FaceFormer® Special Exercises
MODULE 9
Head-Balance-Rotation-Breathing
Goals
Applications
For all users who have mastered special exercises 3 and 4 well!
Preferably to be performed under therapeutic guidance.
- To improve breathing
- All respiratory disorders
- Allergies
- Metabolic diseases
- Degenerative diseases of the nervous system
- Snoring, sleep apnoea
- Voice disorders
- Obesity
- Misaligned head posture
- Temporomandibular joints: guidance and stabilisation, 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
In this exercise, the FaceFormer head balance exercise is combined with the FaceFormer breathing exercise.
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 inhale for 6 seconds with just one breath. - Turn your head sideways until you feel your neck muscles stretch.
Always maintain the FaceFormer head balance described above. - Breathing pause: 5 seconds
Meanwhile, hold your head in the position you have reached.
At the same time, bite down briefly with your molars and swallow once.
Turn head to the right, press and inhale
- Slowly turn your head back to the center position in 6 seconds.
Relax your lips around the lip wedge and exhale for 6 seconds. - Breathing pause: 5 to 40 seconds, increase in small steps as described in module 7.
Relaxed starting position
Perform the exercise exactly as described above on the left side.
- Slowly rotate your head to the left in 6 seconds.
Press the lip wedge together and inhale for 6 seconds with just one breath. - Turn your head sideways until you feel your neck muscles stretch.
Always maintain the FaceFormer head balance described above. - Breathing pause: 5 seconds
Meanwhile, hold your head in the position you have reached.
At the same time, bite down briefly with your molars and swallow once.
Turn head to the left, press and inhale
- Slowly turn your head back to the center position in 6 seconds.
Relax your lips around the lip wedge and exhale for 6 seconds. - Breathing pause: 5 to 40 seconds, increase in small steps as described in module 7.
Relaxed starting position
Repetitions
Repeat the exercise as indicated.
|
Training Week |
Daily Training |
Exercise repetitions |
|---|---|---|
|
Week 3 |
3 times |
10 repetitions |
|
Week 4 |
3 times |
20 times |
Exercise scheme
Extend the breathing pause by 5 seconds every 2 weeks.
FaceFormer® Basic Exercises
Basics and modules 1 to 3
FaceFormer® Special Exercises
Modules 4 to 11
