Before anybody has surgery or goes on pain medications for TMJ, you need to go to an optometrist that focuses on binocular vision dysfunction. I had constant TMJ and headaches, especially with computer work. Also had flared ribs and a turned hip. Turns out, it was all my eyes. My eyes were straining to focus which causes strain in all my jaw and facial muscles. My posture took a hit because my eyes were just slightly asymmetrical aligned and my brain thought my body was in a different part of space so it automatically adjusted my body out of position. A quick test is to cover one eye when you have symptoms and if your symptoms are reduced after 5 minutes, it might be your eyes. None of the PT I did helped for very long. None of the regular optometrists figured it out until I went to a specialist. It’s paradoxical and nobody would’ve ever thought but check your eyes!!! I got a new life!
did you get glasses or what? curious because ive considered this as part of the problem and ive been wearing glasses since I was young with different prescription in each eye. My eyes have always been asymetrical. I haven't been to the eye doctor in nearly 10 years and my glasses might need an update but also I am curious if the different lenses in each eye could be contributing to my problem.
Not am eye doctor. These are Optometrists specializung on eye muscles etc. Usually they measure your vision and prescribe certain exercises that bring the vision system in balance.
@@Lean-xt1lq yes I got prism glasses. Neurolens to be specific but specialists can also prescribe traditional prisms which are cheaper. Look up NeuroVisualMedicine.
I jumped off a high stool and straddled the arm of it two years ago. Every bone in my body was shifted in all different directions. Nothing any doctor could fix. Nerves from head to toe being compressed and on fire. I was in shock and survival mode for over a year. I've mentioned the pain in my ear many times and it was blown off a long with every other pain in my body. ALL of your videos have saved me from being crippled the rest of my life. Docs had no clue and I thought I was losing my mind. Your videos have confirmed I'm not crazy and the pain was real. You've helped me in so many ways. Thank you and God Bless you.
i was aware of this since i was a kid and first time had my jaw going crazy places in the middle of the night. i am 28 now, still nobody has helped me properly, so i am happy to learn any new exercises that might relive any pain or struggle of mine. thank you for sharing
I had to have 2 TMJ surgeries, first after a dentist dislocated my jaw after jacking open my jaw too widely, then a couple years into treatment after the 1st surgery with braces putting things back in place, I got rear-ended in my car and my jaw was dislocated again. I then had to have the 2nd surgery and it was another 3 or 4 years before I finally got the braces off. Altogether, it was about 12 years of intense suffering. I think my case was severe but it goes to show how easily you can cause harm to someone. If this helps someone, that's wonderful. Thank you.
Conor, you did not disappoint with this video. It blows my mind how much you know about this, and how you explained everything was great! I’ve been noticing all of the things you mentioned, but of course I didn’t know how to fix it. I’ve been just placing my hand on the side of my face and feeling my jaw joint and trying to shift my jaw by thought and feel. 😂 This is gunna make things so much easier! Thank you so much!
You are brilliant, Fella. I've started on a journey 2.5 years ago. Started with a hernia surgery and ended up being a journey of discovering my body and the connected issues i had that actually contributed to my hernia. Anyway, we need more people that are explaining things all over, not just one area, like yourself. Keep up the great work.
Can't tell you how much I needed a video on this topic! 🥲 I have problems with my jaw since more than 10 years now. My discus was delocated two times (sorry for my English, I'm from Germany) and till today I still have some pain, tense muscels, etc. I also developed problems with my neck and lower back. I'm so thankful you picked up this topic! Thanks a lot! 💯
Thank you Coner for all your videos, this one especially helps & makes such good sense. I enjoy listening to and watching you mainly for the information but also you make it so likeable with your great personality 😊💪 Doesn't hurt that your quite a handsome fellow as well. Mean that in only the friendliest way and that you are very encouraging. You really practice what your saying and that makes such a difference. Thanks again 🙏😍👍👌🤠
Your videos are getting more and more on point with the issue I am having. Just excelent explanation. On the other hand I can never properly follow the excercises.
wow this is amazing. I wasn't even laying on the ground and was just following along with the video. My jaw has always touched sooner on the left but I did just gently on the side of my chin and open my jaw like you said and it clicked and my sinus cleared and my teeth were touching evenly when I closed my jaw. Incredible I'm going to do these exercises from now on. Thank you.
I feel like I'm progressing with/the spots with issues "shift" in synch with the content. thank you for publishing this valuable information here, I feel a positive impact in my life from it.
I think this is likely the root cause behind some of my hearing issues. The doctors mentioned it might relate to TMJ, but didn't mention any of this. Thank you!
I have crazy hearing issues because of TMJ related to posture/malocclusion. If I wear a splint enough it helps, now moving onto orthodontics but the misalignment of my body definitely plays into it. Its all related. For me, I can't touch my back teeth and I have been digging into my front teeth for years. Took me 3 years to figure out it all starts with a bad bite that bad posture/body mechanics intensify.
