60 min Deep Specific Jaw, Neck, TMJ

Service Description

If you have issues with tight, sore jaws or TMJ issues I know great techniques for releasing the jaw. I first learned these techniques of going inside the mouth to access the deep muscles of the jaw during my 150 hr Structural Integration training in 1996 and have been using them ever since with great results for stress and jaw pain. Then, during an Upledger Craniosacral Training, I learn more advanced techniques of releasing the bones in the roof of the mouth (hard palate), the cheekbones (zygomas) and the bones of the skull (cranium) with even more profound results for jaw pain, headaches, general well-being and vertigo. It may sound intimidating but I'm only using 5 grams of pressure which is about the weight of a nickle on your fingertip. It is a VERY GENTLE but effective treatment. Stress and clenching and grinding the jaw can cause the muscles of the neck and shoulders to tighten up in so I also work those those areas. I do specific work on those areas to reach the deepest muscles that may be contributing to the jaw muscles wanting to tighten up. There is something called the pain spasm cycle which means the muscles response to pain is to tighten up. Pain=Spasm=Pain=then that can cause more pain because now a muscle is clamping down on a nerve (there are nerves in and around the jaw that can cause headaches) or preventing blood flow to the brain which can cause lots of problems. If it sounds intimidating we can just start slow and see how it goes for you. It would also be beneficial to you to add 45 min Craniosacral Re- Balancing Therapy to the treatment to reset your nervous system for a reduced rate of $40. This therapy can help alleviate the clenching and grinding cycle associated with chronic stress.