Aaron Allen LMT: Chronic Headache and TMJ Massage Specialist

I hesitated to share this article, and for anyone triggered by reading about or viewing surgically graphic material you may want to sit this one out.

This well researched and cited article was infuriating to read, especially in light of what I and my clients know, which is that THE VAST MAJORITY OF TMJ DISORDERS ARE A FUNCTIONAL DISORDER, NOT A STRUCTURAL DISORDER, and that pain free active range of motion can often be restored in a single intra-oral massage session regardless of structural variation or degradation.

If you have experienced this work and relief for yourself please, for the sake of all present and future sufferers, share your experience with your medical and especially dental professionals (along with this article if necessary), they need to hear it!

The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments - KFF Health News TMJ disorders affect as many as 1 in 10 Americans and yet remain poorly understood and ineffectively treated. Many common treatments used by dentists lack scientific evidence.

A great talk full of practical tips and explanations for how we can learn to reprogram our relationship to pain.

How to Hack Your Brain When You're in Pain | Amy Baxter | TED Have we misunderstood pain? Researcher and physician Amy Baxter unravels the symphony of connections that send pain from your body to your brain, explaining ...

New pharmaceutical options and administration routes continue to be approved by the FDA for migraine disorder. Not an endorsement for this approach, but food for thought/discussion for your next medical visit.

US FDA approves Pfizer's nasal spray for migraine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer Inc's nasal spray for migraine, giving patients access to a potentially fast-acting pain-relief option for headaches.

"Even if you are feeling sore, gentle motion can be soothing. "For musculoskeletal pain in general, movement is a really good thing..."

Got neck and back pain? Break up your work day with these 5 exercises for relief Hunching over screens takes a toll. Movement researchers say you can prevent pain from accumulating by taking quick breaks for movement. Here are 5 exercises to try that take a minute or less.

Nearly half of Oregon’s 36 counties still fall into the high transmission rate category for COVID-19, and along with an impending Flu season, the Oregon Health Authority has decided the state still will require masks in health care facilities at least through the respiratory virus season.

Oregon will keep masks mandatory in health care settings, at least through flu season The Oregon Health Authority said despite federal relaxation of masking rules, the state still will require face coverings in health care facilities at least through the respiratory virus season.

It is thought that psychedelics might disrupt connections between resting-state brain networks that become ingrained as people ruminate on their pain or fixate on the ever-present threat of it coming back. Castellanos says that for people with persistent pain, their bodies are “practising experiencing pain every day”. Psychedelics might be able to reset those neural pathways.

The psychedelic remedy for chronic pain Drugs best known for their hallucinogenic properties, such as psilocybin, could help people beat the agony of migraines and other painful maladies.

This small scale study none the less showed some incredible results for chronic tinnitus sufferers, and it will be interesting to watch this space as scientists may have struck upon a brand new treatment for this previously resistant condition.

Integrative Treatment for Tinnitus Combining Repeated Facial and Auriculotemporal Nerve Blocks With Stimulation of Auditory and Non-auditory Nerves BackgroundTinnitus is a prevalent condition (>10% of the population) affecting the quality of life of 0.5–3% of the population. Although several treatments have been proposed, most of these lack evidence of efficacy in the treatment of chronic tinnitus. Thus, we aimed to evaluate an integrative tr...

Incredibly succinct animated brief describing our modern understanding of pain science.

The mysterious science of pain - Joshua W. Pate Explore the biological and psychological factors that influence how we experience pain and how our nervous system reactions to harmful stimuli.--In 1995, the...

I'm feeling blessed to announce the re-opening of my online calendar as well as my return to practice from pandemic absence. There are a whole lot of changes, with information available on my website. Please don't hesitate to reach out if I can be of service in any way.

Aaron Allen LMT: Chronic Headache & TMJ Massage Specialist Helping clients with TMJD, Migraine and Chronic Headache find answers to their pain.