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This image shows a woman laterally flexing the neck stretching her scalene muscles. When you laterally flex the neck, the ear move towards the shoulder.

Scalene Muscles: How to stretch and release the scalene muscles to solve neck pain, TMJ and jaw pain, rib pain, and shoulder pain.

Scalene muscle dysfunction causes neck pain, headaches, migraines, head pain, TMJ pain, whole jaw pain, rib pain, and shoulder pain. The shape of the cervical spine is in-part determined by the health of the scalene muscles. Know this: it is only with gentle and consistent self-love—in the form of neck therapy, stretches, and breathing—that these muscles will take on a new shape, holding onto less tone and tension.

Tara Lee Clasen

Jul 289 min read

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

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