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 is a series on jaw pain and TMJ. If you missed the beginning, go back to part 1. You’ll find a case study, initial treatment notes, muscle information and a Neuromuscular Therapist’s thoughts. Rodney had started Neuromuscular Therapy treatments in our Metro West clinic for jaw pain when chewing. After an initial evaluation and […]
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 […]
This is a series on jaw pain and TMJ pain. If you missed the case study about Rodney D., go back to part 1. After discovering that Rodney had a difference in the length of his legs, I understood why his jaw and shoulder were troublesome. That perpetuating factor, if left uncorrected, would have prevented […]
As a Neuromuscular Therapist, how do I think about chronic headache pain? If medical reasons for headaches have been ruled out, the cause is probably muscular Trigger Points. Examining the muscles in the neck and shoulders usually turns up at least one cause. But finding unhealthy muscles with Trigger Points is only targeting the symptoms. […]
In the case of Melinda W., I found a scoliosis and lower limb length inequality (LLLI) that were tilting her shoulders, causing tension in the jaw (TMJ) and neck musculature and giving her chronic headaches. I recommended trying a heel lift to level her out, and she scheduled a TMJ evaluation at a major Boston […]