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A woman’s back with highlighted, circular pain areas between the shoulders and on her low back. The image in black and white with a pink hue.

Neurogenic inflammation, the peripheral and central nervous systems, emotional and immune system stress, collagen, elastin, fibroblasts, inflammation loops, and the healing of manual therapy.

The overall state of your central nervous system influences local pain and inflammation and systemic pain and inflammation. If your system is already taxed, overwhelmed, and producing low-grade systemic inflammation throughout the body, you will have a weakened immune system. When new threats arise in another local system, a shoulder or elbow, your body will probably experience more pain, inflammation, and swelling than needed for the repairs.

Tara Lee Clasen

Nov 197 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