I have been searching for your content for 6 years. I didn't know it, but once I found you I knew. Everything you say is dead spot on. It's shocking. I'd like to meet with a someone like you but I'm quite poor, these videos are incredibly helpful. You sir, are a national treasure.

6+ years in this pattern. Orthos, chiros, PTs, massage therapists -- no one diagnosed properly. You literally turned my life around! You are a God-send, a miracle worker...can you walk on water too?! ♥️😇♥️

The key moment in this video for me is from 7:00 to 08:30 You can't hip shift a bilateral PEC pattern --> sacrum is locked up --> hip shift NOT possible --> get them to a left AIC pattern first!!! Exercise: Ischial femoral ligamentous stretch [standing, pelvis wall, feet away from wall, res. band assisted] Exercise will internally rotate pelvis, int. rot & flex thoracic spine which will get ribs to internally rotate, the arms & legs will int. rot.. The body enters complete flexion & int. rotation. The grounding through heels on wall & back through floor provides brain with impression it's not gonna fall. Getting in an overall flexed & int. rot. body position, breathing into lower back so rib cage can expand as hamstrings & adductors are engaging to get pelvis to tilt backwards & consequently, to get yourself into a state of neutrality. Bravo, Neal! I completely understood where my client's problem lies: neither herniated disc, nor sciatica, nor SIJ instability, nor piriformis syndrome Cheers mate

@diwakarchinnu6459

Жыл бұрын

Which one we have to do

@MaxJansen-kw6qs

Ай бұрын

Most would of written off said client. Well done on your research

What a gold mine of a channel, just subbed. You've done amazing work with the vids, thank you for all the effort. More good success to you. 👍

This all makes sense and fits to a tee. Thank you Neal! Always great explanations.

You’re a genius Neal

I think I will return to this channel even when all my issues are resolved!

❤ Thank you, Neal!!!

New Cam and New Info! Thanks for uploading about PEC

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

I actually just used my Iphone and its front camera. It's 1080, just like my computer, but it is a bit clearer. The only problem is that I can't see myself at have to hope I'm looking in the right place (which I wasn't always) and not moving out of focus.

Great content as always - thanks Neal!

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re quite welcome, Christian.

Great explanation! Thanks a lot, Neal!

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

I have been doing the basic 4 techniques for more than a year...prior to the routine I get into a position where I open up the thorax and breathe into the back and kind of shift the ribcage over the pelvis, thanks to my Pilates experience...now I am without pain and recently tried jogging few times without feeling any pain or spasms after wards...and back to sleeping normally. All these after diagnosing with a extrusion at L5 S1 almost 3 years back which made me quit my teaching n practicing...yet to get back to practicing regular Pilates or any conditioning exercises...but now I am hopeful than ever. Thanks to PRI techniques and Neil's videos.

@FrenchCanadianGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Inspiring!

@kcmman9323

Жыл бұрын

How long were you having pain and how long did the exercises take to make you pain free? Im a month in, getting slightly better.

@mailsandymurali

Жыл бұрын

@@kcmman9323 it took me few few month like almost 4 to 6 months to feel completely pain free and sleep without discomfort. But since last two years I am practicing these techniques and trying to apply the same concepts while slowly getting into low intensity workouts which is helping me. More than anything else now I know when the body tends to tighten up and go into a gripping mode and I do know how readjust and reset using these PRI techniques.

@kcmman9323

Жыл бұрын

@@mailsandymurali you just gave me motivation to keep going. And yes i have noticed my left side literally locked up in times of stress, or bracing, its ingrained in my body lol. Thanks for response

@mailsandymurali

Жыл бұрын

@AURO I am not a PRI professional to give a definite answer to your question. If you have access to a PRI professional nothing like it. I don't have access to a PRI practitioner. So I started with these techniques. But it was doable for me because of my background as a Pilates teacher and practitioner. For me it worked and I am convinced by the very basic concept the PRI talks about. I also have watched hours of material by different PRI trainers to understand what they are talking about because that is my only source .

Glad I found this after 1 year of not having a clue what was happening to me. Breathing issues, food stuck in throat, pelvic tilt, feeling compressed in my chest constantly. No chiro, Physio, doctor could figure it out.

@kunwarvishalsingh5049

5 ай бұрын

how are you doing now?... did you try any of his exercises?

I've been watching some of your videos, this one makes me understand the things clearly. Very interesting, greetings PT from Brazil.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, que bom! Eu adoro o Brasil. Visitei muitas vezes.