Oooooh...so excited to know more details for this course in San Diego. I'm a yoga instructor and I have all these issues you just explained. Suffered for years, had mouth surgeries, and bunion grew from my uneven-everything in my body lol. But I was able to correct almost everything myself with consistent yoga practice for 7 years now, came to a point where I no longer needed to get adjusted because I can do it myself. And it heightened my body-awareness from the tips of my toes to my hairline heheh. I am so interested and would love to know biomechanics for this and maybe add more certification/knowledge so I can teach for TMJ, scoliosis, crossbite patients like me!
I’ll say it again, this way of thinking is VERY osteopathic… I’m loving it! It would be awesome for you to train Personal Trainers so they actually understand all this and stop just “pushing” their clients in workouts without really taking the anatomy, alignment, past surgeries, etc of that client into account.
Omg this is exactly my problem, I want to cryyyyy 😭😭😭😭 finally I can try a solution. I have pain in my left jaw and can't properly open my mouth, I've tried night guards, a chiropractor that practically made my cervical spine feel awful, massages, etc, and nothing has worked. I'm going to try this, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!! I wish there were professionals like you where I live, because my body is so twisted and I can't find no one to fix it.
@@PeAcePlEaSe_ Where do you live in Germany? Cause on the PRI website they show a PRI certified instructor in Berlin, also one in Switzerland close to the german border. I don't have any experience with them cause i live 500km away from both of them. And that's a bit to far for me.
@@RtyGhj-bn8bv just being very mindful and moving my jaw constantly to facilitate molar contact on both sides. Dentist told me last month that I have a perfect bite.i nose breath as much as possible and push my tongue up to top of roof
These things actually do work! I've been puzzled for decades and past year mewing + strengthening my left side core + barefoot shoes walking properly engaging the feets = just feels and looks miraculous. I'll definitely try this TMJ exercises to fix my jaw imbalances I'm so grateful to Conor and biomech enthusiasts like him! ❤
This is a great example of holistic medicine using western science; instead of the word holistic being co-opted by new age alternative medicine BS. I figured out soon after realizing I had TMD that it's related to my right leg being 1 inch shorter than my left, despite the fact most of this won't really help my anatomical issue, it's nice to know that I'm right and the nuances of why. I talked to a dentist about surgical options, but they warned me against it and were basically otherwise useless regarding my TMD. I wear a lift in all of my right shoes, which makes wearing "minimalist" shoes slightly awkward, but it has helped along with several other fixes and exercises I've done. Including getting surgery on my previously broken nose to breathe better and stop being a mouth breather, also strengthening my neck with "wrestler" exercises and working on less slouched/hunched general posture to avoid "tech neck", have also all made tremendous differences.
I read a lot of people mentioning this in the comment section of your videos. It's like you are aware about lives and problems in real time and make content according. Are you a magician? How did you know that I needed a TMJ/TMD related video in my life now. I am commenting even before watching the video. 😅
Conor, only you'll figure it out: when I flex my left hip "the wrong way", so, a compensation with a hip shift happens, then I feel tension emerging somewhere in the left arm and on the left side of the jaw. Then I need to do an external rotation with the left arm and a funny movement with my jaw to click it. It's killing me more intellectually than physically to know what the mechanics of this phenomenon is.
A severely needed concept to be advertised. Nice video. Here's the Postural Restoration Institute Founder who trained or influenced this video and the AIA faculty on the Primacy of the mandible in living a normal body postured life. TH-cam: Mandibular Temporal Latero Rotary Influences part 2.
Yes! It is strange he is not referencing the source. Especially since it is free on TH-cam and the Postural Restoration Institute website for a few years now. I was a TMJ sufferer that platoed with PRI until i pointed my PT to that PRI lecture. Either way the more publicity the better to help TMJ patients.
@@bolopho They started a knockoff of PRI that he's advertising in this video. these people get people from the right to the left and back to the right again, i watched one of their dental integrations, did not seem to make much sense
For a long time i had recurring jaw pains but no good solution. When i started getting backpains as well i started doing exercises that apparently solve both problems. It's interesting how things are interconnected.
I’m not a fan of chiropractors snapping and cracking bones either, including jaws…. I’d rather do Osteopathy, or something else more gentle but still effective.
I have seen all of the professionals you mentioned*, and I know I am an atypical case. Having said that, what are your thoughts about the reality that the teeth never actually touch in the same way throughout the day? AND also the touch points are very different depending on body positioning when touching the teeth. * the professional I didn’t hear mentioned is the upper-cervical (NUCCA) chiropractor. This is my holy grail.
amazing! thank you! please stop the music though... pretty please. it's annoying and ruins the video. i will onoy watch this once and it's an effort to do so because of the elevator crp background. even though i really really need to learn the material.
