Special FaceFormer® Training
MODULE 11
AirFlip
Goals
- Activation of the opening mechanism of the auditory tube (ear tube)
- Opening of the air passage to the middle ear
- Improvement of middle ear ventilation
- Tension optimisation of the eardrum and middle ear chain.
Applications
- Inflammation in the middle ear
- Inactive auditory tube (gaping tube)
- Tinnitus
- Sudden deafness
- Hearing disorders
- Hearing loss
- Pressure equalisation training
- Balance disorders
- Dizziness
- Meniere’s syndrome
- Supportive diving training
Exercise Routine
Place the FaceFormer as described under Fundamentals – Starting position.
- Assume the relaxed basic posture.
- Press the lip wedge together firmly with your lips and maintain the pressure throughout the exercise.
- Nasal blockage: Press the nostrils together with your thumb and index finger so that the nose is closed. The flow of air is prevented.
Close nose with thumb and index finger
- Create negative pressure: With your mouth closed and your nostrils blocked, try to breathe in deeply through your nose. As the nose is closed, no air can enter. Instead, a noticeable negative pressure is created in the throat, which activates the auditory tube and draws air out of the middle ear.
Create negative pressure
- Create counter pressure: With the lip wedge of the FaceFormer still pressed together, you change the direction of breathing: you “push” air against the closed nasal passages, as when exhaling. This pressure transports air back into the middle ear.
Create counter pressure
- Repete the the AirFlip 3 to 5 times: Keep the lip wedge pressed together until you have repeated the “inhale and exhale movement” 3 times with your nose closed.
The repetitions are “quick maneuvers” in which the inhalation and exhalation attempts are performed in quick succession, like pumping pulses. The entire process takes a few seconds.
- Cycle of the Faceformer AirFlip:
- Hold the lip wedge of the FaceFormer with your lips pressed together throughout while you perform the process of inhaling and exhaling with your nose closed 3 times (one cycle).
- Then relax the lip pressure
- Breathe in and out 5 times in a normal rhythm
- Press the lip wedge together again and start the next cycle
- Each cycle has 3 AirFlips and is repeated 5 times
Repetitions
Repeat the exercise as indicated.
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Training Week |
Daily Training |
Exercise Repetitions |
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Week 3 |
3 times |
3 repetitions |
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Week 4 |
3 times |
4 repetitions |
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From week 5 |
3 times |
5 repetitions |
FaceFormer® Basic Exercises
Basics and modules 1 to 3
FaceFormer® Special Exercises
Modules 4 to 11
