Q & A with brologic blp

[blp]

The righting reflex, also known as the Labyrinthine righting reflex, is a reflex that corrects the orientation of the body when it is taken out of its normal upright position. It is initiated by the vestibular system, which detects that the body is not erect and causes the head to move back into position as the rest of the body follows. The perception of head movement involves the body sensing linear acceleration or the force of gravity through the otoliths, and angular acceleration through the semicircular canals. The reflex uses a combination of visual system inputs, vestibular inputs, and somatosensory inputs to make postural adjustments when the body becomes displaced from its normal vertical position. These inputs are used to create what is called an efference copy. This means that the brain makes comparisons in the cerebellum between expected posture and perceived posture, and corrects for the difference. The reflex can be affected by various types of balance disorders

[blp]

If all the activity of the human body’s six hundred skeletal muscles were consciously
controlled, very little would get done. Despite its enormous computing capacity, the
brain would not be able to handle the task of evaluating all the possible ways of
carrying out every action and deciding on the best one. The marvellous speed,
versatility and flexibility of human activity is only possible because most of it relies
on reflex muscle actions.

[blp]

This little tip off leads me to take a closer look at their respiration. I often notice the same person breathing primarily through the mouth, rather than the nose. I lay them on their back, have them remove their shirt (when appropriate) and cue myself in to the pattern of their inhalations and exhalations.

Not surprisingly these giants of neck development, are often the same folks who are stuck in inhalation, or a state of hyperinflation. They have poor function of their diaphragms, and generally take the form of our usual “over-extended” individual. In many cases, they present with a lack of shoulder flexion because their lats are constantly “on.”

shouderflexion

They take shallow, frequent breaths, which never allow for full exhalation. To take a page out of the Postural Restoration Institute’s respiration manual, hyperinflation does the following:

- Increase sympathetic “fight or flight” responses and anxiousness
- Impairs nerve conduction
- Vasoconstricts peripheral and gastrointestinal vessels
- Restricts circulation in cerebral cortex
- Shunts blood flow peripherally
- Impairs coronary arterial flow
- Promotes fatigue, weakness, irregular heart rate, etc.
- Impairs breathing and weakens diaphragm contractility
- Increases overuse of “thoracic breathing”
- Enhances peripheral neuropathic syptoms
- Enhances sympathetic adrenaline activity and hypersensitivity to lights and sounds
- Increases phobic dysfunction, panic attacks, restless leg syndromes, heightened vigilance, etc.
- Facilitates catastrophic thinking and hypochondria

As you can see, this simple observation leads us to a series of additional questions, and more times than not, the discovery that someone’s ailments are the cause of their respiratory dysfunction. Their autonomics are dictating much of their dysfunction, even voluntary movement dysfunctions.

This is an important assessment because acknowledging this discord means we can intervene. Including breathing drills to correct respiratory function can help to restore many of the qualities we aim to improve (i.e. movement patterns, recovery rate, performance qualities, etc.).

If you are keen to excessive tone in the accessory musculature, you can begin to dig deeper and more closely observe their respiration, as well as ask them about different conditions listed above. If the pieces fit together, use some of the following drills to help them correct the dysfunction.

[blp]

Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) drills are an "equalizer" for strength and conditioning professionals.
You've likely heard me allude to the Postural Restoration Institute here on the blog in the past - and with good reason: incorporating PRI drills into our training has been the biggest game-changer in our approach over the past 4-5 years. One of the key principles of PRI is "resetting" individuals to a neutral posture prior to training. We're all asymmetrical, but many folks take this asymmetry (and/or heavily extended posture) to an extreme, and we have to get their alignment back closer to "normal" before we squat, deadlift, sprint, jump, or take on any of a number of other athletic endeavors.
Historically, when folks were deemed to be "out of neutral," we'd need a manual therapist to do soft tissue work, joint manipulation/mobilization, or various hands-on stretching techniques. As Robertson noted in his first presentation of the EAD Seminar DVD set, PRI changed the game for strength and conditioning professionals by enabling them to re-establish neutral in clients and athletes with non-manual techniques, specifically positional breathing drills. Effectively, these drills provide for "self realignment."
Sure, PRI is just one of a few tools in the toolbox nowadays that can be used to accomplish this goal, but it's the one where I've seen the quickest changes.
( ERIC CRESSEY)

[cog]

This little tip off leads me to take a closer look at their respiration. I often notice the same person breathing primarily through the mouth, rather than the nose. I lay them on their back, have them remove their shirt (when appropriate) and cue myself in to the pattern of their inhalations and exhalations.

