When sciatica type symptoms get the better of you and nothing you do seems to make it better, here is something to consider from my checklist for corrective actions and treatments Part 1. Use osteopathic or chiropractic correction of skeletal and joint misalignment up to 6 consecutive treatments. A chiropractor I respect told me if […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. These stretches for the jaw and TMJ are effective and must be done gently at first. If your jaw hurts afterward, wait a day and do them again. Start with the unassisted stretches and move to […]
This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If you missed the beginning, go back to Part 1. These stretches for jaw pain and TMJ are effective and must be done gently at first. If your jaw hurts afterward, wait a day and do them again. Start with the unassisted stretches and move to […]
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 […]