Perhaps this is another reason for the yawning instinct; to keep the soft tissues stretched out. But I just don't see how fascia squeezing the bones of the skull could actually put any pressure on the brain to damage it. Give a tension headache for sure, but there is still the subdural space and regulation of intracranial pressure to protect the brain. Maybe it has more to do with squeezing the cranial nerves coming out of the spine.
Fascia don't squeeze anything. They get squeezed/relax depending on muscle tone. And there are only really the Temporalis Fascias left and right. Most of its area cannot even be squeezed, as no muscle tissue is outside of it.
The cranial nerves don't come out of the spine, but directly from the brainstem. The spinal nerves are connected to the brainstem via the medulla oblongata. The cranial nerves come directly from the brainstem. Olfactory and Optics come from the cerebrum.
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But yeah, good points. Cranial nerves being affected is a lot more plausible than the brain, which has loads of self-regulation mechanisms.
Note that I refer to it as 'soft tissue' as I'm not really sure what all is changing.
But what i am very confident of is that the skull inflates and deflates based on these biomechanics.
And when they deflate they derange the cranial bones and cognitive and neurological function decline. And when it inflates things start to come back.
I've done that to myself a few times over the years and have seen it happen on many others.
I like to point out that... i approach this more like a startup and with first principles logic. And i have found it more useful to separate myself a bit from the details of the anatomy.
Because i've generally found that i can operate from the level of 'do x and y happens each time.' And the details of what happens as 'y' occurs.. i leave to the medical professionals when one day they begin understanding these biomechanics better.
I recommend giving anatomy a shot again. Knowing how muscles work, where they insert/originate and to what specific bone, what the various tissue types are is very rewarding. If you studied this with a textbook and flat illustrations, it's very confusing. But ChatGPT is a text book, that you can tell exactly what confuses you, ask it speculative questions and get an instant plausibility check or confirmation.
And with 3d models that you can intuitively touch-manipulate on your phone, like "Human Anatomy Atlas". 10 to 15 minutes every day (or some obsessive afternoons spent), you'll be able to picture this in detail in your head after a month or so.
Then you can use that knowledge to target specific muscles for stretching/tensing. Understanding theory leads to new experiments, and helps you understand better what might actually be going on at the "backend" so to speak.
I think if you went thru this process you'd understand why i disagree.
I do some jaw stretches that ive come up with for a couple hrs per day. The skin of my face and scalp rips on a daily basis as the skull 'expands'. (note volume of skull has increased significantly in last few yrs). Also, skin from my scalp 'rains down'.
This happens daily for over 1.5 yrs. Facial symmetry is improving as i do it.
Plus muscles in various parts of my body release sometimes. Often this release is painful as if the muscle was in spasm for years before hand. This can be in parts of my back, arms, legs, etc.
As this occurs I often have lines on various parts of my body that are clearly not from just laying down etc. As if things are moving around under the skin.
And the body, my limbs all start to remodel.
And note that i've done all this 'till the end' at least once before. And will show u guys what it looks like before & after when im 'done' this time. Hopefully in a few months.
I can study anatomy for hundreds of hours and i guarantee it wont explain this process.
"So if you were to grind this person’s upper and lower teeth by say 1-2mm each, what would happen?"
My guess is, that the gap between the teeth in the resting state would increase by 2-4 mm. Unless you wanted to posit, that some instinct would keep the normal gap constant, thereby raising the mandible.
One way that could happen, is that the extra distance that your teeth need to travel for chewing, means that the little bit of extra work that your Masseter, Temporalis and Pterygoid have to do, permanently increases their muscle tone. I doubt that, though.
When i fully release this tissue in the chin area to the edges of the jaw i will have a pretty much perfect skeleton and skull. That is what happened last time and im very confident the same will happen again because i see it happening little by little for a long time now.
And i literally believe the same rule holds true of any human being.
Also note that it is not 'just' the skin in this chin area that is releasing. My face, scalp and towards the end the skin on various parts of my body also rips up like a bad sunburn.
Which is what led me to this conclusion that this 'soft tissue' covering the body is holding everything out of place like a wetsuit that is crushing your body.
Everything that has happened to me this past ~10 yrs leads to this logical conclusion in my view.
If you were to drill a person's upper and lower teeth such that you flattened their curve of spee.. you will see that person physically and neurologically decline pretty fast.
It happened to me, my friend marcello (who went from running marathons with a great body to wheelchair + cervical dystonia within 6 months), and at least 3-4 others that i've known over the years.
Unfortunately it's not a study that would be ethical to carry out.
that video is wild
This reminds me of “Mewing”. Any connection?
