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TMJ and Face Pain Self Care

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  TMJ problems causing jaw and face pain affect many people. This is a little list of self-care treatments to do at home. Please check with your doctor, dentist or health care specialist before doing the treatments, this is not intended to be a substitute for medical diagnosis and treatment, not is it appropriate for all jaw and face pain conditions. WASH HANDS AND WEAR RUBBER GLOVES WHEN DOING THIS TECHNIQUE ON SOMEONE ELSE!! Person is lying supine (soup-pine=face up, "soup is on the belly"). If doing this on yourself, sit in front of the mirror and use the video to help guide you.  TMJ & Face Pain Self Care video 1.    With fingers or thumbs inside mouth, spread the upper molars apart.   Hold for 3 deep inhalations and exhalations. 2.    With fingers or thumbs inside mouth, spread the lower molars.   Hold for 3 deep inhalations and exhalations. 3.    With fingers or thumbs inside mouth, pull the lower molars toward the fee...

Methylation

Methylation is the addition of a methyl group to a molecule or the replacement of an atom or atom group in a molecule with a methyl group. It all sounds like greek and, probably, not that important to you. Even most doctors likely don’t know much, if anything about it. Yet, arguably, methylation may be the most important biochemical process in your body and the most important consideration when your health is in question, especially when nothing seems to help and the doctors you’ve seen just can’t seem to figure out what is causing all the problem. Because cell division and the manufacture of proteins and enzymes within each cell depends on methylation, a huge range of health problems can be due to impaired methylation. Low methylation impairs the production of CoQ10 and can lead to high homocysteine levels in your system resulting in inflammation and damage to the heart and blood vessels. Fatigue is a common symptom associated with this problem because Co...