Why You Aren't a right AIC
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2019
- You aren't a right AIC because your right diaphragm is bigger and stronger than your left diaphragm.
This stronger right diaphragm can't be counter-balanced by the smaller left diaphragm, so we are slowly but surely "pulled" to the right into the left AIC pattern.
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Hey there, my name is Neal Hallinan.
The purpose of this channel is to help people understand and resolve chronic pain, and to help them cope with the emotional and spiritual pain that often goes along with it.
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)
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I live and work in the great state of New Jersey, USA.
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For further information about Postural Restoration defined patterns, check out these videos and blog posts.
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• RTMCC Pattern Basics
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Thank you Neal! you and Conor Harris have saved my life litterally. I couldnt fucking take it any longer, had this shit for 12 years and its been so damn hard on me, havent been able to sit, stand or walk. Tried to train/stretch/massage every body part for years and NO doctor/therapist/physio has been able to help. Gosh they were so god damn clueless, none of them were even close and they´re supposed to be the top guys in sweden....Every time i got results it just went back after a few days but now im close to being fully healed. You truly saved a life because i was becoming suicidal not being able to live my life, missed my entire 20s because of this, atleast now i have my 30s and they will be EPIC thanks to YOU
Almost same exact story as you. Crazy how ignorant the medical and fitness proffessionals are.
Did u ever have any nerve compression? Your comment is awesome, glad to see people succeed
I actually have my right pelvis rotated forward and my left pelvis is back. Also my right foot is pronated and left foot is supinated. The reason for that is slanted workspace where I sat for years before my symptons began.
Same, so we have a right AIC and left BC pattern?
@@trietphan6279Well, a year ago was really confused about those patterns. But now I know I have left AIC pattern and right BC pattern.
Have you tried adduction drop test for left leg and abduction test for right leg? If can't adduct your left leg and abduct your right leg, that's a sign you have left AIC pattern. And if your torso is counter-rotared to left, it's a sign of right BC pattern.
@@annaj4242 thank you for the reply Anna, when I did a drop test it is a little positive on the adduction of the left leg, and abduct on right leg, but visually, upon closer examination , I have a supinated right foot, and pronated left foot, do you know if that means anything?
@@trietphan6279 Actually my right foot is also supinated and my left foot is pronated. Left AIC causes pronated left foot and I think the supination of the right foot is some kind of compensation.
thank u!
you're soooooooooooo right
good visual!
Thanks, Cindy!
I am 100% right aic. I have watched all your videos trying to find an answer but they all end up saying the same thing.. if you can suggest anything that would be great. I have injured my right leg and had both hip surgery and foot surgery for broken metatarsal as well as right Achilles tendinitis. I have compensated toward the left and limped away my right leg for years after both back to back surgeries and now my whole right kinetic chain is shut down. My left side of pelvis is back and all your tests say I am definitely right aic. I know all your videos say I’m probably not but there is no doubt.. It’s really frustrating no one online seems to know what to do for right AIC except to tell you that you’re not. Any suggestions?
Same. My upper right side including the diaphragm atrophied due to nerve damage and is much weaker than the left.
Thank you, that was truly interesting! I have a question regarding what you explained - do we know how much the shape (and attachment+symmetry) of the diaphragm can vary between individuals?
I'm asking because there seem to be all sorts of variations like muscle belly length, ulna-plus variant, and so on . But I have no idea if this could also be affected by individual variation.
Thank you ahead of time!
I'm sure there could be some slight variation, but you won't have a bigger left diaphragm. That's the most important point.
Awwww just when it started to get good.... 🌞
i have symptoms of a left AIC pattern, except that my rib cage seems to be lower and internally rotated on the left side ...my mid seems to be always tight on the right side and my lower back is tight on left side....i also noticed that my right quad heads are kinda far away from my knee compared to the left side and seems to be externally rotated AND a bit number on that right side...i thinki was left in a washing machine or something as a child i have no idea what is going on lol
My left leg long then right so my left hip down
I have chronic pain from a surgery. There have been no answers for me over the years. I recently found that my psoas on the side of the surgery is extremely tight and releasing and stretching the muscle relieved a lot of the pain for a little while. I have always had bad posture and I imagine that this is going to be the exact thing I need to
So this really makes sense but I know for sure that my right abdominals aswell as my right glute won’t activate as much as my left side... my left hamstring is always very tight, my right quad and hipflexors are tight and I can see a visual difference in size of my left and right glute and abdominals
All of your observations may be true, but it still doesn't change the underlying pattern. Muscles get overactive/tight/strong/weak etc..in different planes of motion. So a left glute might be strong in external rotation but really weak in extension. Everything you said is perfectly explainable, but you always have to consider what is going on with the same muscle in three planes of motion. That's why people get confused.
