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Dr. Joe Damiani - TMJ, Head & Neck Specialist on Instagram: "Comment the word ‘JAW’ on this video if you need help fixing TMJ or Jaw pain and I’ll help you out! Does your jaw shift when you open it? Does it also feels stiff or maybe even clicks and pops? Well, the lateral pterygoid muscle attaches onto the TMJ actually pulling the disc in their anteriorly. This can result in two things… 1.) A disc displacement, which very commonly will shift the draw towards the side of the spasms lateral pterygoid. 2.) if there is no disc displacement, the spasm and self can just shift the jaw towards the opposite side as seen in this video. The first thing we wanna do is see if we can release any spasm. The tightness with the result is for your jaw, functionality and symptoms. The lateral pterygoid
Dr. Joe Damiani - TMJ, Head & Neck Specialist on Instagram: "Do you experience fullness in the ear? Maybe it feels like it’s clogged or even hurts sometimes but the ENT says nothing’s wrong with it? Well, the jaw is a very common culprit of ear issues. And specifically when it comes to a clogged fullness, feeling the medial pterygoid muscle can contribute to it. You see when the medial pterygoid has spasms in it it does not let the tensor veli palatini do its job which allows eustachian tube to dilate which relieves inner ear and sinus pressure. In this video, I demonstrate a simple release you can do to get relief now. Keep in mind other symptoms such as an ear ache that feels literally exactly like an earache and even tonight as can be causing to jaw or TMJ also. If you’re starti
