TMJ

Temporomandibular joint syndrome

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Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) connects the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull (temporal bone) in front of the ear. Certain facial muscles that control chewing are also attached to the lower jaw.

TMJ syndrome is pain in the jaw joint that can be caused by a variety of problems.

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Support healthy jaw function and break free From pain by experiencing:

• Primary Movements of the Jaw
• Shoulder, Neck and Jaw Connections
• Head and Jaw Integration
• Eyes and Jaw Integration
• Cheek and Tongue Integration

Relax your jaw and lessen your TMJ pain using the Feldenkrais® Method.  For chronic conditions begin with a consultation and personal functional integration sessions.  Additional integration through movement lessons supports increased posture and flexibility.

Nerves connect the muscles of the face, jaw and neck to the cervical spine.  If these muscles are tense, pain can be felt in the face, neck and ears.

Jaw and neck pain can be both acute and chronic and result from trauma or slowly with structural issues.

• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome – shoulder, jaw and neck pain with sinus infections on one side.  Compression of neurovascular structures may lead to tense muscles and referred pain throughout the head and neck.
• Muscular and Nerve Issues – Temporomandibular Jaw problems and anterior repositioning.
• Nodes, Salivary glands,  and Dental Problems and Lymph Glands – grinding teeth abscess, infection

 SOME POSSIBLE CONDITIONS CREATING JAW PAIN:

• The jaw muscles are controlled primarily by the trigeminal nerve (C5) – pressure on this nerve through the spine, muscle cramps, or inflammation can lead to poor function of the jaw.
• Abnormal posture.  The major muscles that hold up the head are in the neck and jaw.  These are assisted by smaller muscles at the top of the spine.  Fatigue of these smaller muscles places greater strain on the neck and jaw causing the neck to hyper-extend.  The cause of most neck and jaw pain is the trapeze muscles which extend from the head to the shoulders.
• Stress also causes the muscles in the neck to tighten, which can lead to many types of neck and jaw pain.
• Fibromyalgia – The positioning of the head and the neck could create chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction.
• Whiplash – the disc in the jaw joint being pushed out of place, leading to severe neck and jaw pain
• Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome – Nerve inflammation and structural abnormalities.  headache, shoulder pain, right-sided or left-neck pain.

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Feldenkrais integrates well and supports:

• Awareness through Eating Programs
  • Actions motivated through integration of somatic experience using the focus of attention, intention and manifestation
• Awareness through Food Programs
  • Cultivating awareness of foods for optimum function
• Awareness through Goals
  • Integrating universal, human and earth energies
  • Doable action focus to support the intentional manifestation
• Awareness through Living Integrative Programs
  • Sleep Sweet Sleep
• Somatic Dialogue Programs
  • Integrating universal and human energies
    • Balancing somatic experience in relationships
      • Effective and intentional dialogues
      • Effective and intentional listening
• Awareness through Environment Programs
  • Integrating universal, human and earth energies
  • Balancing somatic experiences using focus and intention for manifestation of health, wealth & and harmony

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by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP @ Inside Awareness

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Inside Awareness blog posts on hidden patterns (environment) of early learning of movement behaviours:

• Shifting perspectives through movement – can be the new reality
• Awareness of walking
• Mico-movements and the classroom chair for developing a child’s ability to age well
• Hidden influences of the decor in a Classroom learning environment
• An intro to hidden patterns of learning in classroom that lead to reduced mobility through the spine
• Feldenkrais and early learning for aging well
• The need for rounding the edges in design to increase spinal rotation in the classroom
• Cervical Spine Function
• Spinal Cord & Nerves
• Vertebrae & the Spine
• The need to shift theory observations to clear observations in physicality