I went to a TMJ/TMD specialist. I was instructed by him, chiro,and a PT that the masseter muscles are tight. The specialist didnt see any issue with the TMJ, the disc. He says it's the that muscle. On the right side. I also bite down with my left side touching. I've been grinding. So right back molars make no contact. The chiro and PT have told me I need to masaage the inside of the mouth and the outside of the mouth. Both sides. And also do that isometric movement I see here and another one where I move my jaw to one side,put my fingers on the opposite as push with my fingers while trying to move the jaw towards the fingers. It's an isometric movement. For this exercise, since my right molars dont touch,then I'd be pushing on my left.
Hi John, Check our Dr John Sarno or Dr Howard Schubiner. Tension Myositis Syndrome. Their approach to healing cured my pain, migraines, TMJ and other body and chronic pain symptoms. 🌟✌️😀
Honestly. I’ve been to so many chiros and physios. To me, it seems they have no idea what they’re talking about. They go through a 3 month certificate course and that’s it they’re “chiros” and “physios”. None of their methods have ever helped, on the opposite, I always felt worse and even injured in the case of chiros. They pull legs, crack bones etc and have no idea what consequences that would bring. I had chiros crack my spine and pelvis so hard it took me years to recover. I’d even say that most of my today’s problems were CAUSED by chiros, by them cracking and injuring.
@@xmyxymx I don't know what country you live in, maybe go somewhere where the letters of PT and DC are regulated. "The length of post-graduate education that is most common for physiotherapists educated in Canada is 6-years. This will include a 4-year undergraduate degree with the required prerequisite courses for PT school, followed by a 2-year Master's degree in physiotherapy." "To learn to be a chiropractor and practise in Canada, students must first complete at least seven years of post-secondary education." I will say though, that chiropractics is considered "alternative medicine" and isn't really grounded in hard science. The BEST chiropractors will give you exercises and explanations for lifestyle fixes to get better and see them less, but in practice, none are like that. What's your career? Do you have 6-7 years of education to do it?
I am almost completely sure I have some form of connective tissue disorder or hEDS, but my doctor isn't taking my symptoms seriously. EDS would literally explain everything that made me feel different from others and the pain I have. Do you have any recommendations on how to get help, because i'm tired of feeling like this :(
Since I got my braces applied and started being able to chew with my right mollars, my neck pain has gone away and I can now fully rotate my head to the right.
Please man do a video on eye movements relation with neck posture, I've observed that it has a relation to your left aic because whenever I exercise my eyes automatically tilts towards left and hence training that side, and even shile doing chin tucks try focusing my eyes staring the roof I feel more stability and it has also improved my mewing so much. I would like a detailed video on this topic if you may.
Thanks for the video! I've had chronic pain from this issue for around 5 years, because of grinding my teeth down as I was missing my left molar, so I biased to the right side, grinded most of my teeth down on the right side and I now have a crossbite to the right, but all of my compression is on the right of my body also. I've been given a couple of dental splints to shift my jaw left and outwards and with a filled in left molar, but they didn't seem to help and I got a lot of pain when using them. A physio told me that my feet and right eye is are also "off". I really feel like I'm stuck in compression in my right side and in a lot of pain and I can't/haven't been able to get out of it for a long time. None of the PRI techniques to help it stick at all and it undoes and my body recompresses within minutes/not long after I've done them. I've paid and booked in for a Zoom meeting with Trevor this week, but up to this point I've been one of those "complex cases" and nothing has been able to get me out/substantially help my pain
I was like you, very complex case. This can’t be fixed with a zoom only call. I booked a holiday to the PRI prime clinic. They get you on track with appropriate appliances in a week and then can do zoom follow-ups without wasting your money. You will likely need glasses, dental splint and orthotics. It ended up costing less than a typical holiday, even as an uninsured foreigner, as Lincoln is quite an affordable town.
hi conor i tried your bio mechanics and lower limb foundation courses none of them seemed to sort my problems as i was in constant pain i come accros chaplin performace videos and done 4 exercises that were in the video and instant relief it was actually amazing!! i suggest everyone try them exercises and conor could you address this please
Im still suffering from Bells Palsy 3rd year consecutive but my face healing very slow so every year i've got some new sensations(or old i've almost forgotten how my left side works). And my posture were fucked up already in 2nd year and i started to feel annoying pain in my lower back from the left side it had been even lasted for 6 hours straight. I've been watching these vids and learning how to aproach this issue and most of exercises were helpfull for sure especcialy when i started working with diaphragm so Conor biggg thank you! Well I assume that my left side overall in a poor condition but i've already 1 month havent seen my lowerback hurts thats a progress for sure. I want to start working out but properly because those years looks like most of the time i overload my right and underload my left i think thats the root cause for my low back pain. What to do with my face i still dont know but i assume i gotta unblock my whole body and learn to move freely again thats all i care about.
