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Solving Chronic Pain Puzzles for Over 25 Years

Tag: Muscle information

Jaw pain and TMJ: Final details


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

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 […]

October 1, 2009

Knee pain: Understanding the popliteus and plantaris muscles


Knee pain, Lower leg pain, Muscle information

Pain behind the knee when crouching or going downstairs could be from the little popliteus or plantaris muscles. More likely the pop. I had a personal experience with this muscle backpacking in New Hampshire. My son and I hiked down the mountain after being in the sky for a few days and when reaching flat […]

June 29, 2009
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Christina Abbott


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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