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What is TMJ? Learn about TMJ and How Massage Can Help You!

TMJ dysfunction: pain in and around your jaw with movement of the joint.

3D TMJ Skull

Your Muscles of Mastication, ie. chewing

Muscles that close your jaw: masseter, temporalis and medial pterigoid. Muscles that open your jaw: lateral pterigoid.

Masseter
Masseter
Temporalis
Temporalis
Medial Pterigoid
Medial Pterigoid
Lateral Pterigoid
Lateral Pterigoid
Masseter TrP
Temporalis TrP
Medial Pterigoid TrP
Lateral Pterigoid TrP

Can these TMJ muscles be massaged? Yes. I show you a gentle TMJ massage in the video below. The Pterigoid muscles are harder to get to, as they mostly require going inside the mouth through intra-oral massage. All of these muscles should be massaged when treating TMJ issues.

Trigger Points Refer Pain: Masseter TMJ Muscle

The masseter jaw muscle is the strongest muscle in the body!

Masseter TrP
Lower Masseter TrP
Deep Masseter TrP
  • Upper and lower back teeth
  • Adjacent gums
  • Front of face
  • Under eye
  • Pain may feel like sinusitis
  • Jaw
  • Deep ear pain
  • Ringing in the ear
  • Roaring sound in the ear
  • Itching in the ear
After just two sessions I have dramatic improvement. I’ve been suffering with TMJ for almost two years. Sometimes it was painful to chew, I was unable to… read more
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C. D.
9/18/2014
One appointment gave me more relief than I had ever felt and it lasted for days. When I first started my treatment, I had been experiencing constant jaw pain for years.The original accident where my car… read more
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Camille Roy
2/01/2014
3D TMJ Skull

Relax Your Jaw

Sometimes your jaw just hurts or is regularly tight and sore… Is this you or…

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