Do you have any tips or a video on ear pain/Eustachian tube dysfunction and its relation to the posture of the body? I notice my left ear makes a crackling sound when I swallow. My left side of my body is also weaker and less mobile than my dominant right side. I notice that when I put pressure with my thumbs on my upper traps and neck muscles that I no longer get that crackling sound when swallowing. I’ve seen many doctors, PTs, and ENTs for this and unfortunately they have just given me standard tmj exercises which didn’t resolve the ear issue.
I saw on Huberman your jaw and eye muscles have related neural pathways (or something). But seriously many like I strain their eyes all day looking up close
That’s so crazy. I’ve noticed recently that if I can relax the tension in my jaw, then my right eye feels a lot different. It feels like pressure behind and around my eye is suddenly gone.
Im confused. My left side is the problematic (body). So my left bum cheek is weak, my body never leans onto right foot. I don’t have any jaw pain however I can see slight lip misalignment (right side is “pulled” slightly down). My teeth touch better on the left, but the jaw is slightly rotated to the right. So the left jaw side is slightly higher when I open my mouth and the right side is lower. According to the video, Conor shows the right side being tight so I should be doing it on my left side and “turn” or “push” to the right side, but that’s the side my jaw is already pointing in. Is there a chance he misspoke and you put fingers on the opposite side of the tight jaw and “push” towards that side? So if my left side is tight, I place fingers on my right chin and push to the left? Cause otherwise I’m pushing it in the direction that it’s already facing to 🤷♀️
Why does AIA try to differentiate itself from PRI when the concepts are very similar, and the faculty are also overlapping? Both seem to be osteopathic in nature as well, but PRI is more common, while AIA is super small and you can't really find anyone.
So if your pushing the isometric exercise with your right fingers on the right side of the jaw.. will this fix a deviated jaw thats rotating to the right? Or is it the other way around?
I think its a chicken egg problem...does the tmj (or dysgnathie) comes first or hip problems...also there are ppl having stomach intestine problems like sibo / sifo/ gastritis which can place pressure on one side creating anmuscle pressure leading to scoleosis, so was the wrong diet first or the wrong alignment of jaw? Btw if the eyes are misplaced or have neuropathy it can create head asymmetries which can create an asymmetrical maxilla, so what was first?
What if my tailbone is bent from trauma and birth and side bent left. I’ve had so much work don’t chiro therapy etc. hips supposedly are aligned. But tailbone won’t budge can this effect my hips being straight. Jaw is locked on left
In my experience, if you were born with bony malformations, they are rather difficult to change, that’s congenital. However, if the tailbone shifted during your labour and delivery of your baby, then it is possible to re-align things, provided it hasn’t been decades since it happened. The longer you wait, the harder it is to change. But I have seen changes in sacrums from manual therapy.
my left shoulder is lower and spine rotated to the left (more forward on the right) but my neck is still sidebent left, but my right eye and ear are still higher. Can't really find anything on this.
Dude I'm so confused by "grounding" and "teeth touch better". Someone help me out with my test result. My hips went easier to the left. My left arm went further back. My left teeth hit first.
Search "Postural Restoration Mandibular Webinar" and you will find the source of this information freely available. It fixed all my TMJ issues (through a PRI therapist). It's a bit shady that Conor is not crediting this to PRI, while linking to a new offshoot institute.
@@bolopho fixed your tmj issues? Really?? Man, that sounds to good to be true. I've been dealing with tmj/tmd related issues for close to 15 years and I've spent thousands of dollars with no real long term fix. I'll look into this but I'm highly, highly, skeptical.
@@delt19 Yes - I am eating steak again without next day hell. It was not as easy as this video suggests. I did find initial relief from the exercises in the lecture I refenced, do them slowly lightly and carefully. The benefits you feel should help remove skepticism. When I did these first I started enthusiastically running and gyming and got stuck again. As you still need a very experienced PRI instructor (I went and did the PRI prime program) to make the relief stick. Underneath the jaw you still need to get out of the standard PRI pattern. I had to address visual issues (needed glasses), grounding issues (needed PRI orthotics) , jaw issues (PRI splint) and lots of exercises. Then again I was messed up more than most, in recovery from a stroke.
Bro the right got better teeth touch but doing this on right only makes asymmetry worse, but on the left it works better, but later on my body downstairs fucked and twisted
Yeah but them knowing it doesn't really help the avg person. Depending on the healthcare system in ur country and the quality of specialists, people might not get this info let alone the specific exercises. TH-cam and ppl like conor have literally changed my life.
