Talking about the hyoid bone (No ChatGPT bs)

[Hartfelt]

PREREAD:​

Okay so first off I want to make it clear that I am NOT a doctor nor an osteologist or anything alike. this thread is purely me just talking alittle about the hyoid bone and showing and discussion studies that I read off the internet. This isn't going to be some ancient wisdom changing the way that you live but rather just me talking about it because I'm interested in it.

Spoiler: what is the hyoid bone=? (for those who are unaware, no need to read if you already know..)

WHAT IS IT EVEN?
The hyoid bone is a bone positioned on the front of your neck, between your chin and the thyroid cartilage as seen in this image:

(random info: it is the only bone in the human body that is NOT connected to any other bones^(Wikipedia))
(The bone primarily aids in swallowing, speaking and breathing)

Now I have recently read and seen a lot of people talk about it on this forum and especially also on TikTok and other social media platforms with a lot of people suddenly talking about how important it is to "train it"
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Now, to clarify, you cant train the hyoid bone itself, since yknow... it is a bone and not a muscle, but that does not mean that you can improve the position (or function ig?) of the bone through the muscles surrounding the bone.

Spoiler: How to improve?

so I read and skimmed through some scientific articles and read a bunch on how certain exercises improved BOTH the motor function of the bone (e.g the previously mentioned swallowing and breathing..) AND the resting position of the bone.

Such as this study:

(source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5784581/)

The exercise the paper is referring to is "High-speed jaw opening exercise in training suprahyoid fast-twitch muscle fibers" those being the previously mentioned muscles connected to the hyoid bone. (conducted on elderly population)

As seen in the highlighted parts of the text the results showed how the exercise ALSO improved the vertical position of the bone. which would improve the cervicomental angle (angle between jawline and neck)

Spoiler: How to improve?

age demographic​

also as previously mentioned this study primarily focused on the motor function and not anything really relating to any cosmetic stuff which is why the study was primarily conducted on older people with the focus on swallowing etc. BUT, whose to say that this shouldn't work on younger people?

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Then again, I am not really knowledgeable on this topic and could primarily only find studies that were focused on function rather than anything cosmetic, AND only for an older age group rather than anything on from a more young demographic.
So, if anyone of you know stuff about this please give insight ​

 

[Hartfelt]

edit: not sure why it split the spoilers up into 2 different sections but whatevs.

 

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holy greys just copy pasting what has been posted 4 years ago like its secret knowledge

 

[Hartfelt]

holy greys just copy pasting what has been posted 4 years ago like its secret knowledge

"This isn't going to be some ancient wisdom changing the way that you live but rather just me talking about it because I'm interested in it."

I just wanna know more about it man