terez13
1 post
Feb 23, 2009
7:19 PM
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Has anybody used TMR with trismus or decr jaw opening? What positions worked best and how did you progress them?
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Tom Dalonzo-Baker
101 posts
Feb 24, 2009
7:53 AM
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yes - do the FAB 5, most of the time, you will find the lower extremity motions and the twist the most restricted. Watch the data, don't move to next exercise until you have increased duration/time and done chunking (you want to exhaust the possibilities of one exercise before moving to the next)
Tom
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jen
34 posts
Mar 10, 2009
7:57 AM
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yep yep-had lady with 2 sx on right tmj and 1 on left (basically each side has had total-tmj-replacement) has survived barely with botox to reduce severe constant face/jaw/neck pain and severe ha's......lower body fab 5 were the hardest for her to fully resolve differences in (most effort to balance sides and most frequent performance to keep them balanced) and she would always see sig improvment in jaw opening, ha reduction (only sometimes fully improved-i think she needs to push with more intensity or from deeper seat on ss) and her cervical facet alignment would straighten right up and she felt much looser-she had a set back after going for another set of botox and that took some time to 'clean up' after....recently ive chosen to unwind her lower body (she loves it and so do it-really fun, she moves so well)because she always looks so strained in her face and i just wanna help her (i know she does her fab 5 but it is hard to push yourself too hard when youre nauseous and exhausted from fighting the pain all on your own for so long)...ive gotten 2 visits so far with unwinding her pelvis and she leaves with a clear face and no ha, still a bit of tension in right jaw (thats the worst side) and she has been feeling more like pushing harder with her home fab 5 the day of and after i work on her (then im pretty sure she is stuck still getting discouraged-depite her consistent improvments) - im also pretty sure she is still occasionally 'stretching' her jaw open and her neck in different directions based on some things she has said....i just keep repeating what i have been and 'plant the seed and water it as often as i can-wait for the harvest and hope to be there for it'
tom's mentioned having those with difficulty opening their mouth to gently compress their teeth together for a minute or so and then see if opening is easier-ive actually had that work for me quite often (i dont sig lock up-but after a full day running my mouth :) my jaw is sore and the muscles tighten somewhat)
how's that for some rambling? sorry if it became unclear at any point
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