Is thr any permanent solution of pectus excavatum at age of 30. My relative have pectus excavatum, also having minor jaw problem, forward head posture, migraine. I think the root cause of every problem he has is pectus excavatum. Can it be fixed?
@@meenagour8943 PEctus excavatum is permanent . What you can do is to learn your body to better deal with it . this maybe will also reduce the pain around jaw and migradne and the head posture . Is all about how well your body functions with the problems it has .You shall go to a movement specialist ( or PRI specialist ) to help you first learn to breath better and use the diafragm for breathing (because if you heads is forward you neck is used more then the diafragm for breathing and so diafragm . The conclusion is that you cannot solve pectus excavatum but you can improove your posture to help your body be more neutral and automatically your body will deal with it better .
Before anybody has surgery or goes on pain medications for TMJ, you need to go to an optometrist that focuses on binocular vision dysfunction. I had constant TMJ and headaches, especially with computer work. Also had flared ribs and a turned hip. Turns out, it was all my eyes. My eyes were straining to focus which causes strain in all my jaw and facial muscles. My posture took a hit because my eyes were just slightly asymmetrical aligned and my brain thought my body was in a different part of space so it automatically adjusted my body out of position. A quick test is to cover one eye when you have symptoms and if your symptoms are reduced after 5 minutes, it might be your eyes. None of the PT I did helped for very long. None of the regular optometrists figured it out until I went to a specialist. It’s paradoxical and nobody would’ve ever thought but check your eyes!!! I got a new life!
did you get glasses or what? curious because ive considered this as part of the problem and ive been wearing glasses since I was young with different prescription in each eye. My eyes have always been asymetrical. I haven't been to the eye doctor in nearly 10 years and my glasses might need an update but also I am curious if the different lenses in each eye could be contributing to my problem.
Not am eye doctor. These are Optometrists specializung on eye muscles etc. Usually they measure your vision and prescribe certain exercises that bring the vision system in balance.
@@Lean-xt1lq yes I got prism glasses. Neurolens to be specific but specialists can also prescribe traditional prisms which are cheaper. Look up NeuroVisualMedicine.
@@Lean-xt1lqwhat did you do and how did it help? I have left eye very bad and right is normal
what was the solution, glasses?
I jumped off a high stool and straddled the arm of it two years ago. Every bone in my body was shifted in all different directions. Nothing any doctor could fix. Nerves from head to toe being compressed and on fire. I was in shock and survival mode for over a year. I've mentioned the pain in my ear many times and it was blown off a long with every other pain in my body. ALL of your videos have saved me from being crippled the rest of my life. Docs had no clue and I thought I was losing my mind. Your videos have confirmed I'm not crazy and the pain was real. You've helped me in so many ways. Thank you and God Bless you.
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Per usual, your info, articulation & demo are 🎯
i was aware of this since i was a kid and first time had my jaw going crazy places in the middle of the night. i am 28 now, still nobody has helped me properly, so i am happy to learn any new exercises that might relive any pain or struggle of mine. thank you for sharing
Conner is an incredible teacher. Phenomenal. I needed this
every video you make you are talking about me , thank you so much you are the best ever, you are a gift from god!
100%❤
Extremely excited for the case study! All of this is relatable and my body finally makes sense. Thanks. I'll be trying the exercises.
I had to have 2 TMJ surgeries, first after a dentist dislocated my jaw after jacking open my jaw too widely, then a couple years into treatment after the 1st surgery with braces putting things back in place, I got rear-ended in my car and my jaw was dislocated again. I then had to have the 2nd surgery and it was another 3 or 4 years before I finally got the braces off. Altogether, it was about 12 years of intense suffering. I think my case was severe but it goes to show how easily you can cause harm to someone. If this helps someone, that's wonderful. Thank you.
What about if I have no teeth in the back? How else can I test?
I feel for you! Sorry to hear you have to suffer so much!!
Thank you for sharing your story. Far too many people go to jaw surgery before trying manual therapies and/or these exercises.
God bless you ❤
It nice to see Strong person who has faced 12 years of pain n has come of it . This shows that there is ray of hope
i've been experiencing jaw pain for the first time in my life for the past week! what a coincidence you upload this video!
Same happened with me
Same 😂
This is AMAZING! Thank you for compiling this together in such an informative way. I’m sure it’s helping countless people
Conor, you did not disappoint with this video. It blows my mind how much you know about this, and how you explained everything was great!
I’ve been noticing all of the things you mentioned, but of course I didn’t know how to fix it. I’ve been just placing my hand on the side of my face and feeling my jaw joint and trying to shift my jaw by thought and feel. 😂 This is gunna make things so much easier! Thank you so much!
You are brilliant, Fella. I've started on a journey 2.5 years ago. Started with a hernia surgery and ended up being a journey of discovering my body and the connected issues i had that actually contributed to my hernia. Anyway, we need more people that are explaining things all over, not just one area, like yourself. Keep up the great work.
