In this age of technology and advancing information, a lot of us have seen manual, physical work become almost obsolete and moved into automatic/robotic type of work. Most of us have instead become slaves to technology ourselves, and can’t get away from computers, phones and other forms of technology that gain and share information. It’s not just a phone call away anymore and there's no longer the classic 9-5 work hours.
Read MoreTMJD stands for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction, which in simple terms means jaw pain. It can cause headaches, neck pain and affect your posture, sleep patterns and the way you eat. And there can often be a tricky cycle of a lot of small muscles around your face and neck impacting on how the jaw moves; and then how your jaw moves can impact on lots of other small muscles, causing them to pull tight and pull back on the jaw and structures around it. Grinding teeth (Bruxism) and jaw clenching have a lot to do with this issue as well. Sometimes the pain will be helped with a night guard - this is a measured and fitted mouth guard (from the dentist) that you wear at night to ease the pressure on your teeth and jaw joint.
Read MoreMyotherapy acts in a similar way to most allied health treatment methods, in that is uses a range of techniques that assess, manage and treat your soft tissue injuries, pain and dysfunction. It’s focused specifically around soft tissue, like muscles, organs and fluid movement through the body.
When working with patients or clients (I prefer to use the term clients), I ask questions during our friendly conversation to get more information from you, rather than just the run of the mill medical type questions. I will observe your movements and do specific movements with you to get a better understanding of what we will be working with.
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