Headaches and Jaw Tension
Understand common headache patterns, contributors, and self-care strategies that reduce overload.
Treating Causes, Not Just Symptoms
TMJ Healing Plan
The TMJ Healing Plan: Ten Steps to Relieving Headaches, Neck Pain & Jaw Disorders includes over 50 photos and illustrations to help you identify and address root causes so you can get better faster and stay better longer.
- Soothe head, neck, and jaw pain
- Improve posture and sleep
- Breathe and swallow properly
- Protect jaw joints and support long-term function
85-90% of people with TMJ disorders may be treated with non-invasive, non-surgical, reversible interventions (as referenced on the archived site).
Healing Healthy Habits
PoTSBTLCs is the acronym shared in the book to help readers remember daily habits that improve comfort, breathing, recovery, and function.
Key Problems This Book Helps Address
Clicking or Locking
Learn how to avoid overstretching sensitive structures and reduce everyday triggers.
Muscle Pain and Clenching
Break the cycle of clenching, overuse, and soreness with practical movement and recovery habits.
Inflammation and Flare-Ups
Use first-aid strategies such as cooling, moist heat, sleep, and pacing to calm irritated tissues.
Common Questions
Icing irritated jaw joints or the base of the skull (for headache), plus moist heat for neck and jaw muscles, healthy sleep, and gentle movement can help reduce inflammation and tension.
Keep your tongue on the roof of your mouth when yawning or opening wide to eat, which may help limit overstretching.
Tongue-up rest posture, lips sealed, and healthy swallowing can support head, neck, and jaw stability while improving breathing mechanics and posture.
The archived site describes this as useful for people with head, neck, and jaw issues looking for non-invasive, long-term habits.
Physical Therapy & Myofunctional Therapy
Tongue up with lips sealed and healthy swallowing helps stabilize the head, neck and jaw and improves your breathing and posture. This oral rest posture is now referred to as Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy and is a hot topic today and you can read entire chapters about them (pages 67-104) to learn where to rest your tongue, how to seal your lips and swallow correctly.
You can also visit www.TongueWranglers.com for additional information
Disclaimer
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