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Can You Fix My TMJ

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When trauma (both physical and mental) occurs, our bodies and minds wall off the effects, so we can continue to function. While this has survival value initially, over time it impales our innate sense of wholeness. These effects can include nervous system hyper-vigilance, rigid somatic patterning and conditioned emotional responses. Through skillful touch and bodywork we can facilitate clients in releasing these effects, in becoming present in their bodies and learning to reunite with their experience of wholeness.
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Instructor

Joseph Rodin

Joseph Rodin, assistant, supervised practice leader, and tutor trainee, began practicing massage in 1991 and has taught Trager® Introductory courses and other post-graduate continuing education courses over the past decade throughout the Northwest and beyond.

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We can help improve jaw pain, headache, neck and shoulder problems through TMJ related massage. However, not all therapists enjoy working in people’s mouths. Fortunately, extremely powerful results ensue from working externally.

In this class you’ll learn powerful techniques for freeing up the mandible and TMJ complex and achieving profound relaxation. Specifically, we’ll externally address the following:

  • TMJs
  • Lateral Pterygoids
  • Medial Pterygoids
  • Masseters
  • Temporalises
  • Occipitalises
  • Cranial Base
  • Suprahyoids
  • SCMs and other neck muscles

You will learn a variety of techniques including:

  • Passive compression
  • Longitudinal and cross fiber friction
  • Pin and stretch techniques
  • Active stretching with contract/relax mobilization in ascending and descending chains

You’ll also learn how to help clients with home stretches, jaw stabilizing and other TMJ reducing practices and self mobilization techniques as well as learn about appliances, bruxism, jaw classifications, and neuromuscular relationships between the thoracic, cervical, cranial and TMJ areas.

At the end of this class you will feel comfortable assisting clients in increased range of motion and profound relaxation of the jaw, head, and cranial base.

what people say about the courses

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“A+ Very calming manner, takes time to answer questions. He’s great one on one. I liked the chance to feel for myself what is happening in the body, very easy to follow. Teacher was unexpectedly hilarious, which made me feel less nervous.”
Marci Griffith, LMP
Fantastic. Love the easy going attitude and ability to make the student feel comfortable and at ease while learning new material. Great way to learn how to assess the body in a new way.
Amber Lopez, LMP
This class is up with the best-clear instruction and useful material. I will be able to apply what I have learned immediately. I liked the fact you are teaching us to view the body from the bones and joints to change our way of considering only muscles.
John Tuttle, LMP
Get ready for your mind to be, ‘blown!’ Excellent, great stuff! My only negative is my inability to remember everything, because I want to use it all! Great delivery and mastery of content! I never felt overwhelmed! Liked the ease of presentation, jokes, explanations, awesome!!
Laura Schouten, LMP
Kinowelgeable, relaxed, great with visual hands on demonstration. Highly recommend. Joe makes the class fun. Wonderful hands-on learning that you can use immediately and easy new concepts to incorporate.
Patty Schumm, LMP
It was a great class. Joe was very patient and gave understandable explanations.
Kathy Solie, LMP
Very thorough and willing to walk you through the processes. I would rate the class very high. Nice sense of humor.
Carolyn Brunk, LMP
Joe did a great job keeping terms/language simple and easy to follow. The amount of content was well worth my time and money spent on this class; exceeded my expectations.
Elizabeth Kintner, LMP
Unique, 10/10, rare to see such an integrative philosophy, I”ll be checking into Joe’s other classes
Judy Hammer, LMP
I liked that you acknowledged the complexity of the topics and didn’t try to make it black and white. He was non-judgmental and comfortable w subject matter. Authentic, created a safe space. Very respectful to class members.
Erica Schiller

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