Jaw Strain
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Thoughts About Orthodontics
I am creating a hypothesis around a unique office visit. A 24-year-old man presented at his eighth visit with unexplained…
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An Important Aspect of the Work at Birth
The work at birth offers so many benefits. For a few babies this one advantage maybe monumental. An adult patient…
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“I Cannot Stop Clenching My Teeth at Night.”
A patient relates: “I have constant teeth, jaw, and neck pain from clenching. No matter what I do, nothing helps.”…
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Small Mouth Opening
After the second tongue-tie revision, the surgeon said the baby had a small mouth opening—here’s why. A five-month-old presents with…
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Infant Healing
Infants can present the layers of their traumatic onion in their own space and time. Our job as therapists is…
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Childhood Anger
A preteen, who loves ballet dancing, presented for evaluation. Her mom said she has distinct emotional highs and lows during…
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A Family’s Feelings About The Gillespie Approach
This post presents the emotional aspect of therapy from the recent May 3rd and 10th stories about an anxious and…
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Birth Trauma Possibly Led to Rotated Molar
Today, a 12-year-old boy with ALF (alternative lightwire function) orthodontics presented with a rotated lower molar. In the conventional dental…
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TMJ Issue Connected With Fascial Strain
A former patient with a right TMJ problem presented last week with something new—pain opening her jaw on the left…
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