Yesterday had a bit of a run on intra oral work in clinic, but their initial presentations couldn’t have been more different.
Up first we had a client who had been accidentally kicked on the side of the head by their daughter during a bit of rough and tumble fun. Their jaw had been clicking ever since, and they’d been getting a few headaches. Their neck wasn’t moving too well, with restricted RoM to the right.
Looking at their jaw movement we examined the muscle functionality. We found a masseter under active, and a pterogoid over active.
A quick release and activation later and we had a much better open and close movement. Clicking was reduced in audibility, and cervical rotation improved, but we’ll need to revisit this next session to make further progress once this correction has been integrated into the motor control centre 👍🏻
The second client presented with low back pain. They’d recently had a tooth removed and an implant installed. Compression and decompression of the gomphosis joint was unfruitful. We looked at the fascial tissue around the gum / implant next. We found the fascia on the outside over active, and on the inside under active. We released the over active fascia with a specific vector, activated the under active fascia, and the back pain dissipated significantly. There’s homework to be done to make sure the pattern sticks, but this shouldn’t take long each day 👍🏻
Lastly we had a client presenting with pain in the right leg. They’d recently had a lower brace fitted to help straighten their teeth. We found the fascia around the lower R5 over active, and lower L2 under active. Release and activation, and the leg was feeling much better.
Because the brace is distorting the gomphosis joint and fascial tissue this will not fully resolve until the brace is removed again. We can however help maintain the integrity of the movement patterns whilst the corrective work is happening 👍🏻
Not a dentist 🤩👨🏻🎓🧠💪🏻
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