This is Gold

Thank you!

Go Terps, and go Neil!!

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Go Terps indeed. Not much to cheer for these days, however.

hey neal, can you do a video with your top PEC exercises you use for clients?

thank you!

Neil, I have abdominal distention upon eating. Whether this bloating or the vile paraspinal extension that accompanies it, which comes first I'm not sure. Then my ribcage Jacks up. Unrepentant in this phase to oral splint or base down Eyewear devices while I'm in this zone. But it seems to me the bloating is the driver. If I pull pants up to navel to apply pressure, it doesn't have to be a lot, the paraspinals relax and I get more glutes, immediately and in the same vein as the other sensory things, it magically shifs. My PRI PT said I got more abs with the pants move, but the pressure I'm applying isn't much and not proportional to the release of the back I get, there's more going on. I don't believe the abd distention is fixable, it's a reflex, and I say that now because the New York times had an article suggesting that and it feels that way. Chasing causes ie abd contents, gas, food, parasites is a waste of time and that's the advice out there. The thing is, I'm worried if I can't beat distention, I can't beat extension cycles. Did you ever hear of this?? The hyperinflation is ridiculous during this time also. I haven't seen all your videos but I don't recall you saying you had distention in this manner or talk much about hyperinflation. I have a mild diastasis recti. I'm considering surgery to mechanically cinch the area better. It's a chase, but we all here are doing so in one way or another.

Neal will reach 100k subscribers by 2023, mark this post

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

That would be nice, Jimmy. However, if I got to 25,000 I'd be happy with that.

Love your videos! Question: If PEC is a bilateral situation where both hips tilt forward, then why don't we call Left AIC (where only the left hip tilts forward) something simple, like Left PEC?

restoring right side internal rotations = stand on right leg , look back left / rotate head trunk, until you feel you jumped over your left leg ...that's why you see some people oriented left, all internal/ external rotations are in that 9/12 o clock space, with a right shoulder at your 2o clock .... I guess

May a PEC pattern going on for a while impact the right rib cage so that you lose also your right ZOA? And is it possible that Left AIC techniques actually will make it worse with decreasing the right ZOA even further and weakening right obliques (although restoring the left side)?

Hey Neal, how would you feel about a Bi Lateral PEC individual performing a 90/90 with hip shift biasing the right side ? Better yet a PEC using all four of the basic techniques but for the right side

I am looking for where you go over the technique referenced here and not finding it… which video is it?

Can anyone practice this in case they have this issue? I have a lot of imbalances but don't know if this is the actual problem/solution

Where does someone find someone who's able to assess all this . I can't find good help on any of this...I'm in Cali moving to East Texas

So how do I fix the PEC pattern and then how and when do I go into the next program? Please help

any exercises to relieve snappy hip syndrome???

hi Neal , can you make video on adduction drop test in a more elaborate manner . Basically, how to perform the test perfectly without any kind of cheating.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

I already have a video about it on my channel. It's short, but there isn't much else to say. It just takes lots of practice/experience.

does anyone know a PRI trainer in belgium. I can't find one.

I think i mightve done some damage not getting into left aic /bc pattern first. Doh!

Makes sense. My PRI guy told me I was a PEC and I responded pretty quick to bilateral techniques and got to a left AIC pattern in a couple of weeks. I can confirm trying hip shifts in a PEC pattern caused me some nasty pain. That back against the wall technique is really awesome. It’s not easy.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Most PRI techniques are quite difficult. I'm glad to hear you've seen progress.

@Steven-nb5cr

2 жыл бұрын

Do you mind sharing what you did because I'm also a pec? Like exercises and maybe wearing pri shoes? Thanks.

@scottguido1116

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steven-nb5cr Like Neal mentions on his website - Start with a two leg version of the 90-90. I needed to make two modifications (regressions) to get any results - 1) move your feet out into wider stance to get some passive internal rotation 2) Use a table or something under your heels (I need a strong heal counter to get my hamstrings to fire off).

@ashleytaylor994

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottguido1116 do you need your feet against wall? I know they mention you need the grounding sensation but maybe starting out jut getting hamstrings on is more important

@skip3662

Жыл бұрын

@@scottguido1116 how are u 11 months on ? I am going through hell with this

had a question re: shoes from comments last video; could you reply, there?

Would a person in a PEC pattern present with a high, right-side pelvis?

