FaceFormer® Special Exercises
MODULE 8
Head-Balance-Rotation
Goals
Applications
- Displaced head posture
- Temporomandibular joints: guidance and stabilization, CMD
- Noises in the ears, sudden hearing loss, tinnitus
- Headaches
- Neck pain, unstable cervical spine: atlas, intervertebral discs, lack of joint closure, slackening of the ligaments and joint capsules
- Back pain, scoliosis, hollow back
Exercise Routine
Place the FaceFormer as described under Fundamentals – Starting position.
- Take the relaxed basic posture.
Relaxed starting position
- Slowly rotate your head to the right in 6 seconds. Press the lip wedge together and keep the neck stretched.
- Turn your head to the side until you feel your neck muscles stretch. Always maintain the FaceFormer head balance described above.
- Bite down briefly with your molars and swallow once at the same time. Meanwhile, hold your head in the position you have reached.
Turn head to the right and press lips
- Relax the lips around the lip wedge and slowly turn the head back to the center position in 6 seconds. The teeth do not touch.
Relaxed starting position
Perform the exercise exactly as described above to the left.
- Slowly rotate your head to the left in 6 seconds. Press the lip wedge together and maintain the neck extension.
- Turn your head sideways until you can feel your neck muscles stretching. Always maintain the FaceFormer head balance described above.
- Bite down briefly with your molars and swallow once at the same time. Meanwhile, hold your head in the position you have reached.
Turn head to the left and press lips
Repetitions
Repeat the exercise as indicated.
|
Training Week |
Daily Training |
Exercise Repetitions |
|---|---|---|
|
Week 3 |
3 times |
8 repetitions |
|
Week 4 |
3 times |
14 repetitions |
|
From week 5 |
3 times |
20 repetitions |
FaceFormer® Basic Exercises
Basics and modules 1 to 3
FaceFormer® Special Exercises
Modules 4 to 11
