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Head & Neck Pain
Neck Pain: Neighboring Pains:
Two types contraction:
Muscle bracing: brace jaw muscles to contract neck muscles
Muscle guarding: Pain causes muscles to protect & guard
3 layers neck muscles (outside, intermediate, intercostal)
Added to muscle contraction:
head movement
muscle tension
work posture
muscle brace
trigger points
weight head or shoulders
posture
shrugging
Cervical muscle bracing stimulates jaw clenching, jaw clenching contracts neck muscles
Head Pain: Neighboring Pains:
Added muscle contraction due headache
Muscle bracing
Muscle guarding
Primary Types HA:
Tension Headaches
Migraines
Migraine Pain: sources inflammation
Chewing muscles & joints
Neck muscles & joints
Special organs: ears, nose, sinus, mouth
Virus & Bacteria
Allergies, chemical sensitivities, hypermobility
Tension Headache
Stress sets off biochemical pathway: i) cortisol, ii) adrenalin, iii) tension
Stress causes static muscle contraction of our favorite muscle
Pathway: Stress-sympathetic system-temple contraction-lactic acid buildup-inflammation-pain
Tension headache pain is mostly felt in temples
Temple muscle is chewing muscle
48% women & 38% men have tension HA
Neck Pain: Neighboring Pains:
Two types contraction:
Muscle bracing: brace jaw muscles to contract neck muscles
Muscle guarding: Pain causes muscles to protect & guard
3 layers neck muscles (outside, intermediate, intercostal)
Added to muscle contraction:
head movement
muscle tension
work posture
muscle brace
trigger points
weight head or shoulders
posture
shrugging
Cervical muscle bracing stimulates jaw clenching, jaw clenching contracts neck muscles
Head Pain: Neighboring Pains:
Added muscle contraction due headache
Muscle bracing
Muscle guarding
Primary Types HA:
Tension Headaches
Migraines
Migraine Pain: sources inflammation
Chewing muscles & joints
Neck muscles & joints
Special organs: ears, nose, sinus, mouth
Virus & Bacteria
Allergies, chemical sensitivities, hypermobility
Tension Headache
Stress sets off biochemical pathway: i) cortisol, ii) adrenalin, iii) tension
Stress causes static muscle contraction of our favorite muscle
Pathway: Stress-sympathetic system-temple contraction-lactic acid buildup-inflammation-pain
Tension headache pain is mostly felt in temples
Temple muscle is chewing muscle
48% women & 38% men have tension HA
Tearing Lateral Ligament of TMD Disc Navigation
Open Lock
Interferences/Occlusal Issues
Trauma
Head & Neck Pain
Pain System Escalation
Dual Bite
Tearing Lateral Ligament TMD Disc
Destructive Clench / Grind Symptoms
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