@@NealHallinan Hi Neal, thanks for your reply. I already did some of your beginner exercises for the left AIC pattern and already saw massive differences in strength in those mentioned parts of the body. After doing some of those exercises it became quite relaxing. No pain while doing sports and other stuff.
Thanks for all of your videos!!
Much love from Germany. Moritz
And what can i do?
So is it about breathing in a specific way? About strengthening the left diaphram?
So the right rib goes in and gets stuck in exhale position right ? Please reply
Then why is my glute more full on the left. Right glute is flat. I can pistol better on the left than the Right. When I two legged squat my right herl comes up
So if we're presenting with many indicators that suggest right AIC, how do we proceed?
I told my left ql, glute, back and right shoulder about diaphragmatic asymmetry; they don't seem to care.
I think I might be of the minority that suffers from right aic, i self-assessed myself and i can visually tell that my right pelvis is more oriented back
I'm 100% sure i am even tho untill this past weekend I thought I wasn't. Because I have been working 7 days a week for 3 month I'm extra tired i can clearly see the hip twist real bad now whi.e before it was just a bit to the point my right thigh is about 2 inches more forward than the left. My whole hilp is really facing to the left and to compensate my thighs working had to try to face to the right. I havd se sory space issues so it realy hard for me to understand mirroring images and realet tk the right side so for a long time i thought the right side was normally the side forward insthe left. Even with people explaining my brain can't understand unless i see it on myself.
I have huge apt and my right hip is rotated forwards/towards left, left hip is higher and all right side muscles are weaker I don't hsve scoliosis and if I do it's extremely minor, I can still lift weights but feels like my right side is letting me down as I have to hold it into position neutral to start the lifts and doesn't engage properly even though I'm making progress but just feels slow
My legs hyper extend back but if I force myself into posture I get pressure inner groin area my right shoulder is also rotated forward and last few years I've developed a knot type thing in my right rib/lat area on the side that clicks out sometimes not sure what's un clicking
Basically I'm fucked head to toe and I'm only 29 no clue what my issue is I feel like the hip rotation and extreme apt is what's killing me... When I suck my stomach in my body straigtehhs out into good posture but its very difficult as I csnt breathe in this position
I suggest finding a PRI therapist from the PRI website. They can help.
This makes more sense along with another video you posted. I wasone person who thought I was maybe right AIC because my right illium is rotated anterior and the left is rotated posterior. My lumbar spine is rotated left and the sacrum is rotated left because of a LOR Sacral torsion. Both of these got me confused because it is opposite of PRI. But I still am in right stance all the time and push my left hip forward which matches the left AIC pattern. Can you do a video on a dysfunctional sacrum and L5 and how you can still be in a left AIC Patten with the opposite placements of the innomminates and sacrum?
Tell you the truth, I'm not sure I can make a video on that because the left AIC pattern "describes" muscular activity that results in a left pelvis rotated forward and the sacrum oriented to the right. I don't really have an answer for you. How do you know which way your sacrum is oriented? MRI? Testing of some type?
@@NealHallinan My physical therapist is trained in PRI. He told me which way my sacrum, innominate bones and lumbar spine are oriented. Thanks for the repsonse. I'll keep watching to see what I can learn.
@@carrd1 there is the possibility that you are "patho" which would mean your body "broke the rules" so-to-speak, usually in the form of ligamental laxity. So maybe that's how it could happen.
I think it has to do with being a left handed fencer, and compensatory rotations
lol i am really feel right AIC may be this is reason why i can't recover. All tests point out on right AIC. My left leg stronger and I had injury of right side of back in scapula area and pain still there. So should I do opposite for left AIC?
Hello there! I am not trying to say you are incorrect, I might be the one incorrect. However, judging from what I have learn from the condition, everything points in the opposite direction.
I have tight right side piriformis, rectus Femoris and psoas with weak glute medius and adductors. My left shoulder is the one living at lower position and I get bicep tendon pain on my left side as well. My left obliques are the ones short and painful. I wonder if you have an explanation for that. Thanks
False left stance, u should create a left aic and then fix left aic
Hi! is it possible that in the LEFT AIC Pattern, the right side is more in anterior pelvic tilt compared to the left and also more in a lateral pelvic tilt? It is what my PT told me, but he is not aware of PRI and he tested me on a bench. I can feel that my pelvis is rotated to the right. But My left foot is in front of my right, and i often stand on my left leg also which is how it shouldn't be in this pattern.
I am basically trying to figure out the best exercises for my case. And there is also no expert in my country. PEC was one of my explanations. In one of the videos it was said that in PEC there is a problem squatting below 90 degrees, but i can go Ass to grass, perfect form.
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Also, you may be patho pec.
I always wonder why athletes seem to not get into the left AIC or atleast handle it well
They handle it well. I have a friend who was a strength coach in MLB and the NBA. He said they test really well, meaning they aren't overly patterned.
