Re: chiro inside jaw work - GO RED SOX

[Guest guest]

Wow that sounds really interesting, being 4,5 months post-op

myself, the widest I am able to open is 2 fingers wide. It's however

the same range as before the surgery, so I don't really have the

feeling I am missing out on something. However if there is a

possibility to make the opening a bit wider, why not! Those muscles,

are those way in the back of your mouth, near your molars (from your

lower molars moving up to your upper molars?) And what exactly do you

have to do?

Nathalie

>

> I have regular chiropractic care, but i did go to another one on

> Thursday who showed me exercises to do on the muscles INSIDE my

> mouth in jaw area that seem to be helping with expanding range of

> motion and lessening pain i was experiencing in ears and in muscles

> when yawning etc. It's interesting, but it has to do with putting

> pressure in the belly of the muscle so the spindle cells will start

> to " tell the muscle " to work on getting back to where it should be.

> he said those muscles have really atrophied. I think the muscles

> are the internal and external Pterygoid muscles. Up until this

> point i was using moist heat on the outside of my face and then

> massaging those muscles, on the advice of my surgeon. NOT the

> muscles i should have been working. Since i am still in bands 4

> months later, i needed to get some serious muscle action. This has

> been great and it's only been 3 days. GO RED SOX. , Cape Cod,

> MA

[Guest guest]

Wow that sounds really interesting, being 4,5 months post-op

myself, the widest I am able to open is 2 fingers wide. It's however

the same range as before the surgery, so I don't really have the

feeling I am missing out on something. However if there is a

possibility to make the opening a bit wider, why not! Those muscles,

are those way in the back of your mouth, near your molars (from your

lower molars moving up to your upper molars?) And what exactly do you

have to do?

Nathalie

>

> I have regular chiropractic care, but i did go to another one on

> Thursday who showed me exercises to do on the muscles INSIDE my

> mouth in jaw area that seem to be helping with expanding range of

> motion and lessening pain i was experiencing in ears and in muscles

> when yawning etc. It's interesting, but it has to do with putting

> pressure in the belly of the muscle so the spindle cells will start

> to " tell the muscle " to work on getting back to where it should be.

> he said those muscles have really atrophied. I think the muscles

> are the internal and external Pterygoid muscles. Up until this

> point i was using moist heat on the outside of my face and then

> massaging those muscles, on the advice of my surgeon. NOT the

> muscles i should have been working. Since i am still in bands 4

> months later, i needed to get some serious muscle action. This has

> been great and it's only been 3 days. GO RED SOX. , Cape Cod,

> MA

[Guest guest]

Hey Nathalie, I am in no way giving you advice on how to do this,

but nonetheless, i will tell you what i am doing. I will tell you

also,that for me at least, it was important to have the chiropractor

do it first so that i could tell and feel exactly where he was and

how much pressure he was applying. basically i find the muscles by

going along my upper gums to back of mouth or right under upper

teeth to muscle between upper and lower teeth and i press on the

muscle in a pulsating fashion 18-20 times, 2x a day. they are sore

after only a few days of working on them, but as i said i can open

further and i have no more pain in my ears nor does it hurt as much

when i yawn. that is a BIG plus. If you continue to have any pain

or discomfort similar to mine, seek help. My OS was not the helpful

one here, the chiro was. GO RED SOX!!!

> >

> > I have regular chiropractic care, but i did go to another one on

> > Thursday who showed me exercises to do on the muscles INSIDE my

> > mouth in jaw area that seem to be helping with expanding range

of

> > motion and lessening pain i was experiencing in ears and in

muscles

> > when yawning etc. It's interesting, but it has to do with

putting

> > pressure in the belly of the muscle so the spindle cells will

start

> > to " tell the muscle " to work on getting back to where it should

be.

> > he said those muscles have really atrophied. I think the

muscles

> > are the internal and external Pterygoid muscles. Up until this

> > point i was using moist heat on the outside of my face and then

> > massaging those muscles, on the advice of my surgeon. NOT the

> > muscles i should have been working. Since i am still in bands 4

> > months later, i needed to get some serious muscle action. This

has

> > been great and it's only been 3 days. GO RED SOX. , Cape

Cod,

> > MA

[Guest guest]

Hey Nathalie, I am in no way giving you advice on how to do this,

but nonetheless, i will tell you what i am doing. I will tell you

also,that for me at least, it was important to have the chiropractor

do it first so that i could tell and feel exactly where he was and

how much pressure he was applying. basically i find the muscles by

going along my upper gums to back of mouth or right under upper

teeth to muscle between upper and lower teeth and i press on the

muscle in a pulsating fashion 18-20 times, 2x a day. they are sore

after only a few days of working on them, but as i said i can open

further and i have no more pain in my ears nor does it hurt as much

when i yawn. that is a BIG plus. If you continue to have any pain

or discomfort similar to mine, seek help. My OS was not the helpful

one here, the chiro was. GO RED SOX!!!

> >

> > I have regular chiropractic care, but i did go to another one on

> > Thursday who showed me exercises to do on the muscles INSIDE my

> > mouth in jaw area that seem to be helping with expanding range

of

> > motion and lessening pain i was experiencing in ears and in

muscles

> > when yawning etc. It's interesting, but it has to do with

putting

> > pressure in the belly of the muscle so the spindle cells will

start

> > to " tell the muscle " to work on getting back to where it should

be.

> > he said those muscles have really atrophied. I think the

muscles

> > are the internal and external Pterygoid muscles. Up until this

> > point i was using moist heat on the outside of my face and then

> > massaging those muscles, on the advice of my surgeon. NOT the

> > muscles i should have been working. Since i am still in bands 4

> > months later, i needed to get some serious muscle action. This

has

> > been great and it's only been 3 days. GO RED SOX. , Cape

Cod,

> > MA