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A woman waking up in bed holding the top of her head. The image is black and white with pain indicated in red at the top and sides of her head. The SCM refers here.

Sternoclediomastoid Muscle Trigger Point and Fascia Pain. Hypertonic SCM's Create Serious Symptoms. Learn SCM Anatomy, Fascia, SCM Trigger Points, and Healthy Neck Curvature Here.

In my practice, I treat women with headaches, migraines, ear pain, eye pain, jaw pain, throat tension, dizziness, and a variety of pain patterns in the face, neck, and head. For some women, even at that very first appointment, when they learn about trigger points, the mystery of the anatomy, how the breath affects their necks, and what else creates the symptoms that they have, they find relief. Most of these women have undergone many types of appointments, tests, and even MRI

Tara Lee Clasen

Jan 49 min read

The SCM muscle shown on the front of the neck. This picture is an anatomical drawing of the skeleton--the head to the middle of the sternum. With the only muscle shown the SCM.

This is What You Need to Know About Your Powerful SCM Muscles: the Sternocleidomastoid and TMJ, Neck, and Face Pain, Ear and Throat Dysfunction, Breathing Difficulties, and More!

In my practice, I have seen this manifest in many ways. For instance, I treated a woman who was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. She had intense face and ear pain (see ear below) and had been to the emergency room many times. She could not drive because of the medication. She was working with her naturopath, chiropractor, ENT, and others. She had taken rounds of antibiotics. What was missing was soft tissue manipulation of the neck muscles—so simple!

Tara Lee Clasen

Dec 11, 202510 min read

Scalene Muscles: Heal your Scalene Muscles, Heal your Life! Understand the Root of your Neck Pain, TMJ and Jaw Pain, Rib Pain, and Shoulder Pain. Scalene Trigger Points, Healing Tips, and More.

Understanding the function of the scalene muscles is vital to understanding your neck and jaw pain. It can also be vital in understanding your upper thoracic spine pain, rib pain, and shoulder pain.

Tara Lee Clasen

Jul 23, 20259 min read

Suffer from TMJ, Neck, and Pelvic Floor Pain? Broadly Explore How Your Entire Self —Your TMJ, Neck, and Pelvic Floor, Postural Awareness, and Breath are Connected— and Guide Yourself Out of Pain

By working with the top and bottom of the spine, the jaw joint, the upper cervical spine, and the pelvic floor, we are hitting places that mirror each other in tension. We’re observing which muscles are hypertonic and overworking, and which muscles are underactive, even if they’re also tight and sore. Direct physical touch therapy to the top and bottom of the spine is very healing.

Tara Lee Clasen

Jul 14, 20256 min read

A woman is receiving TMJ massage to the inside of her jaw.

TMJ Pain Relieving Therapy: What Jaw and Neck Muscles Do We Work On?

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

Tara Lee Clasen

Oct 23, 20233 min read

Three smiling women with their arms around each other at the beach.

Need Relief From TMJ Pain, Neck Pain, Headaches, Migraines, Pelvic Floor Pain and Dysfunction? Find Out What Women Are Saying About the Manual Therapy Offered by Tara Lee Clasen.

Need relief from TMJ Pain, Neck Pain, and Pelvic Floor Pain? Find out what women say about the manual therapy offered by Tara Lee Clasen.

Tara Lee Clasen

Sep 18, 202227 min read