If you&;ve got headaches or neck pain that won&;t seem to go away even with treatment? Did you know your jaw could be the cause?.Temporalis.The Temporalis is second muscle of mastication – or chewing. This muscle is responsible for closing the jaw so to help it release it we&;re going to slowly open. Simple as pie. Try it yourself on both sides. To start:.Clench your teeth with your hands on the side of your head you&;ll feel the muscle pop outGently perform some circular massagePin under your hand and stretch by opening your mouth slowly(not to max) Hold at end of opening for a brief pauseRinse and repeat 8-10x. series

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If you&;ve got headaches or neck pain that won&;t seem to go away even with treatment? Did you know your jaw could be the cause?.Temporalis. .The Temporalis is another muscle of mastication – or chewing. This muscle is responsible for assisting in closing the jaw along with the masseter. If you grind your teeth at night (bruxism) this muscle and the masseter will definitely have a fun triggerpoint or knots in them. To muscle test it:.Put your fingers in front of your ear and up on your hair and you&;ll feel the muscle pop out when you clench your teethIf you have pain directly under your hand or find any harder points it&;s your Temporalis. . Next up is the self release for it. series

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If you&;ve got headaches or neck pain that won&;t seem to go away even with treatment? Did you know your jaw could be the cause?.Massseeetterrrr. .The Masseter is one of the muscles of mastication – or chewing. This muscle is responsible for closing the jaw so to help it release it we&;re going to slowly open. Simple as pie. Try it yourself on both sides. To start:.Clench your teeth with your hands on your cheeks you&;ll feel the muscle pop outGently perform some circular massagePin under your hand and stretch by opening your mouth slowly(not to max) Hold at end of opening for a brief pauseRinse and repeat 8-10x. series

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If you&;ve got headaches or neck pain that won&;t seem to go away even with treatment? Did you know your jaw could be the cause?.This is your masseter muscle. Primary closer of the mouth. Massseeetterrrr. .The Masseter is one of the muscles of mastication – or chewing. This muscle is responsible for closing the jaw so it is constantly used and often a contributing part to any TMD or jaw issues. If there are imbalances between sides. This guy will definitely be part of the guilty party. To muscle test it:.Clench your teeth with your hands on your cheeks you&;ll feel the muscle pop out. If you have pain directly under your hand. It&;s this puppy. . Next up is the self release video for it. series

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TMJ Self screen – DeviationThis is a test of your temporomandibular joint (TMJ) / jaw. Is there any pain? If your jaw moves to one side? Is it on opening? Is it on closing? Is it both? Is there a click? Does your jaw move to one side then back? As you can see, there are a lot of questions to ask and get the answers to. As a disclaimer this is just a screen you can use to assess if you may potentially have a Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). The easiest thing we can focus on here is your function. When you attempted the previous self screen – Could you open 3 knuckle widths? – normal More? – HYPERmobile less? HYPOmobileNow remember your jaw has two temporomandibular joints. If one side has MORE range than the other. your jaw will shift to a side. Sometimes too much range / or too little range can be caused issues affecting the articular disc. If you have a click chances are you may have what&;s known as a disc displacement. The next question is which way is the disc displacing and what can we do about it. But first, ask yourselves these questions6. What movements cause your jaw pain? does it change over time?7. Do you have pain during chewing? swallowing? biting? yawning? speaking?8. Do you habitually chew gum? eat lots of chewy candies, hard candies, corn nuts? Do you continually move your mouth?9. Do you usually chew on just one side?10. Does anybody tell you that you grind your teeth at night?Your answers to these questions should get you thinking about your daily habits and what types of things may be causing your TMD. It is much better to determine and treat the root cause of the problem. But for now the next videos in this series will show you some basic stretches and exercises for your TMJ. series

