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If you deal with TMJ-related issues, then you know how unpleasant the symptoms can be: jaw pain, neck pain, headaches, earaches, toothaches or trouble opening or closing your mouth, all of which can put a damper on your everyday life. But there’s one unexpected exercise that could provide the relief you’ve been looking for.
The lateral pterygoid can be tricky to reach, but Mistry explains step-by-step in the video how you can access it yourself. With a clean or gloved hand, you’ll use your right pinky finger to release your left lateral pterygoid and your left pinky finger to release the one on the right side. “It’s kind of like releasing a trigger point or doing a really nice massage. It just releases the muscle,” Mistry told HuffPost. “So it’s not just constantly tight and contracted and referring pain all over the place. It gives it a chance to just sort of let go. It brings it from being from like a constantly contracted position to a much more relaxed position, which will help quite a bit in pain relief.
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