Can't tell you how much I needed a video on this topic! 🥲 I have problems with my jaw since more than 10 years now. My discus was delocated two times (sorry for my English, I'm from Germany) and till today I still have some pain, tense muscels, etc. I also developed problems with my neck and lower back. I'm so thankful you picked up this topic! Thanks a lot! 💯
It’s insane. This video popped up when I needed it. You were spectacular thank you.
Thank you Coner for all your videos, this one especially helps & makes such good sense.
I enjoy listening to and watching you mainly for the information but also you make it so likeable with your great personality 😊💪
Doesn't hurt that your quite a handsome fellow as well. Mean that in only the friendliest way and that you are very encouraging. You really practice what your saying and that makes such a difference.
Thanks again 🙏😍👍👌🤠
Your videos are getting more and more on point with the issue I am having. Just excelent explanation. On the other hand I can never properly follow the excercises.
wow this is amazing. I wasn't even laying on the ground and was just following along with the video. My jaw has always touched sooner on the left but I did just gently on the side of my chin and open my jaw like you said and it clicked and my sinus cleared and my teeth were touching evenly when I closed my jaw. Incredible I'm going to do these exercises from now on. Thank you.
I feel like I'm progressing with/the spots with issues "shift" in synch with the content.
thank you for publishing this valuable information here, I feel a positive impact in my life from it.
I think this is likely the root cause behind some of my hearing issues. The doctors mentioned it might relate to TMJ, but didn't mention any of this. Thank you!
I have crazy hearing issues because of TMJ related to posture/malocclusion. If I wear a splint enough it helps, now moving onto orthodontics but the misalignment of my body definitely plays into it. Its all related. For me, I can't touch my back teeth and I have been digging into my front teeth for years. Took me 3 years to figure out it all starts with a bad bite that bad posture/body mechanics intensify.
Jaws are so painful when they are "out"... your information is wonderful !!
thanks from Adelaide South Australia.
Priceless information, thank you!🙏
Oooooh...so excited to know more details for this course in San Diego. I'm a yoga instructor and I have all these issues you just explained. Suffered for years, had mouth surgeries, and bunion grew from my uneven-everything in my body lol. But I was able to correct almost everything myself with consistent yoga practice for 7 years now, came to a point where I no longer needed to get adjusted because I can do it myself. And it heightened my body-awareness from the tips of my toes to my hairline heheh. I am so interested and would love to know biomechanics for this and maybe add more certification/knowledge so I can teach for TMJ, scoliosis, crossbite patients like me!
Oh shit we got animation, didn't think this channel could get better.
Thank you for such detailed explanation
Did it for 3 seconds, now I can fly. Thanks for the help!
I’ll say it again, this way of thinking is VERY osteopathic… I’m loving it!
It would be awesome for you to train Personal Trainers so they actually understand all this and stop just “pushing” their clients in workouts without really taking the anatomy, alignment, past surgeries, etc of that client into account.
Impressive analysis!
Omg this is exactly my problem, I want to cryyyyy 😭😭😭😭 finally I can try a solution. I have pain in my left jaw and can't properly open my mouth, I've tried night guards, a chiropractor that practically made my cervical spine feel awful, massages, etc, and nothing has worked. I'm going to try this, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!! I wish there were professionals like you where I live, because my body is so twisted and I can't find no one to fix it.
I know exactly how you feel! I'm from Germany and I can't find somebody who checks the whole body, either. Its so sad :(
@@PeAcePlEaSe_ Where do you live in Germany? Cause on the PRI website they show a PRI certified instructor in Berlin, also one in Switzerland close to the german border. I don't have any experience with them cause i live 500km away from both of them. And that's a bit to far for me.
I have spent the last year mindfully realigning my jaw because i couldn't afford a splint. It has worked.
And how u did that?
@@RtyGhj-bn8bv just being very mindful and moving my jaw constantly to facilitate molar contact on both sides. Dentist told me last month that I have a perfect bite.i nose breath as much as possible and push my tongue up to top of roof
Fire info as always!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I have a client who would benefit from this info
Connor, you are a superstar. I'm going through this myself
Am from India..i have the exact issue..suffering like hell from 15 years
Wow, this works, thank you!
These things actually do work! I've been puzzled for decades and past year mewing + strengthening my left side core + barefoot shoes walking properly engaging the feets = just feels and looks miraculous.
I'll definitely try this TMJ exercises to fix my jaw imbalances
I'm so grateful to Conor and biomech enthusiasts like him! ❤
thank you conor
Thank you!
I missed gait & grounding up here in Portland! (Please come back😂)
Brilliant , thanks
U deserve millions of subscribers
You're a genius
This is a great example of holistic medicine using western science; instead of the word holistic being co-opted by new age alternative medicine BS.
