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A graphic designed image of the scalene muscles on a skeleton. Showing the origin and insertion, the placement of the scalenes muscles.

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 239 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

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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