TMJ Therapy® ......NOW AVAILABLE!
Advanced clinical massage for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (also known as TMJ or TMD). Your treatment with me will involve a thorough consultation, jaw assessment and general walking/postural assessment, clinical treatment, homecare and treatment plan/goals.
Treatments initially concentrate on the neck, head and jaw, designed to get you out of pain and manage your symptoms in 3-6 treatments. Treatments after this focus on creating and maintaining changes within the soft tissues to help keep you out of pain and maintaining function. We will also look at the affects the jaw has on the rest of the body or vise versa.
If you suffer with any of the common symptoms, it is not someting that you have to live with. If you are unsure and simply want to talk to find out more or if this would be beneficial for you, please select the consultation and assessment only option.
Consultation & Assessment Only (please allow approx 60mins) £50
Consultation, Assessment & Initial Treatment (please approx 2 hours) £100
Follow Up Treatments (please allow approx 90mins) £80
Maintenece Treatments (can be booked as a remedial massage session)
TMD is usually categorized into disorders of the joint, disorders of the soft tissues (involving the masticatory muscles) and headaches associated with TMJD.
Common symptoms of TMD:
jaw pain, discomfort and chronic tension
clenching or grinding the teeth
neck and shoulder pain
headaches and migraines
clicking, popping and grating noises in the jaw
jaw locking, missalignment and deviations
limited or difficulty opening of the mouth
ear pain or pressure without infection
toothache without infection
dizziness and vertigo
tinnitus
disordered or troubled sleep, snoring and sleep apnea
The following information is taken from the TMJ Therapy® website:
"The World Health Organisation estimates that 1 in 4 people have TMJ Dysfunction.
However many people have this condition without knowing it. Symptoms are wide and varied. It may be difficult to receive a definitive diagnosis. Some may have it for many years without knowing. Medical intervention is often expensive and invasive with low success rates.
In 2000, after qualifying in massage, and with almost 20 years experience as a dental professional, Tracey Kiernan combined her knowledge and experience to create her unique TMJ Therapy® protocol.
Treating clients on referral from her dental surgeon, Tracey developed and refined her work over years of clinical practice.
This gentle, yet highly effective approach has been helping people for almost 20 years.
The protocol is made up of a unique blend of bodywork techniques, developed by Tracey herself in clinical practice. As her knowledge and experience grew she began to understand the impact of the TMJ on the rest of the body.
With this in mind she developed her protocol further so that TMJ Therapists® are trained in a range of effective massage and myofascial techniques addressing not just the TMJ but the body as a whole. "