Jaw-Neck Stretching Exercises | TMJ Exercises and Pain Relief
Channel: Kit Laughlin
Date: 2012-08-31

And here's a free relaxation recording, too (learning how to *really* relax supercharges the stretching):

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/lying-relaxation-scripts/2018-ITS-London-Day1.mp3

Anyone with jaw/neck tension will benefit from doing a relaxation practise every day. There is a second one below.

Our website is https://stretchtherapy.net. There is a great deal of free material there, and zero fluff!

Talking about the exercises now, I have been asked many times to put this sequence up on YT, but until now, I have demurred. Why? Because everyone looks a bit strange doing these—yet few exercise sequences will leave you feeling as good as this one will.

Your bite can be improved using this sequence, as can TMJ problems; this joint is the body's last opportunity to resolve forces acting on the spine. 

Neck tension plagues the majority of people who spend their time behind a computer (like your presenter and editor!); however, much discomfort in the neck--jaw area responds very quickly to some simple stretching exercises.

And adding a daily relaxation practise has a powerful effect on tension in the body, wherever it is experienced. Here is one I recorded at an "Into the Stretch" workshop:

https://lying-relaxation-scripts.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/2019-ITS-day1.mp3

Download onto your phone and do daily.

As well, more information and many articles will be found on our site, too:
https://www.stretchtherapy.net

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Timestamps
00:00 - Context
00:40 - How wide can you open your mouth?
02:10 - Exercise #1
03:10  - TMJ, Balance of Forces
04:40 - Protraction 
05:28 - Retraction
05:44 - Sideways
06:28 - Quick recap
07:31 - Addressing Neck Tension
09:00 - The Jaw-Neck Sequence

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