Relieving Jaw Pain, Myofunctional Therapy
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Many people suffer from pain in the jaw when chewing, yawning, or waking in the morning. It is important to find out what is causing the pain, and then correct it. If you have pain, Sara will evaluate the opening, closing, and sideways movement of your mouth. She will look at how your teeth touch, if you hinge and then glide appropriately, and whether you overwork the muscles in your jaw. She will examine your occlusion, watch you swallow, and teach you how to place your tongue correctly. She relieves specific muscles of tension by pressing inside and outside the mouth on trigger points, and gives you suggestions to relax your jaw while you sleep to stop grinding. Schedule a time here.
Relief often occurs immediately, and the irritating clicking noise may be abated. Correct placement of the tongue on the roof of the mouth takes longer to learn. Based on the principles of Myofunctional Therapy, you will practice exercises to retrain the swallow so that you put your tongue in the right spot, so that all the orofacial muscles work in synchrony. This may take a couple of months to learn, but it is worth it. Learning to swallow properly is essential to keeping your teeth in their right place, in reducing muscle pain, and ensuring the future functioning of your jaw.
If you nursed on a bottle your muscles developed around a spherical object. When breastfeeding, your lips normally flatten and the tongue draws the nipple to the roof of the mouth. This has far-reaching implications in learning to speak and pronounce words properly, and in using the tongue correctly.
Myofunctional Therapy treatment lasts from 6 months to a year, depending on how much you pain you have, and how often you practice your exercises. For those who are diligent, the re-learning can take place in 3 months.
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Relief often occurs immediately, and the irritating clicking noise may be abated. Correct placement of the tongue on the roof of the mouth takes longer to learn. Based on the principles of Myofunctional Therapy, you will practice exercises to retrain the swallow so that you put your tongue in the right spot, so that all the orofacial muscles work in synchrony. This may take a couple of months to learn, but it is worth it. Learning to swallow properly is essential to keeping your teeth in their right place, in reducing muscle pain, and ensuring the future functioning of your jaw.
If you nursed on a bottle your muscles developed around a spherical object. When breastfeeding, your lips normally flatten and the tongue draws the nipple to the roof of the mouth. This has far-reaching implications in learning to speak and pronounce words properly, and in using the tongue correctly.
Myofunctional Therapy treatment lasts from 6 months to a year, depending on how much you pain you have, and how often you practice your exercises. For those who are diligent, the re-learning can take place in 3 months.
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