What to do as a solution, fool proof?
My left foot is pronated. I also find it very easy to rest my left leg on top of my right when seated, but find it impossible to rest my right on my left. Am I a Left AIC?
Yes, I have many videos about the pronation issue.
I have my pelvis rotated to the right, how do I correct it cuz I feel my L5 S1 move a lot and also it feels like my legs aren’t the same length
Check out my video on the 90-90 with hip shift. It's a good place to start.
Neal Hallinan please sir I live in Miami and already have seen so many orthos and chiros and my MRIs of the pelvis and lumbar spine all say well hydrated discs and good spaces in between but I feel pain everyday so bad I spend the entire day laying face up with knees bent and still uncomfortable I’m living a nightmare. Guide me to someone that practices postural restoration in Miami pls
@@ryuken8597 check the Postural Restoration Institute website's "Find a Provider" page. There is definitely someone in Miami.
So everything moves to the right. Ribs, left ilium and possible externally rotated right foot??? The left right would flare out then right?
Yes, everything moves right. That's the problem. We get stuck on the right and lose proper position and muscle activation on the left side. Right foot could turn out. Depends on how the right femur compensates for the right-oriented pelvis it is sitting in.
@@NealHallinan perfect I get that now. I do think that with my right foot talis impingement and rearfoot pronation that my ankle may be more forcing the external rotation. Combination I guess what's happening at hip but the foot pronation is prominent.
@@NelsonBiglar It could be your right tibia that is forcing the external rotation. Externally rotated tibias on the right is a very common compensation in the left AIC pattern.
@@NealHallinan Thanks alot for this. I have read/heard that tibias can rotate separate from the hip so really just wanted to get more confirmation of sorts since it does look like I seem to have AIC happening with things rotated to the left. If I have an externally rotated tibia then I will have to address that separately? Any videos on tibia rotation etc?
I must be right AIC. My pelvis is forward on the right side and oriented to the left... I've had so many problems because of this, so this is very helpful. I can feel how my right side hamstrings are week when i do your exercise from the other video, legs up the wall. I do sidebend to the right, i think my left QL i sdefinitly tight, but no doubt i have my weight on the left side, pelvis oriented left :/
This may help:
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@@NealHallinan Thank you for taking your time to send me that
@@JannieCatharina hi, do you also have a pelvis twisted to the left? i had it for nearly 2 years and it hasnt gone away
@@paulgeorge9228 Yes I do! I've been in the search to figure this out for sooooo long now, because it's causing me so much frustration and pain if I am not extremely careful and all my exercising is troubled by it. For me, I've found that there is an imbalance between internal and external rotation in the hips - my right hip is tight in exteral rotation and the left is tight in internal rotation. Then there is the thorax, where my quadratus lumborum is tight on the left side, and my whole upper body is dragged to the left in rotation. I have stretched and trained, worked hard and also tryed to live with it and accept it, but I refuse to give up! AND!! Stretching have helped in the way that I know, that there is a freedom available because when I've stretched for long times and every day, I stand up and feel balanced. But that lasts everything from 3 minutes to half a day. NOW I have found someting called Somatic movement. This is a reset of the nervous signal to the muscles that are excessivly tight, to stop tighten up. I still have to do it regularly, but t lasts longer, and comes with way more feeling of freedom in my body!
I recommend these videos, which have helped me A LOT! Most of the time, my pelvis is actually not twisted any longer. Then there is all the other imbalances to work with, like tight hamstrings, calves and shoulders and so on and it all takes time to retrain the patterns we've built up through our whole life, but I find that this REALLY helps me! I've started an online course to learn more at Somatic Movement Center my self, because this is so interesting and helpful. It's a journey, and no quick fix, but it's the best way for me to overcome all my imbalances. Somatic movement says, that it all starts in the center of the body. The last link is for a lady, who explains this pretty well, I've just linked to her channel where she has a lot of videos on the subject.
Hip openers:
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Quadratus lomborum:
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Why stretching doesn't work:
ua-cam.com/video/bkrj1cFc-qw/v-deo.html
Essential somatics:
(I just really like this lady's videos, if you want to explore more)
ua-cam.com/users/EssentialSomaticsvideos
I hope this may bring you just as much relief as it has for me.
@@JannieCatharina thank you so much. ive found out im actually right aic. i reversed the protocol for left aic (did the left heel sensing on right heel instead and it has helped a lot!)
What if my left hip is high and everything you are describing in terms of ribs and QL are reversed? Will I still be a left AIC? It's sounds like the answer is yes, but I want to understand this more. I have tilted to my left since my early teen years. My legs are the same length.
You'll still be a left AIC. But ribs and QL can be tight/overactive on both sides. The basic pattern is left AIC/right BC, put further patterning can occur on top of that that confuses people.