Still using this 6 years on whenever I get jaw tension. Was interested to learn that the jaw muscles are connected to the hips and it since I had a replacement hip that I get jaw tension. But these exercises really help. Thank you

@KitLaughlin

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear this.

Great content Kit! Felt a lot of new stretch sensations with this sequence!

Amazing tension and pain relief. 🙏

Holy **** this felt amazing. THANK YOU

Thank you much needed

Astonishing content! Thanks!

@KitLaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

A small gift to the world.

You're an angel Dude. So helpful.

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, just an ordinary dude who used to hold massive jaw muscle tension. I decided I didn't want it, and these simple exercises were what did it for me (along with a few simple neck exercises, of course). Thanks for commenting!

You are amazing!

Stress was causing my jaw muscles to hurt sooo much months ago, I would have loved to have found this then. But it was still wonderfully helpful now.

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Download the audio recording I linked to above (in the description); everyone needs this these days. All our audio relaxation recordings are free, and available from our site, link in the description.

Thank you. Immediate relief !!

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Keep going, though: once that present state/feeling becomes the new normal, that pain will be a memory. Two-three times a week is a good place to start, if TMJ problems have troubled you.

Great set, great info. ❤👍🌟

@KitLaughlin

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, sincerely. Half the time (more, actually) YT does not let me know someone has commented. Worse is this morning's event: someone wrote something really nice about the sitting for meditation video, and neither google or YT can find this comment in their own system... Anyhow, sincere thanks for writing.

I'm so excited. Omg amazing. Gold mine. If you can believe someone would get excited by watching a person look like a lunatic ... I'm so excited. I said that already. But I'm doubly excited.

@KitLaughlin

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler; note to self. Do not had five coffees before commenting on YT! Let us know how you go with it, once you've tried it. Thanks for commenting; I really did laugh out loud!

Thank you for this video! I have been having so much jaw pain lately and it really helped loosen the tension:) I love all your work !!!

@KitLaughlin

4 жыл бұрын

Add the neck exercises and you can supercharge this effect. And if you want to REALLY learn how to be more relaxed in daily life, we have well over a hundred free relaxation recordings on our site, most recorded while I was teaching in Asian monasteries. We are in the process of uploading these to the new site presently, and I will link in the top level description once done.

@christinelapierre5165

4 жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin thank you so much! I will do that for sure. A few years ago I had a back injury, and your videos have helped me more than you know! thanks again :)!!!

Really unique techniques here glad I stumbled across this, I'm currently trying to solve some middle ear fullness on the right side that has been ongoing for over a year now. I get so much fluid it turns hard and will not drain. If I continuously try to pop my right ear I can loosen the fluid and it will slightly drain, only to return again and repeat the cycle... My neck on the posterior right side is always in pain which I believe is contributing to my ear issues. My left jaw is tighter than the right, and Along with trying to release my tight chest muscles I will also do this to try and find some relief, thanks!

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Please let us know how you go. As well, add a relaxation exercise practise, daily, too; try this one: lying-relaxation-scripts.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/2019-ITS-day1.mp3 Adding a daily relaxation practise will supercharge the stretching exercise's effects.

Wau, that was awesome ! 😄👍 And it works really good in my face! With all this “Corona craziness” in the place that I live, I’m feeling lately very angry/ frustrated inside and I’m biting hard at night in my sleep... And for that cause my jaw and neck muscles now are felling awful! This was so good 💗 Thank you very much for sharing this great knowledge in your channel 🙏🏻😊 Now I’m going to apply this as a part of my Sadhana! Jaja I also enjoy from the last videos, to learn more about injuries and how to prevent and also treat/cure them. What a great content! Keep all this info coming! It’s great to hear more about it, because I practice and teach Yoga most every day and this can bring more awareness to my own daily practice and also the way that I guide the students in to the asanas. I do it always in a very gentle, step by step way, bust most of the time people try to go further, even if they can’t, for many reasons. Maybe if I bring just another approach through words to them, to feel it and be more respectful and kind, they can do it in a more loving way too. I wish you and your team all the best. Blessings from Germany! Om Shanti 🌟 Om Peace V.

