The Foot to Cerebellum Link. A New Paradigm in Postural Mechanics

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By and large global postural mechanics has been based on Root´s ground breaking research in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a biomechanical model based on architectural principles. Simply put, where the foot goes, so goes the entire postural skeletal framework.

In 2009 I introduced an alternative postural model based on the foot to cerebellum connection. It is a neurophysiological model. The foot generates proprioceptive signals that are relayed to the cerebellum. The cerebellum interprets these signals and makes the appropriate global postural adjustments.

I have published several papers demonstrating skeletal deformations, foot to sphenoid, all based on this neurophysiological model.

To date, no other research teams have investigated my proposed paradigm. However, I believe this will change in the near future.

• BA Rothbart, Penzabene L. Forever Free from Chronic Pain. Chapter 5 – The Foot to Brain Connection. Happy Days, 2009.

 

I just read an interesting scientific report by Descamps et al that corroborate my foot to brain model. However, it is to be noted that their model reports a foot to brain connection in a static state. My model presents a foot to cerebellum connection in both a static and a dynamic state.

Another paper by Marchese et al that discuss the foot to cerebellar link.

Descamps, E., Boussac, M., Joineau, K. et al. Changes of cerebral functional connectivity induced by foot reflexology in a RCT. Sci Rep 13, 17139 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44325-x

Silvia Maria Marchese, Veronica Farinelli, Francesco Bolzoni, Roberto Esposti and Paolo Cavallari. Overview of the Cerebellar Function in Anticipatory Postural Adjustments and of the Compensatory Mechanisms Developing in Neural Dysfunctions. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 5088

Rothbart B. 2021, Alteration in Plantar Pressure Gradients (Foot Function) Linked to Alterations in Brain Wave Activity Jan DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26657.43364

Rothbart B., 2015. The Link Between Foot and Cerebellum. Resolving Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Journal Comprehensive Integrative Medicine. Vol. 1, No. 2, December (Download here)

 

Global Postural distortions (e.g., BioImplosion), resulting from either Rothbarts foot or the PreClinical Clubfoot deformity, can not only result in chronic musculoskeletal pain, it can also impact visceral functions. For example, I have linked:

1. Anterior rotation of the pelvis to intractable infertility and irritable bowel syndrome (symptoms similar to Crohns disease)
2. Protraction of the chest to cardiac arrhythmias and incalcitrant emphysema
3. Forward head position to idiopathic headaches, malocclusions and deviant mentation
4. BioImplosion (resulting in soft tissue compression) to peripheral neuropathies

And the list goes on and on.