Lateral Pterygoid Muscle - Trigger Point Release for Jaw and Cheek Pain
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2019
- Trigger points in the lateral pterygoid muscles may be responsible for millions of cases of cheek and jaw pain each year.
Whilst these trigger points are a little awkward to locate and release, they can usually be treated quite quickly by a trained therapist.
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If you've ever had a tooth drilled at the dentist, you have trauma stored in this muscle. If you've ever had orthodontics, all the trigeminal muscles will be bound up in a complex tension pattern that radiates outward to the spine at large. If you're highly dextrous (to the fault where your left hand is highly impaired), you will have extreme tension in the left lateral pterygoid compared to the right, and this is the linchpin for a larger off-center holding pattern of the body. Release of these muscles can lead to an incredible transformation, but it cannot be done by another, but only by the subject on their own as a stretch of the upper cervical spine driven by the pandiculation reflex. Here, forced activation of the brachial plexus engages the scalenes changing the relationship of head, neck and shoulders, and so releasing the compensatory line of tension from sphenoid through jaw and into chest. A deeper pandiculation, involving pelvic obturation, brings about a sympathetic engagement of the psoas that likewise releases the legs through the bottlenecked femoral nerve. Essentially the yawn reflex is our natural tension release mechanism, and apart from gyration of the limbs, the yawn itself does the same for the jaw, targeting the pterygoidals as the source of impediment. In other words, yawning is the essential movement of the lateral pterygoid, and it drives a release that spreads outward not only to the whole body, but to any living creature within your aura as an act of essential sympathetic magic. Point is, there is no passive solution for our body problems. Osteo can help by drawing a client's attention to their problems in ways they might otherwise overlook. Chiro can help by simulating the experience of release to assist the client in finding it on their own through stretch. But in the end, this is not medicine; one cannot simply sit back and be cured. Passivity is the whole problem. Only through one's own agency, through willfull effort to symmetrically engage their body, may a body be healed. This is probably the single most important piece of information that most people need to hear.
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Incredible insight and I fully agree based on my own experience and observation.
So where do you suggest we start?
my friend what would you suggest for a lock jaw when you yawn?
@@victoriaboland4662 it starts by balling your fists and bringing them up towards your ears with your elbows bent. In this position you are looking to gather a potential energy that is released by reaching your arms outward in order to release tension in your neck and upper back. This is the pandiculation reflex and it is the behaviour nature gave you to release deep tension in the spine and restore your natural balance.
Some heroes don't wear capes -- just a single latex glove. Hoping this helps with my lockjaw!
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How are u now?
@@kimchee-ys8qw Oh, man, I forgot about this since it was 2 years ago. My jaw locked up when the dentist gave me a deep shot in the back of my jaw for taking care of some cavities. The needle caused my jaw muscles to seize up (mostly shut, I couldn't even fit a small sandwich in my mouth) and it lasted for like a week or two until I found this video. I did the moves in this video and I remember immediately seeing a difference. I repeated these steps several times an hour for half a day and everything released. I think I took 800mg of ibuprofen as well to help relax the sore muscle.
Your voice is very calm and relaxing
Oh thank you!
Thanks a million. Your techniques have given me so much tmj relief.
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Thank you, Jonathon! How are you? This is brilliant - love the practical detail.
I've been getting right-sided cluster headaches in a trigeminal nerve distribution daily for the last three weeks - seriously painful! I've tracked it back to the lateral pterygoid, with a bit of contribution from tight temporalis and masseter. I assume a tight, shortened lateral pterygoid with adhesive fibrotic tethering adding to the loss of elasticity - happens with other muscles as one gets older so why not this one?
It's much better immediately after getting going with trigger point/myofascial release, plus release massage for the bits I can reach from the outside including temporalis and masseter. I'm trying to work out the very best stretch for it. From the action and direction of the muscle fibres, it would seem that jaw retraction and maximal opening will do a reasonable stretch. I've simply been lying on my back, relaxed, then using both hands to gently push my jaw back into retraction, then slowly opening the jaw to maximum and holding the stretch.
However I'd like to add in a jaw deviation component to maximise the stretch. I'm not sure which side to push the jaw to - there are conflicting reports. Any ideas?
Best wishes, Steve August.
Brilliant! Thank you !
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I have dealt with this pain for so many years!! I just did this to myself and thank you so much!! My jaw is not swallow giving me that puffy eye look !! Thank you
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My masseter was broken by NHS restoration Dep where they forced in a Huge Obturator after having Maxillectomy . This treatment helps the grow back of the muscle
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Thank you for this video it has proven to be helpful!
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Wow, I didn't even do this properly and it helped tremendously!
Had pain for a week, and this never occurred to me. I was trying in vain to massage the outside.
Thank you!!
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whats the technical name of the device that avoid bitting our fingers?
Face tattoo on dudebruh's face really helped me. Totally worth dry heaving for the massage. Trying that tongue trick helped that a lot.
Omg i did the i seize ines prior
But just did the outside ine and it opened up my jaw!!!!!! It’s been 6 years!!!!
Do you have another video for the medial pterygoid release?
thank you
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What kind of Doctor/therapist are you? I have had a very painful TMJ for 9 months. I cannot find any one (MD, Dentist, therapist) to help me.
We all know how good it feels to apply pressure to a tight muscle but I’ve found that the relief is fleeting. I’m wondering if anyone out their understands HOW to relax the muscle because another muscle isn’t doing it’s job. It’s a compensation.
Essentially the tight muscle is “overworking” because of misalignment. Turn on the muscle that “should” be doing the work and you solve the problem. Also, their must me a way of “seeing” a misalignment. That will help point us to the problem. I don’t know enough about the skull structure to see it.
@james lozano excatly. Now understood what wrong am doing. I had masseter tightness so i turned of and used lateral pterygoid to bite and now petrygoid spasm happend. I should trun on masster to work properly to aviod it. Am i right here
Where exactly are you pressing- you never explain that
Can this muscle spasm cause tinnitus ? Because when i open my mouth wide the tinnitus pitch change
Yes
Of cource.I have ETD and Tinnitus, because of it.
Yup!! Smh I'm experiencing it now all because I wanted to eat something crunchy!!🤦🏽♀️
Yep it caused my tinnitus sinus inflammation and loss of smell headaches anxiety nausea for 3 years this video helped release it , I think excessively chewing gum or stress caused it
The external trigger point release (using the ischemic principle in your other video) gave me relief after 4 months of pain from spasm of lateral pterygoid. How frequently can/should this be done? Leave it alone if I'm not having the ear/jaw pain? The intra oral approach was also somewhat effective but i could not reach it well enough and i was irritating the tissue trying to push in there. Thank you so much for posting this. All other videos only show intra oral approach.
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Do it as much as you can tolerate it! Those having difficulty with finding the right position, try wrapping the opposite pinky up and back behind the last upper molars. Press gently and find the tender spot. Hold there as much as you can tolerate it. This releases tension in the muscle, and can be quite painful. Between presses, ice the TMJ. Also, eat soft foods and try not to open/close often.
Best of luck!
How often should you do this and how long does it take ?
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Ischemic Pressure principle is stressing me....painful like hell
Push in… toward the tongue? It feels better if I push out… toward the cheek
This guy is like deepak Chopra
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