Perhaps this is another reason for the yawning instinct; to keep the soft tissues stretched out. But I just don't see how fascia squeezing the bones of the skull could actually put any pressure on the brain to damage it. Give a tension headache for sure, but there is still the subdural space and regulation of intracranial pressure to protect the brain. Maybe it has more to do with squeezing the cranial nerves coming out of the spine.
Obligatory nitpicking:
Fascia don't squeeze anything. They get squeezed/relax depending on muscle tone. And there are only really the Temporalis Fascias left and right. Most of its area cannot even be squeezed, as no muscle tissue is outside of it.
The cranial nerves don't come out of the spine, but directly from the brainstem. The spinal nerves are connected to the brainstem via the medulla oblongata. The cranial nerves come directly from the brainstem. Olfactory and Optics come from the cerebrum.
---
But yeah, good points. Cranial nerves being affected is a lot more plausible than the brain, which has loads of self-regulation mechanisms.
Note that I refer to it as 'soft tissue' as I'm not really sure what all is changing.
But what i am very confident of is that the skull inflates and deflates based on these biomechanics.
And when they deflate they derange the cranial bones and cognitive and neurological function decline. And when it inflates things start to come back.
I've done that to myself a few times over the years and have seen it happen on many others.
I like to point out that... i approach this more like a startup and with first principles logic. And i have found it more useful to separate myself a bit from the details of the anatomy.
Because i've generally found that i can operate from the level of 'do x and y happens each time.' And the details of what happens as 'y' occurs.. i leave to the medical professionals when one day they begin understanding these biomechanics better.
I recommend giving anatomy a shot again. Knowing how muscles work, where they insert/originate and to what specific bone, what the various tissue types are is very rewarding. If you studied this with a textbook and flat illustrations, it's very confusing. But ChatGPT is a text book, that you can tell exactly what confuses you, ask it speculative questions and get an instant plausibility check or confirmation.
And with 3d models that you can intuitively touch-manipulate on your phone, like "Human Anatomy Atlas". 10 to 15 minutes every day (or some obsessive afternoons spent), you'll be able to picture this in detail in your head after a month or so.
Then you can use that knowledge to target specific muscles for stretching/tensing. Understanding theory leads to new experiments, and helps you understand better what might actually be going on at the "backend" so to speak.
I think if you went thru this process you'd understand why i disagree.
I do some jaw stretches that ive come up with for a couple hrs per day. The skin of my face and scalp rips on a daily basis as the skull 'expands'. (note volume of skull has increased significantly in last few yrs). Also, skin from my scalp 'rains down'.
This happens daily for over 1.5 yrs. Facial symmetry is improving as i do it.
Plus muscles in various parts of my body release sometimes. Often this release is painful as if the muscle was in spasm for years before hand. This can be in parts of my back, arms, legs, etc.
As this occurs I often have lines on various parts of my body that are clearly not from just laying down etc. As if things are moving around under the skin.
And the body, my limbs all start to remodel.
And note that i've done all this 'till the end' at least once before. And will show u guys what it looks like before & after when im 'done' this time. Hopefully in a few months.
I can study anatomy for hundreds of hours and i guarantee it wont explain this process.
"So if you were to grind this person’s upper and lower teeth by say 1-2mm each, what would happen?"
My guess is, that the gap between the teeth in the resting state would increase by 2-4 mm. Unless you wanted to posit, that some instinct would keep the normal gap constant, thereby raising the mandible.
One way that could happen, is that the extra distance that your teeth need to travel for chewing, means that the little bit of extra work that your Masseter, Temporalis and Pterygoid have to do, permanently increases their muscle tone. I doubt that, though.
one other thing id add is this point that for me there is a clear definition of done.
its not just that im doing these exercises and hoping that i look great one day.
Rather this part right here is the indicator that i used years ago when i did it the first time: https://share.cleanshot.com/l2pYCbrG
When i fully release this tissue in the chin area to the edges of the jaw i will have a pretty much perfect skeleton and skull. That is what happened last time and im very confident the same will happen again because i see it happening little by little for a long time now.
And i literally believe the same rule holds true of any human being.
Also note that it is not 'just' the skin in this chin area that is releasing. My face, scalp and towards the end the skin on various parts of my body also rips up like a bad sunburn.
Which is what led me to this conclusion that this 'soft tissue' covering the body is holding everything out of place like a wetsuit that is crushing your body.
Everything that has happened to me this past ~10 yrs leads to this logical conclusion in my view.
If you were to drill a person's upper and lower teeth such that you flattened their curve of spee.. you will see that person physically and neurologically decline pretty fast.
It happened to me, my friend marcello (who went from running marathons with a great body to wheelchair + cervical dystonia within 6 months), and at least 3-4 others that i've known over the years.
Unfortunately it's not a study that would be ethical to carry out.