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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- Together we are the most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- In our own opinion, of course, Bob.
- Today, Brad, we are going to talk about absolute
best TMJ treatment you can do yourself for quick relief.
This is an updated video, we did this one before.
We're going to do a better job now
and we're going to have better sound
and just overall it's gonna look great.
- And you're gonna feel better, actually.
- Right.
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- Very well put Bob.
- All right.
- Could have swore you said that before
somewhere along the line.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- All right, so, TMJ, temporomandibular joint.
Everyone has TMJ if you have a jaw`and you can talk.
So actually--
- That's not the problem.
TMJ is not the problem.
- Right. It's a disorder. - A syndrome.
- TMD, technically, but that's just something,
we don't need to dwell on that.
We can look at the skull though,
and find out why you have the pain.
And, just so you know,
symptoms that you have,
and you know if you have it,
some people have different symptoms.
- Sure.
- From pain, popping, clicking, headaches.
- Sure. - All part of this.
- Especially headaches up in this area, here.
- People that grind their teeth.
This can be associated with that.
I'm amazed at our other video
how many people over the last three years have commented,
"Boy, this worked well." - Right.
- Decreased the pain.
We're gonna add one more thing we forgot to add last time,
and then we're going to start out with that.
Before you do these exercises
we're going to show you posture.
- Right, and you wouldn't think posture
would have anything to do with your joint, your jaw joint.
- Right. - But it does.
- It has a lot to do, particularly head forward posture,
which is extremely common,
particularly in the last decade
because of our use of the phones,
computer use, sitting all the time.
- I think always one thing to point out, Brad, is
try eating and swallowing with good posture.
- Yeah.
- And then try eating and swallowing with forward
head posture and you will find out
you can't do it very well
because of the position of your jaw.
- Right.
- And your throat.
- Yep. - So--
- So that's a fundamental of good jaw mechanics.
- Right, good posture.
- So the big thing is, it is important
that you work on your posture.
Chin tucks are a great one to do.
We've done these in many other videos.
A chin tuck is basically tucking your chin like this
and stretching the back of the neck.
Shoulders back too.
- Shoulders back and you're also
not going down or up,
you're just going straight back.
You can do 'em throughout the day.
Do 'em in the car.
That's a great place to do 'em.
- Right, usually three to five reps is good
if you do 'em every couple hours.
- Sure.
- The next thing is avoid just chewing
hard-to-chew things.
What's going on, if you look at the joint.
Here's your jaw, and right here is the TMJ joint.
Can you focus in on this a little bit, Mike, please?
- [Bob] I thought TMJ stood for the mouth jaw? (laughs)
Nevermind, that's a little joke.
- Why, Bob?
That deserves a why, Bob.
If everything's working smooth
the joint opens and close very nicely,
but what happens usually one side of the jaw
or the other gets misaligned,
gets locked up for whatever reason
and then there'll be some clicking where the joint
is not operating smoothly if you will.
- [Bob] Quite often it can be the muscles around it.
- Right.
- They might be tight or they might be sore,
and so they're throwing off the mechanics of it.
- Right, so that's exactly what this treatment
is going to work on.
The two primary muscles,
the masseter, the one right there.
Oh, my God! (laughs) - Oh, my God!
He lost another tooth. (laughs)
- So, that jaw, you ever see a horse?
They got massive masseter muscles.
- Sure.
- It's that joint, that muscle right there,
or the mandibular, right there.
That's in that temple.
The temporalis, I'm sure. - Temporalis, yes.
- I got all thrown off with the--
- If you'll face this way, Brad,
and point to the muscles that you have.
Right there. - Right there, yeah.
And masseter right there.
- Let's put the head back on. I feel bad.
- Yeah, nothing to lose your head over. (laughs)
- (laughs) You're killing me, Bob.
All right, let's get on with the simple massages.
Um, we're going to have to work around our mic system.
That's the only disadvantage with this video
with the new mic system.
- Right.
- We're going to work the mandibular muscle, okay?
Bob, can... - The masseter.
Masseter. Boy, I am really off...
- Yeah, you're thrown off now.
Okay, so we're gonna move up and down, right, Brad?
- Yeah. Actually, we're gonna start moving up, just up.
- Okay, just up.
- Just up and with the jaw gently closed.
Up and you're gonna do this, and you're gonna
use these three fingers and get those fingertips in there.
Take your time with it. Think about your breathing.
(inhales slowly) Relax your breathing.
- And your posture. I want you to be
in good posture while you're doing this.
You don't want to be head forward like this.
That's why it's good to be in a chair even.
- Yes.
- And with a back support.
- Precisely, Bob.
Now, actually, this is a good one you can do right
with us on this video so just jump right in any time.
And, after you do that, you know, five to ten repetitions,
then you're gonna go up to your-
Did you hear that, Mike? Is that making noise?
- [Mike] It sounds like sandpaper.
- Oh, really? I didn't shave this morning,
but don't tell anyone.
Up, oh! The temporalis muscle. This is the one.
I don't have TMJ and this feels fantastic one way
or another. Work those muscles.
Then the next one is simply the reverse.
Instead of going the vertical strokes, we're going
to go downward. And you can reverse it right
on the temporalis muscle.
(inhales deeply) Breathe in. - Yeah, breathe in.
- And again, good posture.
- Oh, yes.
Nice.
- Okay.
- And then we'll go down on the masseter.
What's the masseter muscle named after?
Is that one of those Latin words for something?
- I imagine.
- Okay. Next one. Ah, you're gonna take,
you can do this with your fingers,
or you can do it with your knuckles.
Jaw still gently closed and work circles.
You can go clockwise. You can go-
- Are we messing our mics sounding bad?
- [Mike] Yeah.
- How about we just show them one side?
- Yeah, one side. You can do both sides
and it's okay just to do one side at a time.
You can kind of support your jaw with your other one.
Yeah and work those knuckles in there.
- Work it both ways and work deep down into the muscles.
- The idea is that you get those muscles that are tight
to loosen up and allows the mechanics
to go back where they should.
- Right, working the way they should.
- Exactly.
- You're not going to have the imbalance.
- Yep. And you can, again, do that on the
temporalis. You bet. - On the temporal itself.
Now, the last one. (laughs)
- (laughs) Yeah, my glasses.
- My glasses aren't working either with that.
Is do it with the jaw open. Be a little more careful
when you open the jaw (mumbles) yeah,
you do it, Bob, I'll talk. So, and you can do the-
- Up or down?
- Or the circles.
- Okay.
- Just go through them all, and you're gonna spend,
you know ten to fifteen seconds
What are you laughing at, Mike?
- (laughs)
- Can you hear me?
- [Mike] Yeah. - (laughs) Okay.
And then work it that way.
Now, we've got two other videos coming up
with actual strengthening exercises that are also going
to promote jaw mechanics with this.
Mike, you got TMJ, we're gonna work with him on this too.
Or he's talking about jaw pain.
Ah, so those are coming up over the next few weeks too so.
- All right, we can't wait.
Remember, uh, we can fix just about anything.
- Except for.
- A broken heart.
- A broken heart is right, Bob.
- But we're working on it.
- And we won't stop.
- Thanks for watching.
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