| Author | Message | ||
     Anonymous |
Anyone know why this would be? | ||
| Tom Hagerty |
I know why. That's because you're not really contracting the occipitalis muscle. Just as one plus one equals two, when you contract the occipitalis muscle your scalp moves backwards. | ||
| Anonymous |
is it possible that maybe I AM flexing the occip. muscle but they are too weak to move the scalp as of yet? | ||
| Tom Hagerty |
Anonymous: I don't know. Most people's occipitalis muscles are atrophied because of nonuse. That's why it's sometimes hard to gain control of them. It took me over two weeks. I gauge getting control of them by the movement of the scalp. How do you know you are flexing these muscles? Are you placing your fingers over them in order to detect a contraction? If you are doing this, perhaps your fingers are over the wrong muscles. There are three fan-shaped muscles around the ears - the auricularis muscles; and under these is the rather large temporalis muscle that aids in chewing. I know this is confusing. If you think you have some control over the occipitalis muscles, keep working them. Eventually you'll get movement of the scalp. After I got a small amount of control over them, my progress was fast. In just a few days I saw my scalp start to move dramatically. Keep trying to move your scalp. It really is worthwhile. Many people do stabilize their hair loss with the exercise. I actually was able to grow back almost all the hair I lost, but I had no bald spots, only temporal thinning. Some people, of course, make no progress. This is true of all treatment options. | ||
| Anonymous |
Thanks for the help, Tom. As you say, I may not be contracting the right muscles. I will check again as you suggest to see. When I do get the right muscles, I'll exercise them exclusively until they are strong enough. Then I'll combine it with the frontalis muscle contractions. Thanks again! |