Hi Neal! I have a fair amount of knowledge about PRI but I have forgot about whether you will ever get back to a pattern if you get neutral and have strengthened the “pattern-weak muscles” like left glute led and left add and ham? Will you then go back to let’s say left AIC if you arch your back doing bench press even though the muscles I mentioned have been strengthened a lot??

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but it's not a big deal. You could be neutral again in one breath or one 90-90. No one will stay netural 24/7.

If I've been given a 90/90 hip shift reach exercise to do, does this mean I have the Left AIC pattern? How many exercises does it normally on average take to get someone back into neutral alignment if their patterns are not very strong? 4 to 6 perhaps? Thanks.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Probably. You have to ask your therapist. You can get neutral with one technique and a few breaths. Once you feel a left hamstring and adductor, it indicates your hip flexors are inhibited and thus should be neutral. It seems more complicated than it is.

Hey Neal I been dealing with left oblique problems tightness on the left side but all the videos I’ve seen they always talk about right oblique tightness

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Left obliques can be tight, too, just in a different way. They are probably being used too much as a postural stabilizer.

@elposho23

Жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan yes I been stretching too much , what you suggest I do first follow the same left aic exercises

can you help me determine what pattern i am and what i can do about it please i have shorter left leg by two inches almost. Also a "S" curve scoliosis was on medication for many years that made me forget muscle memory that i have been working on for three years

@beactivelifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Meet with a PRI professional trainer

Great video! Is the Standing Wall Supported Resisted Ischial Femoral Ligamentous Stretch still helpful for people that are left AIC?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but you’d be better off squeezing a small ball between your knees and using a left hip shift so that it’s focused on the left side. You’d only feel your left butt/low back on the wall and sense your left heel and right arch.

@MOVIEKICKS

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan Thank you! That makes sense.

What do you think about foot position when walking. I find a weird sense of relief when i point my toes forward when walking and even sitting but i often stop because i feel it isnt natural.

@adriangpuiu

2 жыл бұрын

back in the old days we where taught to keep toes pointing a bit inwards ...

What are your thoughts on walking backwards as a PRI exercise? Could it help with posterior expansion? Looking back over one shoulder, certain arm positions, ancle weights may be ways to bias expansion in certain areas?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

There are techniques that have people walking/moving backwards. It's done quite often. You'd wan't to keep the head looking straight, though. You wan't your body rotating underneath the head.

Very interesting! I have a question please. At 0:35 you said that in PEC pattern pelvis is “Forward”, and in the video you show a “outflare” rotation of the Hip (external rotation). Is correct? I’m confused because I studies that “pelvic move forward” is different from “outlet rotation”. THANK VERY MUCH

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

The ilium moves forward, abducts, and externally rotates.

@escueladefuerzaymusculacio90

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan thank very much to answer me!

tried the wall technique shown briefly in the video, and get wicked right abdominal side cramps, very painful when breathing ion that position.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Your Right BC kicked in too much.

@blink99v

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan fascinating, so I'm not ready for this exercise,or do I adjust something else? Or does it go away with practice? Do I Inhibit by activating something else?

arent the femurs in IR to compensate for a forward oriented pelvis? and then the tibia then externally rotates to make up for the IR of the femures with the feet following the tibia?resulting in a vulgus knee, in some cases?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Legs can do different things, but when a pelvis moves forward it orients the leg internally, and the leg compensates with external rotation. This is the normal pattern found on the left (Left AIC pattern). A PEC would have it happen on the right as well. The tibias may also be IRd (more on the right). I'll double check but I'm pretty sure I didn't misspeak.

@richasf3533

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan'the leg compensates with external rotation' what part of the legs exactly, the tibia or the femurs? and what do you think causes valgus knees, if not that?

Do you have any advice on restoring proper internal rib rotation instead of just cheating by excessive depression of the sternum?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

It just comes down to breathing/ ZOA acquisition.

My PRI guy told me I have PEC w/ Left AIC underneath. He's a PT and PRI certified. I have extremely tight back, shoulders and neck with a bunch of upper cervical issues like dizziness, unstable head feeling, trouble getting a good breath sometimes (thoracic outlet), head pressure, etc. Brain and cervical MRI's are clear. The tightness in shoulders and neck are on one side. He noted one SCM muscle is larger than the other. I haven't been able to find a lot of PRI videos on upper cervical issues, it's connection with the lower body and how it can be addressed. Have you seen others with these symptoms and PRI able to resolve it?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, those aren't uncommon symptoms. It's a sign of "ungroundedness" and lack of "compression" through your left (and possibly right) hip. It won't be an overnight fix, but PRI can help with all that.