Not surprisingly these giants of neck development, are often the same folks who are stuck in inhalation, or a state of hyperinflation. They have poor function of their diaphragms, and generally take the form of our usual “over-extended” individual. In many cases, they present with a lack of shoulder flexion because their lats are constantly “on.”

shouderflexion

They take shallow, frequent breaths, which never allow for full exhalation. To take a page out of the Postural Restoration Institute’s respiration manual, hyperinflation does the following:

- Increase sympathetic “fight or flight” responses and anxiousness
- Impairs nerve conduction
- Vasoconstricts peripheral and gastrointestinal vessels
- Restricts circulation in cerebral cortex
- Shunts blood flow peripherally
- Impairs coronary arterial flow
- Promotes fatigue, weakness, irregular heart rate, etc.
- Impairs breathing and weakens diaphragm contractility
- Increases overuse of “thoracic breathing”
- Enhances peripheral neuropathic syptoms
- Enhances sympathetic adrenaline activity and hypersensitivity to lights and sounds
- Increases phobic dysfunction, panic attacks, restless leg syndromes, heightened vigilance, etc.
- Facilitates catastrophic thinking and hypochondria

As you can see, this simple observation leads us to a series of additional questions, and more times than not, the discovery that someone’s ailments are the cause of their respiratory dysfunction. Their autonomics are dictating much of their dysfunction, even voluntary movement dysfunctions.

This is an important assessment because acknowledging this discord means we can intervene. Including breathing drills to correct respiratory function can help to restore many of the qualities we aim to improve (i.e. movement patterns, recovery rate, performance qualities, etc.).

If you are keen to excessive tone in the accessory musculature, you can begin to dig deeper and more closely observe their respiration, as well as ask them about different conditions listed above. If the pieces fit together, use some of the following drills to help them correct the dysfunctio.

Giants of neck development?Football players,wrestlers?I can't see how balanced development hurts,some of those neck muscles assist in respiration .If the jaw packing movement is included it improves posture.If nothing but flexion was performed I could see the sternos pulling the head forward.

[blp]

Giants of neck development?Football players,wrestlers?I can't see how balanced development hurts,some of those neck muscles assist in respiration .If the jaw packing movement is included it improves posture.If nothing but flexion was performed I could see the sternos pulling the head forward.

he mean forward stance posture , on mouth breathing type being , that will create trap empowering in any upper movement , u see it often on guy that triceps pull down with traps , or bend posture on side lateral

with years of it , kinetic awareness is lost

[blp]

i been posting here for 4 years ,,, wow ,, been a while ,,

[cog]

Its been a strange trip.

[blp]

Its been a strange trip.

indeed lol

well life change i now see all th fail n mistake , it too late to fix
might try master or not , i was willing to die for bbing n not anymore
i went from th wanabee guru for bbers worldwide not so much here
i had sponsor quite a few tho
to training geriatric post trauma n accidents like personal training for pain management
now im at a point that im ready to reach licence
n do actually course
need paper credibility now
th brologic fading

i am quite happy that th peptides world had evolve in health
with selank thymalin bcp157 epitalon tb500
i was able to hit asl at 104 on liver enzymes
not bad considering th wild 7 years i used n abuse

propiereception n breathing , esotropia n crossbite where th why i stall

that why i put so much energy
somewhere someone overspend on gh n look th same
play th controversy had more attraction

so will do brologic posturology video soon with a manic twist

see how that goes

thks for chatting tex n cog are th frequent posters

each post hit around 60 views

i pledge allegiance to gh15 since many young crazy are members n they remind me myself

at a fun peak of rebellious intent

" Believing that you are going crazy is a good clue that you are sane,”


my english grammar still suck but i made some improvements hehe


thk u all

[tex]

keep it coming buddy.....not many people responding and giving feedback but we appreciate all of the insights