@KitLaughlin

4 жыл бұрын

We have an excellent teacher in Germany and he is running on-line classes from time to time, too. His instagram is: instagram.com/markusbends/?hl=en

@mariavirginiaokovic9064

4 жыл бұрын

Thank a lot for this information ! That’s very kind of you 🙏🏻😊 I love your content, the esthetics and quality of your videos. I really enjoy to learn with you and your team. Best wishes for your path 🌟 Om Shanti Virginia

Hi Kit. I’ve been having difficulty/discomfort swallowing since having issues with a tight/sore neck. This tension seems to be all round my neck; front, back of neck, etc. I often have tension headaches and I’ve also more lately felt it as TMJ discomfort and the swallowing issues persist . Initially a few months ago I was having issues with chest/mid and upper back spasms which worsened as my posture worsened as I had to quarantine at home 2 times in a row for about 3/4 weeks and was fairly sedentary during that time as I didn’t know what would help/harm my muscle spasms. I think my relaxed posture is one of anterior pelvic tilt, shoulders rounded forward, head forward and down with the chin down as I work at a laptop for long hours each day /use my phone a lot. I think this chin down causes a lot of my throat tightness. The back and front of my neck are particularly tight. It seems my hyoid muscles or the muscles in this region are very tight. I think my issues are as a result of long term: bad posture, anxiety/ stress and muscular imbalances. Im 20 years old(male) so the swallowing issue has been concerning. It seems to be mechanical/ muscle related due to the nature of it. It’s easier to swallow when my chin is tucked down for example. To address my posture and back imbalances I have started doing facepulls, prone y raises, band pullaparts and rows, I find myself spasming more for a few days that follow due to the muscle soreness but try to keep moving and active to help the muscles heal. The back and chest issues are irritating but definitely manageable as I think after the few days of pain following the training they are better than before. However I can’t seem to figure out my neck/swallowing issues. Last night following doing facepulls/regressed ring rows(on rings), prone Y raises and band pullaparts I tried to do day one of stretch therapy starter course. However I found it difficult to do as my back and neck spasmed a lot when doing it as I tried the stretching after my light training. So my question to you is how would you recommend approaching these swallowing issues and tight neck and what do you find is the best way to correct bad posture? I know the muscle spasms etc indicate muscle tightness/weakness but I don’t know where to start. I am prone to get stressed out which I know causes/worsens these issues through tension. I have been particularly stressed out over the past few years and especially more recently. I’m currently living with my large family temporarily and there is a lot of stress which makes it hard to relax. Any help greatly appreciated. Love your work Kit. Big love from Ireland 🙏❤️ Edit: In your video about frozen shoulder you mentioned the patient holding her arm across the chest. This is something I have been doing a lot over the past few months without realising also. Thought it was interesting. Apologies for the long post✌️

@KitLaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

Hello there; I did read your whole post here-there is no doubt that learning how to genuinely relax will help all of the problems you describe. There is a link to one of our many free recordings above, in the description. Do this practise every day, for at least a month, and three months if you are serious about change. If you find that learning how to stretch causes spasms, try the workout again, but not on a day when you have been strength training (although, usually we recommend stretching after movement or strength training, as for most people stretching is easier then), and have a hot shower (or, better, a bath) before you try the program again. And *move slowly*; as I noted on a exercise I posted this week, little cramps and spasms are to be expected when you start, because the body is in unfamiliar territory. Usually, if you can learn to relax in general, and you approach your stretching slowly, and again and again, you'll find that you'll have a workout one day where you won't have any cramping or spasming at all, and your journey will have begun in earnest.

@equinn5013

2 жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin Thanks a million Kit, I look forward to that day and I will follow your advice to the best of my ability!❤️ I will make daily relaxation practise part of my life. It is definitely vital for us all nowadays! Thanks for taking the time to answer! Keep doing what you do so well. Peace and love x

Plz ... Is this exercise can widen the face and help to get a square face shape?

I feel like these neck exercises are great for tension! When I look up and draw my teeth together my neck feels so tight (feels like my skin is stretching) Is that ok??

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Most definitely OK, and necessary (if you want to be able to bend your head and neck backwards without restriction and discomfort!). Thanks for commenting.

omg when i moved my jaw sideways to the left my neck muscle on the left started to twitch like crazy, and that is also were my neck muscles are absolutely hard an tight and contracted is it safe if i keep doing it?

