The Professional Violinist, His Painful Neck, and His Vision
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Zvo is a professional violinist from Croatia and contacted me because of his Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. This TOS resulted in lots of neck pain when he played the violin.
The problem was that he was using his neck muscles: the right SCM, scalenes, and upper trap to stabilize and move his right arm as he played. This is a fairly typical situation.
In turns out that Zvo didn't have thoracic outlet syndrome. He simply had a very strong Right BC and TMCC pattern (as defined by the Postural Restoration Institute) and needed glasses to help resolve the tension, and then re-learn how to use his right scapular muscles appropriately without interference from the neck.
FINALLY a physical therapist talking about professoinal musicians.... YES
Hi Neal, I am a professional violinist and to be honest the biggest improve that I had in my playing ocurred when I found your channel and learnt about PRI. Thank you for everything!!!!
Hej Zvonimir! Cool to hear that you're from Osijek!
It would be awesome if you talk about pianists typical pattern issues. I personally really sense that using right pedal of the piano plays a huge role in my right foot overactiveness and pain.
I started playing and learning acoustic guitar at 16 years old. And then, after 1 or 2 years I got astigmatism only in my left eye. As we know if we are right heanded we use to stare looking to the left side where we are pressing the guitar cords. Well, some people say that astigmatism may be also lens induced like wearing 24/7 any kind of lens (plus or minus).
(If anyone is skeptical) 10 -11 hours sounds like an exaggeration, but it's for real. 8-10+ hours of practicing every day is the average for music majors in the US as well.
Can you please make a video about how to properly sleep (pelvic position)? Do you have to posterioly tilt your pelvis when you lay down? Sleep is very important because our body repairs while we sleep
you can noir properly sleep until you improve your posture
@@2fastnfurious4u why? how does posture impact sleep?
@@skepticsphere5930 compressed/descended rib cage influences diaphragm and abdominals
@@2fastnfurious4u But if the airway is still closed, would this matter?
I think in my case, my sleep duration was the same.
Neal, what is PRI’s prospective on corrective eye surgery ( LASIK, RELEX SMILE, etc.) to at least raise the baseline vision issues.
Its viewed as potentially problematic bc some people may be operating on a “patterned visual system” which would likely not be their baseline vision if they were neutral and stable. Hope that makes sense.
Hi Neal, can you make a video or explain here how to reposition the right scapula? I sense that the right lower trap, triceps and
serratus anterior are involved by I can't figure how to make the scapula stick to it's right place on the rib cage. Thanks to you, I was able to reposition my pelvis and thus the pain in my back virtually disappeared. The only thing left to handle is this right scapula which keeps bringing me back into Left AIC/Right BC pattern and it's so frustrating
P.S. Keep doing what you're doing, you're changing lives!
I have the same issue. Which specific movements did you do to address your pelvis? The ones recommended on his website?
@@MindDrip yes, the ones from the websites. I also started paying a lot of attention to how I sit in the office, occasionally pulling my left hip backwards and trying to feel the left ZOA all the time. I'm into weightlifting so I also switched doing unilateral exercises like bulgarian split-squats and single leg rdl - these two made my left leg way more stable although the L hamstring need more strengthening. I also perform 10-15 slow breaths a couple of times a day standing straight, keeping my left leg bend at the knee and feeling my left heel and right arch. Hope this is helpful.
interesting!
im curious, have you ever found an instance when someone improved eyesight? or reduced their glasses prescription?
Yes, that happens. It's not uncommon, actually.
как жаль, что не везде есть субтитры... как жаль, что не понимаю!!!
Уже несколько месяцев изучаю эти техники и эту идею. Ничего подобного в России нет. Могу сказать, что это реально работает. Neal спасибо тебе!
using a mop for 8 hours 5 days a week for years could have done this too me too?
If I can stand on my left leg and get my rib cage down and feel my left glute turn on. Is that a good sign of being on the left side? Should I practice being in this position?
I’d say I have good sense of the left ground as well. I’m just trying to deter right ql over activity. A reply would really mean alot
Hi Neil,
I have managed to get to my left side but I can't seem to get back to right side using the left external rotator group of hip muscles. It's like I have good neurological feel of my right side hip muscles and can pronate well on that right foot but I can't do it as easily on the left to get myself to go back and fro.
Any ideas?
No real ideas. Probably requires help from a professional.
@@NealHallinan yeah maybe its a special case like your vision thing that your going through, and needs professional help.
One thing can you do more videos showing the connection link between different chains both ipsilaterallt and contralaterally. For example one thing that I think really helped me was when you mentioned that pronations and external rotation on the right side should match with contracting the left IO/TA. I think thats what helped me with my initial problems of ER.
But I find it would be helpful if you can also go into other matching pairs of muscles or muscle chains that should activate given the correct input based on neurological sensing. Thanks.