I figured out soon after realizing I had TMD that it's related to my right leg being 1 inch shorter than my left, despite the fact most of this won't really help my anatomical issue, it's nice to know that I'm right and the nuances of why.
I talked to a dentist about surgical options, but they warned me against it and were basically otherwise useless regarding my TMD.
I wear a lift in all of my right shoes, which makes wearing "minimalist" shoes slightly awkward, but it has helped along with several other fixes and exercises I've done. Including getting surgery on my previously broken nose to breathe better and stop being a mouth breather, also strengthening my neck with "wrestler" exercises and working on less slouched/hunched general posture to avoid "tech neck", have also all made tremendous differences.
Your videos are the only ones that have so specifically addressed issues I’m dealing with. Do you do online consultations?
I read a lot of people mentioning this in the comment section of your videos. It's like you are aware about lives and problems in real time and make content according. Are you a magician? How did you know that I needed a TMJ/TMD related video in my life now. I am commenting even before watching the video. 😅
It's called algorithm, TH-cam knows what you are watching so it will show you a lot of videos related to this.
Thank you so much .
Conor, only you'll figure it out:
when I flex my left hip "the wrong way", so, a compensation with a hip shift happens, then I feel tension emerging somewhere in the left arm and on the left side of the jaw. Then I need to do an external rotation with the left arm and a funny movement with my jaw to click it. It's killing me more intellectually than physically to know what the mechanics of this phenomenon is.
A severely needed concept to be advertised. Nice video.
Here's the Postural Restoration Institute Founder who trained or influenced this video and the AIA faculty on the Primacy of the mandible in living a normal body postured life.
TH-cam: Mandibular Temporal Latero Rotary Influences part 2.
Yes! It is strange he is not referencing the source. Especially since it is free on TH-cam and the Postural Restoration Institute website for a few years now. I was a TMJ sufferer that platoed with PRI until i pointed my PT to that PRI lecture. Either way the more publicity the better to help TMJ patients.
@@bolopho They started a knockoff of PRI that he's advertising in this video. these people get people from the right to the left and back to the right again, i watched one of their dental integrations, did not seem to make much sense
For a long time i had recurring jaw pains but no good solution.
When i started getting backpains as well i started doing exercises that apparently solve both problems.
It's interesting how things are interconnected.
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Not all heroes wear capes 🫡
I’m not a fan of chiropractors snapping and cracking bones either, including jaws…. I’d rather do Osteopathy, or something else more gentle but still effective.
I have seen all of the professionals you mentioned*, and I know I am an atypical case. Having said that, what are your thoughts about the reality that the teeth never actually touch in the same way throughout the day? AND also the touch points are very different depending on body positioning when touching the teeth.
* the professional I didn’t hear mentioned is the upper-cervical (NUCCA) chiropractor. This is my holy grail.
amazing! thank you!
please stop the music though... pretty please. it's annoying and ruins the video. i will onoy watch this once and it's an effort to do so because of the elevator crp background. even though i really really need to learn the material.
I second the music - prefer it without.
Either way very thankful for the vid
I went to a TMJ/TMD specialist. I was instructed by him, chiro,and a PT that the masseter muscles are tight. The specialist didnt see any issue with the TMJ, the disc. He says it's the that muscle. On the right side. I also bite down with my left side touching. I've been grinding. So right back molars make no contact.
The chiro and PT have told me I need to masaage the inside of the mouth and the outside of the mouth. Both sides. And also do that isometric movement I see here and another one where I move my jaw to one side,put my fingers on the opposite as push with my fingers while trying to move the jaw towards the fingers. It's an isometric movement.
For this exercise, since my right molars dont touch,then I'd be pushing on my left.
Hi John,
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Honestly. I’ve been to so many chiros and physios. To me, it seems they have no idea what they’re talking about. They go through a 3 month certificate course and that’s it they’re “chiros” and “physios”. None of their methods have ever helped, on the opposite, I always felt worse and even injured in the case of chiros. They pull legs, crack bones etc and have no idea what consequences that would bring. I had chiros crack my spine and pelvis so hard it took me years to recover. I’d even say that most of my today’s problems were CAUSED by chiros, by them cracking and injuring.
@@xmyxymx look up tension myositis syndrome. I had tmj, migraines, crook neck, back, indigestion all coming from a mindbody cause. Good luck 🤞🍀
@@xmyxymx I don't know what country you live in, maybe go somewhere where the letters of PT and DC are regulated.
"The length of post-graduate education that is most common for physiotherapists educated in Canada is 6-years. This will include a 4-year undergraduate degree with the required prerequisite courses for PT school, followed by a 2-year Master's degree in physiotherapy."
"To learn to be a chiropractor and practise in Canada, students must first complete at least seven years of post-secondary education."
