration and therefore proprioception in both feet over past 4 years. Idiopathic. I still feel pain and touch. Left AIC/Right BC has recently become symptomatic - think they are related? Golf scores have gone from mid-70’s to mid-90’s over this period. Right glute, right SI, right hip (recently replaced), right obliques all painful.
Any hope for me? I’ve started the exercises 10 days ago.
Hi Neal, jus went to see a behavioural optometrist for the first time today, quite fascinating as I'm -4.75 (right eye)
-2.75(left eye) however I'm favouring my right eye(worse) and not using my left. I've been prescribed a -4 in my right eye along with exercises to combat my binocular issues. Does this sound right to you? Thanks for all your help and I'm gonna smash out all the techniques and do exactly what I'm told and write back to you in a month. Thanks for all your help Neal. Thank you
I’m sure it can happen. I’m assuming you have a PRI therapist you are working with?
Gold. Thank you Neal.
I’m really struggling with this and I honestly feel frustrated.. has anyone got over this?
Neal can u make a video about the connection of patho pec to make sexual issues? Thanks
I’m loving your videos..I’m guessing this would be the same with the eyes ..I’m right handed but my left eye has better eyesight than the right..20% better…my shoulder falls forward lying on left side and backwards slightly on the right..what a conundrum..thank you..🙏🏻
If someone also has a bunion on the left side, it may be do to different reasons due to the pattern. What sensory assistance would you suggest that may be able to give similar outcomes? Paper towel under arch???
Haha the right toe is missing, right toe+ right arch+left heel clear my right shoulder IR almost 100
That's how it should work. 👍
@@NealHallinan If I am putting weight on outside of left foot (region 1) (supinated) and have my right foot (region 3) (pronated) feeling big toe am I doing it right? Should I focus on this for single leg squats or something?
Thank you for the videos. I have had my big toe not touch the ground for years now after 3 hamstring tears and a broken fibula in my right leg. Still trying to find the info on how to fix these issues though
What would be your thoughts on someone who’s pelvis rolls forwards as opposed to back when lying on the left hand side?
I find your explanations very interesting. Thanks
My exact problem 😢 I have bunion on right big toe
How long do you have to use that paper towel method before you are stable without it?
My left side falls backward when i lie on my right side
You are absolutely on point.
whoa. did this and felt instantly
I have also read walking backwards can help towards many issues!?!..
true
feels fun to walk backwards up a hill or gentle incline on the street
like when walking dog
very informative thanks for your videos
Brilliant solution!
Great video Neal ! One question though, should you get any type of feet bunions removed prior to attempting to master pri techniques ? Specifically bunions on the outside of my big toes ?
I wouldn’t do that. The only way you know whether the bunion is a problem or not is if you have an experienced therapist evaluating you.
This is why modern day shoes and socks are ruining feet and mind and body connection. It is key to wear zero drop shoes with minimal sole thickness so the brain can sense what the feet are feeling while walking, running etc… there is so much sensory feedback happening below your feet. Imagine wearing boxing gloves on your hands your entire life and trying to pick up a spoon, fork, drive a car or do pull ups etc… you hands would be weak and unstable. This is the entire purpose behind wearing minimalist shoes with foot appropriate toe box. Many brands are out there like Splay Shoes (Vans equivalent), Be Lenka (casual) and outdoor/workout shoes are Vivobarefoot. If you wear shoes that are minimalist with a foot shaped toe box a lot of your issues will go away and your feet will develop strength and flexibility and mobility in the process. Also your toes will eventually spread out naturally over time so no need for crazy shaving surgeries. You can wear socks like Injinji and toe spacers in your minimalist shoe and you will notice a difference like being more grounded, better posture and body mechanics. All of that just from going away from shoes that baby your feet and create havoc to the rest of your body and posture in the process. Of course just changing your footwear will not resolve all your imbalances but it will be a huge step in the right direction.
If I could exume all my old shoes/workboots, every outside, right heel would show significantly more wear or would be completely gone. Essentially, they have all been worn to a wedge shape. I just bought a pair of well supporting sneakers and am on my way to better posture with he help of your videos. Thanks!
Your patient had functional hallux limitis. Because of the functional limitation of the 1st MPJ, on weightbearing, instead of getting dorsiflexion of the 1st MPJ with plantar flexion of the first metatarsal, you get dorsiflexion of the first ray at the first metatarsal cuneiform joint which includes adduction of the first metatarsal which is what causes the bunion. What you used is called a Cluffy wedge which is helpful. More helpful than that is an orthosis that allows the first metatarsal to drop. As far as the cause, we are dealing with a failure of the tensegrity structure of the body to keep the bones in the right place due to faulty neurologic input. This could be anywhere in the forefoot. The most common is the periosteum of the 4th metatarsal as a result of the collapse of the transverse metatarsal arch as a result of a strain-counterstrain or reverse strain-counterstrain of the adductor hallucis. I agree that it occurs more commonly on the right and if it is on the left then you have to look for dysponesis. As far as why on the right, I don't have an explanation and yours seems very plausible. I do enjoy your videos. They add another dimension to how things work.
