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Category: Self-treatment tips

Jaw pain and TMJ: Self-treating the temporalis


Ear pain, Jaw pain, Muscle information, Neuromuscular therapy, Self-treatment tips, TMJ pain

This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If  you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. To find the temporalis muscle, go back to Self-Treatment: Finding the bony landmarks. The NMT protocol for treatment is in the last two posts. The following self-treatment is from my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. The […]

September 29, 2009

Jaw pain and TMJ: Self-treating the masseter


Ear pain, Jaw pain, Muscle information, Neuromuscular therapy, Self-treatment tips, TMJ pain

This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If  you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. To find the masseter muscle, go back to Self-Treatment: Finding the bony landmarks. The NMT protocol for treatment is in the last two posts. The following self-treatment is from my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. The […]

September 28, 2009

Jaw pain and TMJ: Self-treating the medial pterygoid


Ear pain, Jaw pain, Muscle information, Self-treatment tips, Throat pain, TMJ pain

This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If  you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. Now that you know where the bones are and what they are called I’m going to use their anatomical names to help you find the muscles you will want to treat. If you didn’t read that […]

September 27, 2009

Jaw pain and TMJ: Self-treating lateral pterygoid


Ear pain, Muscle information, Neuromuscular therapy, Self-treatment tips, TMJ pain

This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If  you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. Now that you know where the bones are and what they are called I’m going to use their anatomical names to help you find the muscles you will want to treat. If you didn’t read that […]

September 26, 2009

Jaw pain and TMJ: Locating bony landmarks


Ear pain, Headaches, Jaw pain, Self-treatment tips, Tips for therapists, TMJ pain

Find the tragus of your ear with your index fingers. It’s the small pointed flap of cartilage in front of the opening to the inner ear. Feel on the forward side of your fingers for the bony ends of your cheekbone or zygoma. (Zygoma means yoke in Greek.) The zygomatic arch makes a yoke across […]

September 18, 2009

Healing from chronic pain: Breathing and body acid levels (pH)


Chronic pain, Healing, Leg pain, Self-treatment tips

The role of acid levels in our bodies and the contribution that high acid levels make to chronic pain has been a big question in my mind. I treat chronic pain patients in my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy office and have experimented with this idea, having patients test their urine pH and make changes to […]

August 21, 2009

Groin pain Part 10g: Self-treatment tips for the upper quadriceps


Groin pain, Muscle information, Self-treatment tips

This is a series on groin pain. Part 10 is about self-treatment. The previous post gave tips for treating the iliopsoas. For positioning and landmarks go back to Part 10a. These are tips I give groin pain patients in my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy center. If you missed the beginning of the groin series, go […]

August 18, 2009

Groin pain Part 10f: Self-treatment tips for the tensor fasciae latae (TFL)


Groin pain, Muscle information, Self-treatment tips

This is a series on groin pain. Part 10 is about self-treatment. The previous post gave tips for treating the iliopsoas. For positioning and landmarks go back to Part 10a. These are tips I give groin pain patients in my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy center. If you missed the beginning of the groin series, go […]

August 17, 2009

Groin pain Part 10e: Self-treatment tips for the iliopsoas


Back pain, Groin pain, Muscle information, Self-treatment tips

This is a series on groin pain. Part 10 is about self-treatment. The previous posts give tips for treating the gracilis, sartorius short adductors and adductor magnus. These are tips I give groin pain patients in my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy center. For positioning and landmarks go back to Part 10a. If you missed the […]

August 16, 2009

Groin pain Part 10d: Self-treatment tips-adductor longus and brevis, and pectineus


Groin pain, Muscle information, Self-treatment tips, Uncategorized

This is a series on groin pain. Part 10 is about self-treatment. The previous posts give tips for treating the gracilis, sartorius and adductor magnus. For positioning and landmarks go back to Part 10a. If you missed the beginning of the groin series, go back to Part 1. Treat the adductor longus and brevis: In […]

August 14, 2009

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The Abbott Center began in 1991 as a private practice dedicated to the hands-on treatment of chronic pain. Inspired by a childhood desire to help patients with diseased muscles lead a more normal life, Christina is fulfilling her dream through her thriving treatment center.

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