POSTUROLOGY , FORWARD HEAD POSITION, SLEEP APNEA AND TMJ (TMD) DISORDERS

POSTUROLOGY BRINGS TOGETHER OF OF THE GROUPS WHO WORK WITH MUSCLES, BONES, JOINTS, POSTURE, BITES, LEGS AND FEET. CHIROPRACTERS, OSTEOPATHS, DENTISTS, MASSAGE THERAPISTS, EXERCISE THERAPISTS AND OTHER THAT DO MANUAL BODY WORK MEET ON COMMON GROUND.WHAT MANY OF THESE OTHER SPECIALTIES MISS THAT IS WELL UNDERSTOOD BY NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF AIRWAY AND BREATHING DURING WAKING

SEVERE HEADACHES, MIGRAINES, FACIAL PAIN or TMD RELIEF : DR SHAPIRA CAN ARRANGE THREE DAY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT APPOINTMENT IN HIS OFFICE.

DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR PAIN RELIEF?I frequently receive requests for referrals from across the country for patients with severe pain problems. While I usually try to find a Neuromuscular Dentist close to where you live some patients need more a very experienced practioner. I have been treating chronic pain for over 34 years since graduating dental school. While in school I was a pain

POSTUROLOGY AND TMD (TMJ) DISORDERS: WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHES, MIGRAINES AND TENSION-TYPE HEADACHES.

THE JAW IS ESSENTIAL IN THE REGULATION OF NORMAL BODY POSTURE. THE SWALLOW SERVES AS A NEUROMUSCULAR RESETTING MECHANISM THAT CAN CORRECT OR CAUSE POSTURAL PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BODY. THERE ARE ONLY THREE MAJOR SET POINTS IN THE BODY FOR NEUROMUSCULARLY RESETTING POSTURE. ONE IS THE BITE WHEN WE SWALLOW APPROXIMATELY 2000 TIMES A DAY. THE SECOND IS OUR FEET /LEGS /HIPS WHEN WE STAND

TMJ disorders, headaches and facial pain frequently involve cervical musculature. Acute pain relief is accomplished with cervical muscle injection

An article (pubmed abstract below) in the Journal of Orofacial Pain. "Treatment of acute orofacial pain with lower cervical intramuscular bupivacaine injections: a 1-year retrospective review of 114 patients." dicusses the use of cevical intramuscular injections to turn off acute pain in the ER. The study showed that 94% of patients had complete of partial relief with injection of a long acting

Severe Continuous Headache. Look for Trigeminal Nerve involvement

DIANA: Hi, for the past 2 1/2 weeks, I am experiencing major headaches about every other day. They are always right in the center of my head and don't go away unless I take a strong Ibuprofen dosage. And sometimes come back a few hours later. Sometimes I don't get them until night time, but I have woken up with them occasionally. I suffer from migraines off an on ,but typically that would be

Chronic Headaches and facial pain are often incorrectly blamed on chronic sinusitis

TMD (TMJ) is frequntly an undiagnosed cause of Headache and Facial Pain according to an article in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. The article " Temporomandibular dysfunction: an often overlooked cause of chronic headaches. " is found in Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2007 Oct;99(4):314-8. states that "many patients with the disorder are routinely mislabeled as experiencing chronic

MIGRAINE TREATMENT WITHOUT DRUGS. MIGRAINES ARE USUALLY RELATED TO THE TRIGEMINAL NERVES, THE BEST TREATMENT IS TO CORRECT NEURAL INPUT.

There are many different kinds of Migraines and headaches. They all share the same basic features, a common pattern that is frequently seen with migraine is an initial dull ache that develops into a constant, throbbing and pulsating pain that can be experienced in the temples, front or back of one side (or both sides)of the head. The pain is usually accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and

Libertyville: TMJ Problems, Learn how Neuromuscular Dentistry can alleviate or eliminate your pain. Learn how Neuromuscular Dentistry can change you

TMJ disorders can cause sever migraines, facial pain, tension-type headaches as well as diverse symptoms like tinnitus, sinus pain and pressure, dizziness and neck pain. Patients frequently spend years looking for an answer to their pain. All patients with chronic head and neck pain should read "SUFFER NO MORE: DEALING WITH THE GREAT IMPOSTER" in Sleep and Health Journal. Don't suffer

Intense Migraines: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Trigeminal Neuropathy or a simple problem best addressed through Neuromuscular Dentistry and an orthotic.

Carolyn: Intense migrane headaches with jaw, neck, shoulder, face, sinues,eye and ear pain, also numb feeling on face. I had MRI's done of my head and neck and was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia, seeked Gamma Knife, was told I wasn't a canidate and to have an MRI of my neck, had that done, nothing showed up, then was told I had Trigeminal Neuropothy. I was diagnosed with TMJ a long time ago

Cervicogenic Headache and TMD (TMJ): Treatment of TMD Improves Treatment Outcomes of Cervicogenic Headaches

A recent article on cervicogenic headaches published in Cranio (abstract below)titled "Effect of treatment of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in patients with cervicogenic headache: a single-blind, randomized controlled study." reports on treatment effectiveness being improved when the THJ component are also treated. Even more exciting is that long term improvement in the neck problems were

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Migraine. Is this an example of a neuromusclar Trigeminally mediated headache?

A recent article in "Headache" dated May 17, 2011 (see abstract below) discusses migraines and PTSD. It details how these types of problems are much more common in women and suggests a sex hormonal component to the pain. The statistics are very similar to what is found in MPD (Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction) and TMJ / TMD 9Temporomandibular Dysfunction). These are also found more frequently

New research on Migriane Medication focuses on Trigeminal Nerve

A recent article in Cephalgia (see abstract below) focuses on the kynurenine family of compounds which are metabolites of tryptophan in treating migraines. The use of Neuromuscular Dentistry uses neural input to correct chemical imbalances in the Trigeminal Nervous System to treat and eliminate migraines and chronic daily headaches.The use of drugs to alter neurotransmitters has been shown to be