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

It is only by trying things like this that you can become aware of where you hold tension. Make sure you download the relaxation recording (in the description above) and use that daily, too. And wait a day or two before very gently trying the sequence again. Also, because this tension is strongly related to general neck tension, search on this channel for neck and upper back stretches and try these, too.

I did this and felt a lot of relief!! How many times a week should we do these exercises? And my Mum has multiple myeloma, a bone cancer - would she be able to do these stretches?

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Try a couple of times a week to start with-once I had designed and learned them all, I practised them quite a few times while teaching on workshops, and then I found that I didn't meed to do them regularly. Now I do them when I feel like them, so perhaps once a month, or two months. Once you change something like this in the body, it can stay changed, and greater comfort is the result. Re. your mother: yes, but very gently and slowly, and see how she responds. These work on the muscles mainly (some fascial involvement, too) so she should benefit. Please do report back so we know for sure.

Great video thanks. I had a bit of relief. I have TMJ on my right side, and for the longest time I can't tilt my head (bring my right ear to my right shoulder) without feeling restriction and pain like a pinched nerve. Recently, when I try tilting my head the other way (left), I feel extreme muscle tightness on the right. Seems like I have always experienced clicking and discomfort on the right side of my neck just under the skull. I'm not even sure if it's related to my TMJ or something else. To top it off, the other day I was trying to rub the tight muscle in my neck and suddenly felt numbness in my thumb. 3 days later the numbness remains. Do you think something else could be going on in my neck besides the TMJ? After all, I never really feel pain in my jaw.

@KitLaughlin

7 ай бұрын

Look up "Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndrome", then try this sequence: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmyf0ZShmrLVj5c.html& Go gently the first few times. Please let us know how you go.

@hanworld6565

7 ай бұрын

@@KitLaughlin I really appreciate it. Looking into it now.

I can't really get the retraction, I have an overbite as it stands so I think my neutral is as far as my jaw can go back.

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Once you've taken your jaw back as far as you can, put your hand on your chin and cover it with the other hand and hold the chin in that position. Then, without letting the chin move, try to push the chin forwards, back out into the hand. Do that for a few seconds, and then stop all effort. Take a breath in, and as you breathe out, let your body go soft. Take another breath in, and as you breathe out use your hands to very gently press the chin further back towards your neck. Be careful with this and take it really slowly. This may be a way that you can improve the retraction.

Hi, thanks for the video! Is this type of exercises useful for a TMJ displacement disc with reduction?

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

I can't give that advice in a brief YT comment, Neo. Please share this link with whomever you are seeing for this problem, and ask their advice, please.

Hi Kit! I originally found this video to help with my neck tension, this video has helped immensely with that! I have a question - I haven’t been doing the TMJ exercises because I thought I didn’t need it. I’ve recently found out I actually have a lot of tension in my jaw which Ive been told is a major contributor to me mumbling. Advice I’ve been given from speech therapists is to massage the jaw to loosen it. Do you think it’s necessary to do the massages or do you think the TMJ exercises in this video are sufficient? If you have any other recommendations I’m keen to hear them! Thanks for the great work

@KitLaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

Massaging the jaw muscles is always beneficial; this will help the jaw exercises, for sure.

Hi Kit, I have been to around 35 specialists over the past 17 months and still no solution. Pain every day still. After doing the exercises I still can't fit three fingers in. A finger or a finger and a half. Do you suggest I do these exercises daily? The person I trust the most think it's because of stress. She is an experienced dentist and she thinks braces and gives it time and avoid stress. After 1 year it seems not to be the ideal solution. Someone recommended your video, so would like to know how often you think I should do it in my case? Any other exercises that might help my solution? It's like 80-90% in the left jaw and sometimes turns into extreme headaches.

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

The simple truth is that stress creates tension. What "stress" is is different for everyone. There is no escaping this cause > effect relation. So, because once tension increases beyond a certain point, everyone's experience is pain, or discomfort, what we need to do is address the stress itself. Please read a short article I wrote on this: kitlaughlin.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/where-does-tension-come-from-revision-i/ So: there are two ways to address this: one, the exercises that target where this tension accumulates (and that for you is the jaw, and no doubt the neck); do these with the recommended neck exercises twice a week (search here for neck exercises and try them all, over time), and two, develop a deep relaxation *habit*. If you email me, I will send you links to a recording I made that can help you develop this habit. And the point of mentioning this is just this: being relaxed is a habit, like the habit of being tense, or holding too much tension. No one who is tense, though, believes this (because the experience of daily life is pointing in the opposite direction) but it is true, nonetheless. My email address is kit underscore "L" @ mac dot com.

