STOP Doing Chin Tucks For Forward Head Posture! (do this instead)

chin tucks helped me immensely, idk what u are talking abt

This inhalation story of foreward head posture is so far fetched. It sounds semi-plausible and simultaneously unintuitive enough for people to think it must be "smart". And the guy certainly believes it. But just because you.can convince yourself that so.ething makes sense does not mean it is the only explanation or even an actual.explanation at all. Where is the evidence? Where are the.sources? Apart from his story-telling that males.ypu imagine the possibility of this mechanism.

Sure, chin tucks aren't great. But so is this "root cause" explanation.

Appreciate your perspectives sir.

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Yeah you can feel the strain it’s not a natural position it’s the same impact you get with an air bag lol

Note: Those exercises shown in the video are so meaningless that you might as well not do them. There are far better exercises than these

Okay, so I've been getting recommendations for mewing for months now and I decided to check what the hype was al about. I'm not unhappy with my jawline or anything but I take a new good habit anytime thank you and my posture is not that great so actually I followed up on the Mckenzie chin tuck included in mewing.
Learning about that I was thinking that this is really similar to what I've been taught by a physiotherapist 20 years ago as a teen when they tried to improve my posture but it was only a small part of all the things I had to do and there was a lot more focus on my hips actually. My posture did improve from horrible to better (relatively) but now I after more than a decade of sedentary work my posture challenge has returned. I was thinking I wish I could remember the exact exercises they taught me.
Luckily, I clicked on this video because after getting to the point where Conor shows the two exercises laying on the ground it was like time travel :D This was precisely what I had been taught to do and now I can pick it up exactly where I left it! There was an another one though standing next to the wall that reminded me of the chintuck thing but complemented by hip rotation and other focus points specific to my condition. That was more for creating a memory of exaggerated(?) good posture as a point of reference.
Thank you for putting this online. I was just thinking I need to shell out hundreds of bucks just to get those exercises back but now at least I have somewhere to start.

Makes sense to me. My physical therapist said the same things, even going so far as to say I had "asthmatic posture ". I said I've never been diagnosed with asthma. She countered with, "When you try to stand with the good posture in teaching you, what's the hardest thing about it?" And I said it was feeling out of breath, with that breathlessness leading to anxiety which exacerbated the problem. For people like me, addressing the ability to breath is necessary for good posture.

Conor: This is a support issue that starts from feet on up so that the bowling ball on top is better balanced. Pelvis needs to be connected to feet first before you reorient spine and head.

The truth, the WHOLE truth and NOTHING BUT...
There's this guy and another one that take you to the root cause, all the others including in real life are wasting our time in not only unnecessary but also non beneficial exercises. I am talking if experience, and thank you sir.
I'd add an exercise that has benefited me tons if not healed me , I call it T pull, crucify like position, just standing T your arms and abduct them as possible, change your arms positions in a smooth manner from higher to lower positions while maintaining the abduction like maneuver, its like trying to extend them out, pointing the fingers out, its like expanding in space as m as possible, changing hands positions and make the shoulders mobile in all non hurtful ranges and as always breath flowly.
That's my contribution to society and to you sir😂
It wotks

sadly can't understand how to do any of these. Always feels like I'm doing it wrong

This was super informative (love your flexible skeleton! I haveAsthma and I contort my posture a LOT. Maybe you can do a post on Asthma.

I’ve never wanted to be a hanging skeleton more in my life!!! 😂😂

Great content and I’ll go even further with a lot of our imbalances start with our feet and wrong footwear as well.

What program should i buy if i wanna work with this?

Too much explanation... only that I got bored, though the exercises are perfect. Thank you Conor.

Excellent infoTHANKS V MUCH

Thank you for making this video, I’ve been at my wits end having tried seeing physios (and yes the chin tucks), resistance band exercises, experimenting with my wfh setup to achieve optimal ergonomics, different desk chairs etc only to find nothing helped, in fact my neck and upper back pain was getting steadily worse over time. I started doing these breathing exercises as instructed 3 days ago and my neck and upper back pain has vanished. I can’t believe it. I’m so happy after being tormented for years. All I needed to do was breathe properly. Sometimes when I do the exercises I feel little satisfying “cracks” and “pops” when I inhale and feel my rib cage and back expanding, it feels so good!

I started sleeping on the floor and it made a noticeable difference to my posture.

I have pinched nerve in the neck....why my arm gets super numb while i'm doing these exercises? Is it god or bad sign? More than two months in great pain....i did those chin exercises they gave me and more other stuff....but nothing

Thank you so much🙏🏻

What an yapper

my god just get to the point

Love this!!!

I just can't desctibe how confusing and frustrating those exercises are. I just can't understand what I'm supposed to do. You just lie there and breath. WTF?

unfortunately not everyone has all of this equipment & set up, so its not super practical.

I feel like I got pregnant watcing this

Chin tucks and mcgill curl up fixed a pinched nerve in my neck. Haven't felt this good in years.

The word you’re looking for is counterproductive, not counterintuitive.

This is great information, thank you for providing a wholistic understanding

I tend to get dizzy when I do chin tucks.

This is extremely helpful, the breathing pattern is important!

what about rounding shoulders+rib flare

Thanks so much. This makes a lot of sense to me. All that you explained about the diaphragm breathing and posture relates to me. I have a bad posture and I struggle to breathe properly.

It helped me when I realized I pull my head to pull up my body. I push my airway back and relax and my chin turns down fine.

Love your work on rib position and skeletons relationships ❤

Would overhead DB raises on a bench also open the ribs and chest up?

You mention breathing...many with FHP developed FHP because of a narrow airway which is opened more by FHP (for me this is due to extraction retraction orthodontics).

Exactly. I’ve tried doing it and it didn’t feel like it’s doing anything, never did it again

do these exercises cause you to feel hot? Like in the upper body, arms, neck and head area? I did a bunch of neck exercises last night and noticed much better circulation or something going on increasing my body temp.

how tf do i tell which issue i have tho

Well, I was hopeful until I saw him laying on his back. I cannot lay like that due to vertigo. Are their any standing exercises that can be done?

Whoa so that's why i found some improvement in my posture when i did dead bug to improve core strength.

Good suggestions! I have been told chin tucks by well meaning Chiros for years but to be honest they just put too much pressure on those teeny tiny muscles. I've found that exercises focusing on pelvic support and kind of holding my breath to expand my ribcage up and out, for me with a sunken chest, to be the counterbalance I need while I work out the neck issues. Strength from the pelvis to the core to the sternum really solves a lot of my need for anterior head carriage and has been helping a lot!

I cant inhale through my nose without you hearing it, especially if I want sufficient air.

your exercises do absolutely nothing

this is a cool vid an seems correct

Very difficult to do these exercises corcectly...

I have chronic neck pain. My P.T. had me doing all kinds of chin tucks and resistance with tucks and various exercises like it to strengthen neck muscles. It always made things worse. Thank you for this explanation.

I was told to do chin tucks my whole life it actually caused me damage by straightening my neck in an unnatural way. Thanks for sharing this.