Is this also applicable when experiencing the exact opposite? Always weight on outside of left foot, and right foot turned outwards..? Is there a similar pattern?
Thank you so much! You are my hero ❤❤❤
Thank you.
Ohh, I'll have a little go at that with the paper towel, too. I don't have a bunion but I do have the same mechanism and this is definitely worth a go.
My left Ql is always hurting, wonder if this would help my walking posture?
Thank you for this!
Could this be a catch 22. If having a bad pattern to begin with could this then cause this as a symptom vs the problem causing the pattern.
Hi I live in the UK in London and I can’t seem to find any coach in London. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you
AWSOME stuff
Thank you.
Would this also be the case with the left big toe (diverted inwards) and left little toe (diverted inwards)?
Another incredible video!!
OMGGGGGG!!!!
wait, so the right shoulder should get in front of the left one ?
The right side of the ribcage should move in front of the left. The “winged” right shoulder is often already forward. The shoulder doesn’t have to be changed much, just the ribcage that it is sitting upon .
@@NealHallinan ahh now it makes sense why i always had that tenancy to look for the right big toe and shoulder to be a bit in front .. PS : got new glasses 3 weeks ago : im down to 0.50 on my right eye and 0 in my left, with the the astigmatism correction on and the axis changed from 0 to 90 degrees. still hurts but its a good pain :D
Missed on the bunion location. One joint too proximal.
Where could i find orthotics to mitigate this issue? Or someone to make them for me?
Hey Neal great stuff once again love your work ! 👍🏼 1 question “ would it make sense to work On your right foot pronation to activate the right glute, more ? When doing a PRI program
Right foot pronation by itself? I don't think so. Pronation of the right foot doesn't have much meaning to the brain if it's not coupled with left foot supination (heel strike) and a shift of the pelvis to the left at the same time...which is what 80% of all PRI techniques are working on.
Oh no, i have no idea how to feel that heel. Right arch works with some towel and sneakers but i dont undetstand how to feel the heel
@@asgeraskersen4361 If you can pass the adduction drop test and can feel your left hamstring on a PRI hamstring technique, then you are sensing your left heel.
@@NealHallinan i can feel the heel only if i pull down. I doubt i feel it during the walk, my neck hurts. But when the right arch touches it goes away, a neck pain i try to escape for 3 and a half years. Its not going all the way ofc, if im not careful im back into the pattern and the neck pops back immediately. Its much better tho, your videos gave me a lot of relief, i was in horrible pain, i am so right dominant now, you can see i have a lot more muscle on the right than on the left, a sad situation:)
Gently standing and orienting my gaze left or right definitely shifts center of gravity. Walking with eyes orienting on my lessor aware side is creating very surprising vertigo. This is fascinating!
My problem was this toe ALL ALONG. I looked back for this video after I discovered it myself. I still don't know whether to have joy or cry. The brokenness has been so long. And then what am I going to say to anyone, "it was my big toe." I need this video from Neil just to have credibility. It's an unspeakable topic for me at the moment. Just going to put hot sauce with a side of Wasabi on my right toe with an extra sensory order of onion rings around it. wtf
Well, if you can't push through your right big toe effectively, you can't transition to your left side without compensation. So the right big toe is a really big deal. That's why someone may need orthotics. To allow for that transition.
I just came across your video about the connection between the jaw and the psoas and that totally made sense with your explanation using the anatomy. This reminds me of when I was going through my yoga teacher training certification in Rishikesh India. This also inspired me that I made the right choices to learn yoga and meditation and energy healing. Now that you have shared your knowledge with this video, I can help others see the benefits of doing any sort of mindfulness exercises to help realign the mind and body, which yoga does. Yoga brings every aspect of your life into balance with breath awareness and self care with physical yoga poses. Thank you for your service and support for educating the world! 🙏😎😍
In summary, we aren't built to be wearing shoes all the time.
Because there is usually pain in the right big toe.
The guru himself
How’s the MMA going?
@@NealHallinan always good I've been meaning to make my way out there soon we'll see
How can I stop breathing into left ql and right neck? I tried left internal obliques but still doesn't work
You need to stabilize your pelvis at the same time. I'd recommend finding a PRI therapist to help. It's too hard to do on your own.