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TMJ Self screen – Jaw opening. This is a test of your temporomandibular joint (TMJ) / jaw. It is a basic function of your jaw in order to allow you it to function! You need to be able to do this to eat. Try the screen. Answer the following questions. I&;ll be adding more and more questions to this series that will prompt some thought if you have jaw issues (whether you know it or not!) 1. Could you open it wide enough?2. Was there a click or sound? If so, on opening or closing? or both3. Did it hurt? If so, on opening or closing?4. Did it lock or get stuck? 5. If you have any pain, tightness or discomfort – which side is it?Answer these questions as they can indicate a TMJ dysfunction or TMD. Some other symptoms to note during your self scree of TMD include: HeadacheWorn teeth (due to the teeth not resting on each other properly or whats known as malocclusion)Painful muscles in the cheek, temple, or neckClicking or poppingEarachesPain behind the eyesRinging in the earsToothache What we&;re trying to begin to do is pain a diagnostic picture. As a clinician these are the structures I will be checking and keeping in mind with your answers: Musculature of the Neck, face, and jawCartilaginous disk Ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels surrounding the joint, mouth, and teethDoes this sound like a lot? Well it is! but we&;ll slowly delve further into the rabbit hole. series

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The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) or jaw joint is a two hinged joint that allows for complex movements to allow you to eat, talk, yawn and do things with your mouth. Swipe so see what the TMJ is comprised of: Muscles of chewingJoint capsuleArticular DiscTissue behind the discThese guys have to work together and work well to ensure smooooth talking. Your body is a great compensator so if things don&;t change, your body will adapt and can become a dysfunction or disorders. Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) can cause a lot of pain and lifestyle changes. These are a lot more common than you would realize. Ask yourself the following and you may have some TMD or the start of one. Look in the mirror, when you open your mouth and close it does it open straight or does it move to one side?Do you chew only on one side?Does your jaw click, pop or make sounds?Do you grind your teeth at night?Do you get a lot of headaches and nothing seems to help?A good clinical health history and a proper TMJ assessment will help you with this. Follow me and stay posted for more.

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When it comes down to it your body is like a well oiled machine. Much like your car, a little bit of maintenance work goes a long way so that you don&;t find yourself stuck on the side of the road with an engine that goes kaput. In order to prevent this, you make sure you get your oil change and have maintenance done on your car. Treat your body the same. Swipe for a graph of a graph demonstrating how stress from daily tasks accumulates over time unnoticed. When your body encounters stress, your body responds over time by working with the stress by compensating in order to allow you to function normally. A lot of the time these compensations can go unnoticed but create physiological change. It can take quite some time for these compensations to raise their ugly heads and manifest as something you notice; whether that be a click, a range limitation or pain. Once we&;ve hit this point, much more work needs to be done in order to correct this change. Swipe again. Knowing that stress can affect the body and cause change over time, the same can be said for positive change! Do your body a favor and perform regular maintenance work on it. If you do this enough, you can prevent more major issues in the future. If you want change, do something different everyday. Often enough this is accomplished by warming up/cooling down your muscles and joints properly. As long as you assess and correct your compensations you can prevent or delay unwanted change. If it&;s range of motion limitations perform mobility work. If your muscles are improperly balanced in strength and tone do strength work. If you&;re not sure what needs work, have a professional assess you and I can nit pick on things you can do to prepare your body for anything.

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Life is better upside down. I&;m starting a challenge for myself to see how much I can improve. This is day one (I&;ve been training for a few months already but not consistent!) Most of my improvements have come from wrist and shoulder mobility drills such as the ones I&;ve shown in my and skin the cats for my shoulders. The handstand requires both good awareness of where your body is in space and is a feat a muscular endurance. Try it out after a wrist warm up (find a soft surface or kick up against the wall). It&;s a great shoulder and core workout! culture

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Go the extra mile. Are you working your hardest to succeed? In your career, in love, in life? Are you 100% certain with every move you make? Nobody is. If you want to invest your money, you seek a financial advice. If your car breaks down, you go to a mechanic. If your body is aching or isn&;t able to do what you have done before, what do you do? blame your age? blame a past injury? Please. Be extraordinary. Let me help you be your best

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