Jaw Tension & Our New Jaw Massage Service

The jaw and the tension it holds. We use the muscles of mastication daily, multiple times. Not only eating and talking but also when clenching. Stress and anger may be a large part of the tightness and tension held. How often do you hold in what you would really like to say? This all affects our jaw muscles. When tense, these effects have a trickling effect. It may cause headaches, neck tension, trouble eating and or sleeping. These are just a few.  It houses many unseen imbalances; visually, it holds stagnation in the skin and prohibits proper lymphatic movement. The trickle-down effect is the muscles in the neck carry the burden and literally can pull down our face and change the shape. 

The tension-taming jaw service works from the inside out. Loosening the tight layers and muscles to guide with tracking properly. Massaging the neck, jaw, and internally (inside the mouth) massages muscle tension layers. The service includes work on areas surrounding the vegus nerve. This alone is powerful, the vagus nerve represents the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system because it oversees a vast array of crucial bodily functions, including control of mood, immune response, digestion, and heart rate. It establishes one of the connections between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract and sends information about the state of the inner organs to the brain via afferent fibers.

Marry this with Gua Sha and lymphatic drainage techniques the contrast of heat and cool and is a match made in heaven. This service hurts so good and the relief that dominos into other areas is beyond words.

This blog post was written by Kandi Arnold, LE, LMT

The article sited - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00044/full