So what should we put on our toe? Wrap a paper towel around it? Or just tape a bit of paper towel over it?
I think this video just changed my life
When I walk it always seems like my right big toe always lifts way up ,and It causes
Me to walk on the outside of my foot . I wonder if this is related
You have the pattern problems on this channel, please take action before global body breakdown
coincidentally I was forcing my righter foot whenever I was sitting towards the ground to tense it up and feel more of my righter foot muscles, and you upload this as I try this method to have some relief (which actually worked for today). Mostly when I find out new stuff like this it works for a week and then sadly the miracle relief no longer occurs.
Well in the case of this video, adding paper towel to the right big toe is a minor component of an overall Postural Restoration program. By itself it won't do much.
Literally laying that way as I watch this video
Hey can pri assist with a toddler who’s toe walking ?
I think you'd need an occupational therapist who specializes in pediatrics.
Wait so she can never walk barefoot? what about when she is at home? if she will not use shoes with that tape the pattern will come back?
Thank you so much for your work can you please give us exercises program to fix that because I'm suffering especially headache and higher left shoulder which limit the motion of my neck
There is no PRI program for everybody. It’s all about each individual. If you start searching for “PRI exercises/techniques” you’ll find them on YT and IG. But it’s impossible to know what you should do without being evaluated first.
@@NealHallinan thank you 🙏 I'm asking for exercises for Right BC pattern
@@RekkabAlaaDinTube One of the easiest things to do is on my website’s beginner program page. Sitting on your right hip and breathing into the right side of your ribcage. There are also a number of right BC techniques on the PRI website. Pretty sure they are listed on the “webinar page” for the “breathing in Covid times” lectures.
@@NealHallinan thank you thet breathing exercises help alot
what do foot callouses tell you about this type of condition?
great question
Hi neal, what are your thoughts on walking lunges? Are they beneficial for people stuck in the left aic right bc pattern? Thank you very much for your help
I don’t think they are beneficial for resolving the left AIC pattern. If you get your pelvis neutral and stable first, then they are fine.
@@NealHallinan thank you for your response Neal
Can this cause clawing of the middle to outer toes on right foot too. I dont have a bunion but i feel im not pushing off on big toe like you said ...alsoi have all the other symptoms. Im wondering is it all caused by my poor vision/lazy left eye or is it all caused by the clawing of the toes and my tendancy to sit leaning to the right. Either way im going to show this video to my physio in my first appt next wwek because you are able to explain propetly whereas when i spk to docs i just seem to be coming out with a multitude of different issues which dont seem related to them. Thanks for all you do to let us know were not going mad and imagining these issues
If vision is a problem, then yes, it can lead to the improper foot mechanics. Inappropriate vision "ungrounds" you, and you'll often see toes doing weird things due to this ungrounding effect. Visual sense, or lack of visual sensory processing, will overrule the feet every time.
@@NealHallinan what should I do if I have this vision problem do I have to see eye doctor?
Thank you for sharing this
Thanks❤🎉
what to do with the opposite?
So is this why I am orine to getting turf toe on my right side?
It's certainly possible.
Are you the Macgyver of PRI?
Definitely not. You should she see the founder of PRI take a cheap plastic mouthguard and use an electric grinder to grind it down to fit someone’s mouth so they can feel their teeth differently. People have to feel things differently, otherwise no change will occur. It is fascinating.
How would PRI interpret a higher left hip, favoring left leg during sports, and vision problems in right eye?
I would say it's likely you have a very unstable left hip, but beyond that I can't speculate. Sometimes someone may overuse their right eye for upright postural stability when they have postural instability. But there is no way to know unless you have a very experienced PRI therapist testing you.
Favouring left leg to balance on or kick?
@@taplubambhos2869to jump off of
thank you so much for the content you make, do you have any immediate thoughts if this technique helped but didnt release neck tension? unfortunateley i dont have access to pri phyaicists in my country
This will not work for everyone. Anything I do with PRI depends on the individual. Everyone has a different brain and body. Neck tension has many different potential origins.
@@NealHallinan oh no it worked and, thank ypu so much, my pelvis and shoulders are much more relaxed when im using this technique youre a life saver
this is brilliant
Very cool!
You had some videos showing you re not neutral anymore if you dont sense the things like that salsa video. Do you have neck tension too while you re not neutral, or it never comes back to you?
Thanks
Thank you
This is one reason I can't understand why PRI encourages tapered toe box shoes, one of the main causes of bunion formation (which btw is not a "bone growth" so much as misalignment of the 1st metatarsal).
Hope we will get an answer
They recommend bigger toe box shoes for those who need it… if you read the shoe list.
