INSPIRATION & EDUCATION

In this post, I will quickly name some of the TMJ muscles that we work on in a therapy session. In an hour-long session, we are working the head, neck, and TMJ muscles but we won't be able to get to everything. This therapy is slow and detailed, so we may get to different muscles during different sessions. As treatment progresses, more areas will "open up" and treatment can become "deeper."As we work together, we also address muscles such as the psoas, the QL, and the diaphr

Soft tissue imbalances of the jaw are extremely common. And whereas the solutions to jaw symptoms are often not that complicated, in the current culture, finding the solutions is often quite hard. Manual massage therapy of the jaw and neck eases conditions such as TMJ pain, clicking and popping, grinding, ear pain and ear fullness, headaches, migraines, pain under the chin and on the anterior neck, cervical dysfunction, and a loss of range of motion of the jaw and neck.

Your brain is elastic, pliable, changeable, and full of untapped potential. Vibrant health is not something you buy, but it is something you live. And many women need to change the way they live with food. Whether it’s anxiety, worrying, controlling, or just rushing through the sacred act of eating, your brain needs a new pathway.

The mechanical loading of soft tissue changes the region’s biochemistry and facilities slide and glide—microcirculation—between structures. Physical medicine restores biomechanics and is as physically important as eating healthy or your daily workout routineBut as an Eastern medicine practitioner, I don’t stop there. Having trained in Eastern medicine (clinical Ayurveda) I recognize the emotional impact on physical tissues.