@EveryCountryInTheWorld

3 жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin Thank you very much Kit. I'll email you

Great video. Is there any danger of hurting/compressing the back of the neck in the "Jaw Neck Sequence" Many thanks!

@KitLaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

That is too general a question for me to answer. It is always possible to hurt yourself if you don't follow instructions, or ignore the signals that are coming from your own body. If you do things slowly and gently, my experience suggests that it is difficult to injure yourself.

@videomaster8580

2 жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin Thanks. Sorry for such a vague question.

@KitLaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

@@videomaster8580 No problem, VM. We try to answer all questions; if you have another one, please do ask.

I have chronic neck, shoulder pain, headaches, and jaw pain. When I first tried 3 fingers of a fist in my mouth I couldn't, but by the end, I could do 3! When I tilt my head back instead of my head staying in a C curve it goes into more of a > shape, is this because the muscles are weak or something? When doing so the back of my head touches my back- I am assuming this isn't normal ahaha

@KitLaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you could use our new "Overcome back pain" course; you'll find all the details on our site (link in the description above). And you might be really flexible (talking about the head touching your back).

12 minutes? Haha it felt like 3.

I aint no bot so I can say this this do relieve tension my face feels free lol but also ur bite can also be affecting tmj cuz mine is

@KitLaughlin

Жыл бұрын

Can you finish your sentence, please. If you have a question, please ask.

@afrddawk1556

Жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin yeah that was pretty bad on my end. But I just wanted to say thanks a lot tho this really did relieve a lot of tension from my jaw

@KitLaughlin

Жыл бұрын

@@afrddawk1556 Excellent-that is the goal. Thanks for commenting.

Hi! I'm not sure if you will see this but one side of my jaw is deviated (confirmed by dentist), basically my right side teeth dont really fit the way my left side does. this has been the case for months due to teeth grinding, so i got a mouthguard made. because of how messed up this is, i have had a constant headache for months with no end in sight. im on a waiting list to see the oral surgeon but i was told due to the pandemic i cant be seen for probably 8 months :/. im kind of at a loss on how to ease the headache, the jaw pain is tolerable but the headache that accompanies it is a solid 6/10 all the time. painkillers dont do anything for it, even codeine is useless it just makes me sleepy but i can still feel the tension in my head. is there any exercises that could help manipulate my jaw back to where it should be? it clicks so loudly and in the past it has moved back on its own, but right now its been probably the better end of three months and it really impacts my mental health because im constantly miserable. thank you so much in advance and sorry this is so long, just a complicated story :)

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

I check the YT comments every day, so here I am. One question to ask is what is the root cause of my jaw tension? Is something in particular worrying you? I ask because your tension does not manifest without a cause. In our culture, usually because we do not say what we know that we need to say, the blockage to what we want to say manifests as tension in the TMJ. So, step one is to consider this. Step two is to try these exercises very gently, and perhaps in combination with some of the other neck exercises your find on this channel. The reason is that whatever the cause of the tension might be, doing exercises to discharge the tension can only help. The third approach is to develop a relaxation habit. Keep an eye on our site to see when some of our relaxation scrips become available free.

@rebecca8288

3 жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin thanks so much for getting back to me! i think worrying about the jaw itself is a big cotender, i fear im stuck like this forever due to endless scrolling on reddit forums, also im falling behind in uni because of the pain so its an endless cycle of worrying and more worrying. thank you for the reply so soon!

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

@@rebecca8288 The cycle of tension > pain > worry > more tension is a vicious one, and one needs to interrupt it. Gentle stretching is one way; developing a relaxation habit is another. Best results are obtained by doing both. Best wishes, KL

@vidicoms

3 жыл бұрын

try prolothrapy or PRP injectections. Your jaw is deviating due to ligament laxity (weakened ligaments) that are not keeping your jaw in place and allowing proper tracking movement up and down. This is regenerative medicine so it stimulates the body to repair damaged tissues. I've had it done for my neck instability and jaw instability and it worked wonders. I had a nasty headache as well and now it's gone after being treated 5 months ago. Took 2 months to notice a benefit and it was steady improvement from there.