New balance 960
Brooks dyad
@@jmitch0062 those are only "wide" relative to other shoes on the market... not the actual shape of a natural human foot. They're still tapered at the toes.
PRI is enlightening, but over the past 5 years, I’ve learned that it is not the fix. It does a great job explaining the asymmetrical patterns of the body. But the way PRI claims to fix it is not the way to fix it. You can sense your left heel until the cows come home, you can reach and breathe and sense the right arch. These things will not fix the real reason for these symptoms, which is space inside your body to move. The reason for everything is that the left side houses more organs and the left side cannot and never will be able to compress as much as the right side. And this has little to do with weight bearing and everything to do with unbalanced respirator muscles. Vision, teeth, feet are not the solution, they’re symptoms. Does that mean PRI doesn’t help? No. What PRI does is teach you to realize these things, which can be a huge relief once you really understand the cause of the symptoms. It can also teach you pseudo ways of getting “on your left side” by creating more compensatory range of motion in certain areas, like the lumbar spine, pelvis, and left scapula. By sticking with PRI, you will learn to center your mass more over your left foot via the aforementioned compensatory ranges of motion. But you will never be able to compress the left ribcage as much as the right, and this you will never decompress the right as much as the left. I think PRI is a wonderful resource, but it can be misleading. If you think you are going to balance your asymmetries and be alternating truly from left to right and all of your problems will subside, it’s just not realistic.
Well articulated. I feel the same. At first I was a huge believer in PRI but after time I came to the same realisation which you put across so well. PRI is just an overly complicated scientific explanation of what’s happening with you’re body. I think the best type of rehabilitation with incorporate both PRI but mainly getting efficient at natural human movement. Which in most of the ‘developed’ world is robbed from us by sedentary lifestyles.
Do you have insight into a true fix?
Would you say insiratory training like the o2 trainer be a fix? I use it and it seems to teach me to properly breath which has had a cascade of positive effects for me.
@@HUGEACT-MAN I’m sorry if it wasn’t clear in my post, but what I meant was that it isn’t something to be “fixed” because it isn’t something that is “wrong”. It’s the reality of human design. I believe the best remedy is for the individual. We each have to find ways to compensate for our asymmetry. For some, it’s breathing exercises and PRI. For some, it may be yoga or meditation to relax the body. There are two things I know for certain: 1) there is no one size fits all since we all have different lifestyles and demands of our bodies and minds. 2) there is no permanent remedy, meaning, whatever it is that works for you must be some sort of routine. You will have to continuously work at it, and you may have to adapt and find new things over time.
So perhaps not the answer you were looking for, but the real answer is attention to your mind and body, being adaptive, and all things in moderation that you can. I hope this helps!
@@TheeGT51 no it wasn't the answer I was looking for, however, I think it's probably the best answer possible. You are quite wise, thank you.
@@TheeGT51well said
I had suspected my right big toe was the problem. When I try to curl my toes, it's almost as if they dont bend.
I would put a hard massage ball against a wall, keep my right foot flat, put my right big toe resting on top of the ball pushing down while trying to lift my other 4 toes (hold for 15 seconds). I would get instant neck relief and could feel my right arch when walking for a short time after. I could never explain why and it wouldn't last long.
I tried your method in the video but slightly modified it so the support is closer to the metatarsal (not high up on the toe) and I've been walking around sensing the ground all day. It' as if I needed a slight artificial fulcrum so my body would activate my right toe.
The reallt weird thing now, is when I'm sitting (while wearing the idea and not moving) I can feel my right toe vibrating (similar to weight lifters trying to lift really heavy weights and they start shaking). It feels like ther nerves a firing to stabilize something that hasn't been used in years. I have no bunions at all btw, I just cant curl my big toes which I'd assume has something to do with this.
Thank you so much!
Is there any point in doing PRI exercises if your PRI therapist hasn’t checked whether you need a splint or certain prism glasses? I’m waiting for custom orthotics to be made then I will see him again but in the mean time he gave me a few exercises to do which I feel are pointless and a waste of time without the other two sensory inputs?
Most people don’t need glasses or a splint. Is there a reason you think you need them? At any rate, orthotics, splints, and glasses aren’t treatment, they just allow the body to gain neutrality, so you still need to do the techniques.
@@NealHallinan Well after watching a lot of your videos I came to the conclusion that PRI techniques only work if your body is sitting neutral, so I would be wasting my time because when I finish doing the PRI exercises my body goes straight back into the old pattern? The PRI therapist did this one muscle test where he pushed down on my left arm and I failed to hold the resistance until he he gave me these glasses to wear then I could hold the resistance no idea what it would indicate? thanks for replying
Great question