@steverogers7869

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan Thanks - I did see your videos on Right Torsion and TMCC patterns. I'll ask him if I have that too because it would explain a lot of my weird symptoms.

Hey Neil. Thanks for the video. I am Left AIC. Should I bother with left leg’s internal rotation exercises? As I understand, my left leg is permanently externally rotated.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

I don't really understand the question. What leg internal rotation exercises?

@TheKoKsOnePL

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan well, in the Left AIC pattern, the left leg is at the state of constant external rotation, right? Should I do internal rotation exercises to counter that? Thanks.

I am curious to your thoughts on Bill Hartman's model, who does have a PRI background.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

I’m afraid I don’t know much about it.

So I just tried this version really rounding my back like in the picture and the first three breaths were coughing and then on my second set I threw up.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what to make of that.

Neal .I'll see my PT here in upstate new York who's knows PRI on the 12 of Jan. And I want to discuss with him why my right side doesn't want to let go yet. But I'm wondering since I'm watching this video. Can you be a PEC patterned but your feet one is pronated and one supinated or they both get flat?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

The feet can present in many different ways. Lower left foot, higher right foot is the most common presentation, though. I had high arches on both feet.

@kyooda90

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan ahhhh okay. 😃Thank you as always neal

Hey Neal Is a PEC just a regular anterior pelvic tilt?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

You can think of it like that, but you can't just look at the pelvis and try to treat that. It's a total body issue. An anterior tilt is a visible representation of a total body tilt. You can't just treat the pelvis.

Neal would you use a balloon for that wall reach exercise?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

You can add a balloon to pretty much anything.

What's your impression of the effect of speed ice skating (on a typical tract where you can only turn left) on a left AIC pattern? It doesn't look great to me as I think it biases right AF IR..

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

I had an online client a few years ago, he was from the Netherlands. If I remember correctly he mentioned that they had a word for leg problems in speed skating that translates as "mop leg". Generally, the left leg will turn into a "stick" in the Left AIC. Maybe they recognize the issue without knowing the origin.

@Kti432

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan Thanks. Interresting. I am also from the Netherlands.

@saranyamurugan502

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kti432 is your right hip is hiked and your right leg is longer than left leg?????

If someone is in PEC pattern, would they progress to LEFT AIC before they progress to Neutral? Or can they bypass left aic and go straight to neutral?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

They could go straight to neutral in regards to the adduction drop test, but that may not clear up abduction and straight leg raise tests.

That might be random and unanswerable to you, but I wanted to share it, and see if you might be able to make some sense of it: I made like a leap in "getting neutral" by combining 2 things - shifting my lumbar spine left + getting air into/expanding my left posterior ribcage. It brought lasting changes all the way up the skull! It kinda feels like Left ZOA maybe?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

That's the goal, yes. You have to be able to shift into your left hip (which requires a lumbar spine to translate and rotate to the left) while keeping your posterior ribcage open with air.

@ShadyDogg

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan awesome, thx for confirming! :)

@ShadyDogg

2 жыл бұрын

So the whole back of the ribcage not just Left?

Possible to be bilateral PEC with a prominent LAIC? Have pretty massive discrepancies side to side, but could do with coming back on both sides to be honest.

@zaynmalice7106

2 жыл бұрын

in that, I have a lot of extensor tone bilaterally, but it's the left glute, SIJ, posterior mediasteinum, neck etc that complain moreso, feel like I have a pretty bilateral forward head, extension etc. though

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Underneath every bi-lateral PEC is the Left AIC.

My lips are uneven. Is uneven hips causes uneven lips???? My right hip which is higher has longer leg. In my legs, fourth toe is curled on both legs. My right foot size is larger than left foot size. It causes backpain and shoulder pain on my right side. Is this a left aic right bc pattern???? Please reply sir......

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

It might be. If you need help, try contacting this gentleman. www.fractalbiomechanics.com/

O dnt feel pain more than right side need help

Neal is having an upper left leg too externally rotated and the lower leg too internally rotated apart of any of the patterns??

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Femurs and tibias have to react to the patterned pelvis and asymmetric ground forces.

@MOVIEKICKS

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan Can opposing femur & tibia rotations lead to knee problems?

