When sciatica type symptoms get the better of you and nothing you do seems to make it better, here is some things you can check from my list for corrective actions and treatments Part 2. Check for systemic conditions, vitamin and mineral inadequacies, food sensitivities, allergies, anemia, infections and parasites, yeast infections, toxic blood conditions, […]
When sciatica type symptoms get the better of you and nothing you do seems to make it better, here is something you can do to relieve pain every day from my checklist for corrective actions and treatments Part 1. Stretching is a big key to pain relief of “sciatica” pains. Use the Active Isolated […]
This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. To locate the muscles, go back to Self-Treatment: Finding the bony landmarks. Link here for the NMT protocol. The following self-treatment is from my Neuromuscular Therapy center near Boston. 1. The digastric, suprahyoid group and platysma […]
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 […]
This is a series on Jaw pain and TMJ based on the case of Rodney D. Previous posts include muscle information, treatment notes and a Neuromuscular Therapy point of view from my Boston area wellness center. TMJ Dysfunction results from factors like displacement of the disc in the joint, misalignment of the two sides of […]
This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If you missed the beginning, go back to part 1 following which you’ll find a case study, muscle information, treatment notes and a Neuromuscular Therapist’s thoughts. When I saw Rodney D. a week after his second Neuromuscular Therapy treatment in our Boston area clinic, he said […]
This series on jaw pain and TMJ is based on the case study of Rodney D. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. So what do I think about when someone comes into my Neuromuscular Therapy office near Boston saying that they have TMJ pain or jaw pain? The lateral pterygoid! Sounds […]
The following tips for treating groin pain are for therapists and medical professionals. As a patient you can use these tips as guidelines for choosing good practitioner. In treating groin pain, the easiest position I find for working is with the patient’s hip and knee flexed and supported by a pillow or half roll. When […]
According to Travell & Simons in their Trigger Point Manual, “In patients with chronic myofascial pain, attention to perpetuating factors often spells the difference between sucessful and failed therapy.” Perpetuating factors in the case of Krystal S. were an important consideration in reducing the need for continued treatment for restless leg syndrome at my Neuromuscular […]