Do Chin Tuck Exercises Make Sense?

Chin tucks are one of the most common exercises that people are prescribed to deal with their postural problems, namely forward head posture. In this video, we examine the reasoning behind chin tucks, and see if this kind of exercise makes sense.

I offer lessons in the Initial Alexander Technique, which are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to help you gain conscious control over how you move your body. Most people have no idea what they’re doing with their body, and as they misuse their body, they end up with discomfort, pain, and other issues that they may not even realize are caused by what they’re doing to themselves. But how do you figure out what you’re doing wrong? And how do you change what you're doing and overcome lifelong habits?

In an Initial Alexander Technique lesson, you will record yourself through Zoom, so you will be able to see and understand what you are doing when you stand, sit, walk, and perform other simple gestures. With the assistance of your teacher, you will come to understand how you are misusing the mechanisms of your body, and you will gain the ability to choose to use yourself in a more sensible way. You can learn how to use your body without pain. You can break free from long held habits. All you need is a system that works.

"This new piece of evidence suggested that the functioning of the organs of speech was influenced by my manner of using the whole torso, and that the pulling of the head back and down was not, as I had presumed, merely a misuse of the specific parts concerned, but one that was inseparably bound up with a misuse of other mechanisms which involved the act of shortening the stature. If this were so, it would clearly be useless to expect such improvement as I needed from merely preventing the wrong use of the head and neck. I realized that I must also prevent those other associated wrong uses which brought about the shortening of the stature."

F.M. Alexander

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Chin tucks are one of the most common exercises that people are prescribed to deal with their postural problems, namely forward head posture. In this video, we examine the reasoning behind chin tucks, and see if this kind of exercise makes sense.


I offer lessons in the Initial Alexander Technique, which are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to help you gain conscious control over how you move your body. Most people have no idea what they’re doing with their body, and as they misuse their body, they end up with discomfort, pain, and other issues that they may not even realize are caused by what they’re doing to themselves. But how do you figure out what you’re doing wrong? And how do you change what you're doing and overcome lifelong habits?

In an Initial Alexander Technique lesson, you will record yourself through Zoom, so you will be able to see and understand what you are doing when you stand, sit, walk, and perform other simple gestures. With the assistance of your teacher, you will come to understand how you are misusing the mechanisms of your body, and you will gain the ability to choose to use yourself in a more sensible way. You can learn how to use your body without pain. You can break free from long held habits. All you need is a system that works.






"This new piece of evidence suggested that the functioning of the organs of speech was influenced by my manner of using the whole torso, and that the pulling of the head back and down was not, as I had presumed, merely a misuse of the specific parts concerned, but one that was inseparably bound up with a misuse of other mechanisms which involved the act of shortening the stature. If this were so, it would clearly be useless to expect such improvement as I needed from merely preventing the wrong use of the head and neck. I realized that I must also prevent those other associated wrong uses which brought about the shortening of the stature."

F.M. Alexander

[mrprometheus]

How this channel is not famous? I really researched very much but didn't find this type of information

[plosser]

your videos are good but bit esoteric cud u tell what shud one do who wished to achieve forward facial growth naturally(I have recessed chin too ) I saw chin tucks treat recessed chin and help in good chin projection

[userkeke]

you say “lift the back of the head up”, I learned that the lower neck can be extended and can be in flexion too. same with the upper neck, can be extended and flexed, so you recommend a upper neck in flexion so the back of the head can be up while the lower neck is in flexion too?
or you recommend a neutral upper and lower neck position??

[zuvlet]

What would be a better alternative to chin tucks

[nocringebruh]

can you pls make videos about sleep posture. how to place pillow and what alexander fm taught about sleep posture.

[camilatrelles]

hi! when you say that the back of the head must be lifting so that the neck expands, i dont understand how to lift the back of the head without tucking the chin in, because if the back part goes up, the front part is supposed to go down, tucking the chin just like chin tucks

[Ajamidha]

Impressive, expecting some info related to tongue and how its posture as a muscle effects the craniofacial development or its relation to neck

[ghostdost]

please make post for thumbpulling guide technique for maxilla please i huge request you

[ghostdost]

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[SarahSaadsaoud]

You said to fix my posture i need to understand my habits and fix them but i don't get what habits i am doing wrong i have a lot of body posture problems

[zuvlet]

so in other words chin tucks are bad?
And we need to raising our neck up and forward during sitting down at a computer?