Jaw pain and tension in your jaw muscles or joint can go hand in hand with facial muscle tightness and even smiling can become painful. You may have pain in your cheeks, facial muscles and jaw, and one of the most common causes of this pain is temporomandibular disorders (TMD) or stress in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
Follow along using some principles of acupuncture for jaw pain, but with your hands, making it acupressure for jaw pain. You will also be doing jaw mobilization, stretching and even some strengthening in this video to give you relief.

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Muscle tension (often from clenching teeth) can cause a pull on the jaw joints and facial pain. Using these TMJ relief pressure points and facial muscle exercises to reduce pain and discomfort in your jaw and TMJ symptoms like inflammation, spasms, swelling, and pain.
By addressing the muscles/pressure points, we have a way to help restore the mechanics of the jaw joints and even the alignment of the cranial bones.

You may be experiencing some of the following symptoms:
Muscle pain around the jaw TMD
Clicking or popping sounds when you move your mouth or chew
Difficulty opening your mouth due to tightness of the jaw
Pain in the front part of your ear that can travel to your cheeks, ear, and temple
Headaches or even migraines (make sure and check out Dr Fields migraine video)
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Buzzing or a sensation of fullness in your ear (see the ETD videos)
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Disturbed sleep, pain in the neck and back (see the Neck Pain Relief Series)
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TMJ Exercises #1 | Jaw Pain Help
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TMJ Exercises #2 | Jaw Pain and Teeth Grinding Help
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TMJ Exercises #3 | IntraOral Massages and Stretches for Jaw Pain
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TMJ Exercises #4 | Exercises for Jaw Popping and Pain
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TMJ Exercises #5 | Posture Exercises for Jaw Pain
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TMJ Exercises #6 | Acupressure for Jaw Pain
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TMJ Exercises #7 | Locked Jaw Relief
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TMJ Exercises #8 / Massage Gun for TMJ
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Dr Adam Fields is a practicing chiropractor in Northern California in the Bay Area and helps people every day in his office with TMJ problems. He uses Endonasal Cranial Adjusting, Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT), Class IV Laser Therapy, posture correction, muscle work, exercises and other techniques to help his patients. You can reach him for inperson or telehealth appointments at www.fieldsfamilychiro.com and click "book online"


0:00 Start
:15 GB3 Acupuncture Point Pressure
1:25 Temporalis Muscle Massage
2:30 Chin Tuck with Open Mouth Exercise
3:20 SI19 Acupuncture Point Anterior to the Tragus
4:40 TE21 Acupuncture Point Acupressure Massage
6:27 Passive Jaw Mobilization
6:56 GB2 Acupuncture Point Massage
8:20 45° Neck Stretch
9:10 ST6 Acupuncture Point Massage
10:20 ST7 Acupuncture Point Massage
12:15 Tongue to Soft Palate Exercises
12:35 Open Mouth Exercise with Neck Lateral Flexion
14:00 Tip of Tongue to Roof of Mouth Saying, "Forgive"

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