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

@@vidicoms Did you read all of her comments? I do not believe that "ligament laxity" as a diagnosis can be confirmed by her comments (other causes are possible, is my point). I have left your comment, though, so she may consider the treatment you suggest.

Sir i have tmj jaw clicking sound and asymmetrical jaw position plzz tell me how i recover this tmj plz sir reply me

@KitLaughlin

Жыл бұрын

Do these exercises carefully twice a week, and click on the more link above in the description and do the relaxation exercise linked there every day.

@ajwais753

Жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin ok thank you so much sir love from Pakistan 💕💕 done with subscriber❤

i have so much tension in my left side

@KitLaughlin

2 жыл бұрын

Search here for leg-length testing.

I'm 13 years old and is it normal to get jaw neck pain?

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

Normal, yes - in the statistical sense, meaning that more than half the population do have jaw and neck pain. Desirable? Definitely not, and neck exercises and jaw exercises can help you. Take it easy, listen to all the directions, and let us know how you go.

@valmalz1061

3 жыл бұрын

@@KitLaughlin I've been doing it but now I whenever I open and close I can feel clicks is that bad?

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

@@valmalz1061 How long have you been doing the exercises? And clicks are common; if there's no pain when the clicks happen most likely there's no problem, and they will settle down in time. Have a few days of rest before trying again.

@valmalz1061

3 жыл бұрын

I've been doing it for a few minutes and Thank you

@KitLaughlin

3 жыл бұрын

@@valmalz1061 Ah: OK, don't worry at all. Clicks are because the tension around the joint is a bit unbalanced, that's all. In time, it will even out.

If you are here, you are a professional teeth grinder. Just like I am. But keep in mind that these exercises are meant to PREVENT problems with the TMJ (temporomandibular joint). If you already have a TML luxation (= dislocation/ sprain) or sub-luxation of the TMJ, these exercises will create more damage and the more money and time (and discomfort) will be needed for you to be able to speak and eat properly. So: if there is a weird sensation (or pain) in your jaw joints and you can't chew the food properly anymore because there is a space between your jaw teeth, DON'T STRAIN YOUR TMJs with ANY exercises of manoeuvres which promise to put you jaw back in place. Instead eat very soft food (when you are at home: blend your food and drink it with a straw; search for "carpaccio" recipes - but you can blend any food). Don't talk too much, don't open your mouth too much (control your yawns). Gently massage your jaw joints with an anti-inflammatory/relaxant gel/cream. If visible improvements don't occur within a month or so, you'll need to go to an orthodontist. I did all the mistakes above and of course I ended up going to an orthodontist. What I can say? The orthodontist work isn't cheap, but I can fully understand why. These people are redesigning a very complex and delicate mechanism which involves not only our teeth, but also our head joints, muscles (tongue included) and bones.

@KitLaughlin

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. Others may add to what I write here, but there is a huge spectrum in between jaw tension that feels uncomfortable, and pathology of the temporomandibular joint. My recommendation to everyone is to try all the movements shown here very *gently*, and see what happens. A huge number of people with real discomfort in this area do not need to go to an orthodontist to start to let tension go from this area. As well, search on this channel for neck exercises, and in time, play with these too. Finally, do the relaxation exercise in the description above-once you can really really relax (not as an idea, but an experience) all tension in the body will also have changed, including the TMJ-associated muscles. The joint is rarely the problem-it is described in the literature as a "gliding/sliding" joint, and its normal (for you) resting position is only where the balance of forces of the many associated jaw muscles position it. I would like to add that these exercises, done as shown, do not change or 'damage' the TMJ: they stretch all the *muscles* that move this joint instead. If anyone reading this has any doubts, try them even more gently than how I have described.

I have very bad trismus after radiation treatment.I can only fit one finger in my mouth and i think my neck and jaw tightness is also interfering with my breathing.My ENT team are at a loss after many scans but i think your exercises my be the solution.Can severe neck and jaw tightness interfere with breathing ? Manyvthanks for the video.

@KitLaughlin

4 ай бұрын

A huge number of factors can interfere with breathing, chief among them anxiety. Do try the jaw exercises, try the free relaxation recording (in the description above) and go to our site and read the "Relaxation Wiki". Please do report back.