These imbalances are more often the consequence of muscular alterations, but they can also significantly affect various risk factors such as: specific age groups, overweight, allergies, dysmetabolisms, post-traumatic outcomes, etc.
From an embryological and neurophysiological point of view, however, a classification exclusively based on biomechanics would be at least limited.
Instead, it would be necessary to take into consideration the importance of the fine postural system.
fine is a different but absolutely complementary aspect of the functionality.To be honest, this side of bodily functionality is not univocally shared by the scientific community of motor therapists.
That said, it is undeniable that the body is a real "whole", a system of "circuits" connected to each other and, for the most part, governed by reflexes.
In the field of study and research on balance, it is evident that man maintains his erect posture through the interaction of all the senses in a single map.
Obviously it goes without saying that - in relation to the human body - any chain of interactions has an entrance and an exit.
The main subsystems underlying bodily functionality are: eye, vestibule, stomatognathic system, spine, foot, skin, viscera.
What is the fine postural system for?
The fine postural system presides over the control and regulation of the "man's balance, keeping him (automatically and instantaneously) inside the support polygon, in an" area of about 91 square millimeters (mm2), with a "physiological oscillation of the vertex of approximately 4 degrees (°) - according to the theory of the inverse pendulum.
In such a "delicate" context, the compensatory strategies will be:
- a visual over-control of the balance;
- a hip strategy;
- a stiffness of the posterior muscle chains (in fact, from over control).
It is in this context that the mouth-foot relationship comes into play.
);Any corrections made to one input also have an effect on the other and vice versa, taking the integrity of the neurological circuits for granted.
The effect would be identical, but with different corrections and times, in relation to the proprioceptive "richness" of the chosen entry.
- Making a plantar correction, long times (1 year and more);
- Making an intra buccal correction, medium times (7-8 months);
- Making an ocular correction, short time (2-3 months).
Obviously these times are not to be considered standard but subjective. It should also be borne in mind that any insult (emotional, structural, nutritional, etc.) could affect the outcome of the correction.
From this point of view, a sectoral division of posturological dysfunctions is therefore obsolete; attention should therefore be focused on neurological integrity and on the postulate that all information "travels" from one end of the organism to another almost instantly.
Mouth-foot correlations
Again with reference to the "mouth-foot" relationship, we note how the yielding of the plantar arch (flatness) is accompanied by an occlusal class 3, while the restoration of the plantar arch brings the jaw back to its normal position - confirming what has just been explained.
The foot regulates and harmonises the ascending pathways and conditions the descending cerebellar responses, therefore any disharmony, even slight, of the baroreceptor system of the intrinsic musculature of the foot, of the fascial, ligamentous and tendon systems, exerts considerable repercussions on the general activity of the postural tone and, starting from the third lumbar vertebra, of the intrinsic muscles of the spine.
All this with effects on the lordotic and kyphotic curves and on the torsions of the rachis, therefore on the "stability" of the same and on the modality of load distribution to the various metamers.
from Oral Disperception ", which is well suited to the understanding of postural dysfunctions in a" non-linear "perspective.Symptoms:
- Toned asymmetry;
- Mal occlusion;
- Centric, eccentric bruxism, etc.
- Clanching;
- Oral breathing;
- Cognitive and perceptual disturbances;
- Abdominal pain
- Headache
- Muscle aches.
Knowledge and skills beyond basic studies, as well as a certain capacity for specialized collaboration, logically become necessary.
It is therefore recommended to all interested professionals, to focus their attention on the "deepening of the most important notions for the management of the fine postural system; we remind you that this is not only important from the pathological or dysfunctional point of view of the locomotor system, but can do the difference even on purely athletic crying.