@uboobly

2 жыл бұрын

@@MOVIEKICKS It's exactly what happens in L AIC often. It's the story of my right leg for 15 months

Hi Neil, thanks for the videos. I have been to PRI institute in Lincoln - dx on that day was R Cranial Torsion. Def. have the bilateral PEC going on. ....among a slew of others things...as to be expected from what I gather from your presentations. My question: all my life I've had what can only be described as Raynauds --- >cold hands and feet (father has the same issue). Here's the weird part: when my body went crazy and fell apart and I went to into extension, the Reynauds symptoms went away.....almost 100%. When I sit or lie down and get my right hip rotated back and in ( and what also feels like up) as you advise to do in this video, the symptoms come back...cold hands, feet, legs.....I also get improved focus, mental clarity and energy, along with decreased depression, and generally increased relaxation, when I do this.....what is going on here? wild stuff. thanks

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly have no idea. All I can say is that Cranial Torsions are very unpredictable. I have an easier time accessing the muscles on the left side of my body than the right side of my body (not normal). I have to keep my distance vision a bit "blurry" otherwise I tighten up. It's almost as if torsions introduce a type of "confusion" into our systems that are hard to resolve completely.

Hey Neal, the link you gave us in your description only provides exercises for left aic patterns. Where can we find more bilateral exercises for pec individuals ? And also, would fixing the pec pattern straighten out a bow leg? Thanks.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

The very first technique on the page is a 90-90 for both legs, which would be PEC.

👍🏼

Has your dental splint had any impact on balancing your jaw ?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it has. I’ll make a video about it at some point.

@jamietherooster

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan good to know. None of the teeth on my left side touch at all and my jaw tilts downwards. All the dentists want to either shave teeth down or build them up or put braces on. Not one has considered a dysfunction of the jaw itself.

About 14 years ago I noticed at the gym that when I did a one arm cable pull with my right hand my right thigh would vibrate. I always wondered what that was. Are you sure all these gym experts don't know this stuff?

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Gym “experts” are completely unaware of the influence of human asymmetry on right biased patterns of asymmetric movement. It’s unfortunate, but true. They don’t even know we are inherently asymmetric to begin with.

@Dizzy_N

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan at least there is hope with something I can do on my own with those Swiss tubes.

@Dizzy_N

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan hey Neal, check this out and tell me what you think. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZ6dvMN8epnac6Q.html

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dizzy_N It's the same old stuff. If you try to strengthen your neck as shown in this video, you're setting yourself up for lots of dysfunction (in my humble opinion).

@Dizzy_N

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan in other words you are convinced that the neck muscles and the trapezius muscles don't play first responsibility stabalizing c1-c4! What if an mri shows a weakness? alas caring medical. Look up their channel.

comment for the algorithm

Q In typical left aic / right bc pattern which direction does lumbar spine flexes , right or left ?

@LiMitZplus

2 жыл бұрын

Pulls right due to right diaphragm

@GURPREETSINGH-mz2nw

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiMitZplus are you sure

@LiMitZplus

2 жыл бұрын

@@GURPREETSINGH-mz2nw yup then thoracic spine will counter rotate left

@GURPREETSINGH-mz2nw

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiMitZplus hip hike will take place on right side of pelvis?

@LiMitZplus

2 жыл бұрын

@@GURPREETSINGH-mz2nw most likely doesn’t have to hike but pelvis will be oriented to the right

Who do I see about this? What type of professional? I need physical therapy and pain management. I'm doing it on my own with stretching but man on man it's not fun. Been 5 months of rolling on a tennis ball.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Postural Restoration. My entire channel is about the discipline of Postural Restoration.

Sir i am saving money for a online consultation with you sir

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

Suman, I think you should try this person. I'm not doing online work right now. www.fractalbiomechanics.com/

@SumanSingh-py2sk

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan no sir I can't do that because I followed you ,from 2018 and and never see other guys chanells and I only understand your explanation 🙏 I will wait for you when you will available sir 🙏...

Very interesting! I have another question please. At 9:24 you WRITE that in the “left AIC pattern: “Right LEG adducts but left does not”. I’m confused because I think that is the Right ILIUM that can adduct (not the “Leg”). Or you write that because all the Pelvis is turn to the right and so the Right LEG is adducted? If you can answer thank a lot.

@NealHallinan

2 жыл бұрын

The right leg can adduct, it can not abduct. The left leg can not adduct, but it can abduct. Everything is just opposite. It's because the left pelvis is forward (blocking adduction) and the right is back (allowing adduction).

@escueladefuerzaymusculacio90

2 жыл бұрын

@@NealHallinan thank u 🙏