I will say though, that chiropractics is considered "alternative medicine" and isn't really grounded in hard science. The BEST chiropractors will give you exercises and explanations for lifestyle fixes to get better and see them less, but in practice, none are like that.
What's your career? Do you have 6-7 years of education to do it?
Hey this was spot on could you just explain what would it mean if the body is grounded towards left? Does it mean body will be more bend towards left?
Hi @conorharris do you have any videos coming out specifically for people with EDS ?
This!!! 😊😊
I am almost completely sure I have some form of connective tissue disorder or hEDS, but my doctor isn't taking my symptoms seriously. EDS would literally explain everything that made me feel different from others and the pain I have. Do you have any recommendations on how to get help, because i'm tired of feeling like this :(
Since I got my braces applied and started being able to chew with my right mollars, my neck pain has gone away and I can now fully rotate my head to the right.
Please man do a video on eye movements relation with neck posture, I've observed that it has a relation to your left aic because whenever I exercise my eyes automatically tilts towards left and hence training that side, and even shile doing chin tucks try focusing my eyes staring the roof I feel more stability and it has also improved my mewing so much. I would like a detailed video on this topic if you may.
Thanks for the video! I've had chronic pain from this issue for around 5 years, because of grinding my teeth down as I was missing my left molar, so I biased to the right side, grinded most of my teeth down on the right side and I now have a crossbite to the right, but all of my compression is on the right of my body also. I've been given a couple of dental splints to shift my jaw left and outwards and with a filled in left molar, but they didn't seem to help and I got a lot of pain when using them. A physio told me that my feet and right eye is are also "off". I really feel like I'm stuck in compression in my right side and in a lot of pain and I can't/haven't been able to get out of it for a long time.
None of the PRI techniques to help it stick at all and it undoes and my body recompresses within minutes/not long after I've done them.
I've paid and booked in for a Zoom meeting with Trevor this week, but up to this point I've been one of those "complex cases" and nothing has been able to get me out/substantially help my pain
I was like you, very complex case. This can’t be fixed with a zoom only call. I booked a holiday to the PRI prime clinic. They get you on track with appropriate appliances in a week and then can do zoom follow-ups without wasting your money. You will likely need glasses, dental splint and orthotics. It ended up costing less than a typical holiday, even as an uninsured foreigner, as Lincoln is quite an affordable town.
Thanks 🙏🏼
hi conor i tried your bio mechanics and lower limb foundation courses none of them seemed to sort my problems as i was in constant pain i come accros chaplin performace videos and done 4 exercises that were in the video and instant relief it was actually amazing!! i suggest everyone try them exercises and conor could you address this please
What video from Chaplin? Thanks
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If I am stressed and/or DEHYDRATED then I get TMJ. Drinking plenty of water really helps
Im still suffering from Bells Palsy 3rd year consecutive but my face healing very slow so every year i've got some new sensations(or old i've almost forgotten how my left side works).
And my posture were fucked up already in 2nd year and i started to feel annoying pain in my lower back from the left side it had been even lasted for 6 hours straight.
I've been watching these vids and learning how to aproach this issue and most of exercises were helpfull for sure especcialy when i started working with diaphragm so Conor biggg thank you!
Well I assume that my left side overall in a poor condition but i've already 1 month havent seen my lowerback hurts thats a progress for sure. I want to start working out but properly because those years looks like most of the time i overload my right and underload my left i think thats the root cause for my low back pain. What to do with my face i still dont know but i assume i gotta unblock my whole body and learn to move freely again thats all i care about.
Do you have any tips or a video on ear pain/Eustachian tube dysfunction and its relation to the posture of the body? I notice my left ear makes a crackling sound when I swallow. My left side of my body is also weaker and less mobile than my dominant right side. I notice that when I put pressure with my thumbs on my upper traps and neck muscles that I no longer get that crackling sound when swallowing. I’ve seen many doctors, PTs, and ENTs for this and unfortunately they have just given me standard tmj exercises which didn’t resolve the ear issue.
Have the same crackling sound when swallow.
I saw on Huberman your jaw and eye muscles have related neural pathways (or something). But seriously many like I strain their eyes all day looking up close
That’s so crazy. I’ve noticed recently that if I can relax the tension in my jaw, then my right eye feels a lot different. It feels like pressure behind and around my eye is suddenly gone.
Im confused. My left side is the problematic (body). So my left bum cheek is weak, my body never leans onto right foot. I don’t have any jaw pain however I can see slight lip misalignment (right side is “pulled” slightly down). My teeth touch better on the left, but the jaw is slightly rotated to the right. So the left jaw side is slightly higher when I open my mouth and the right side is lower. According to the video, Conor shows the right side being tight so I should be doing it on my left side and “turn” or “push” to the right side, but that’s the side my jaw is already pointing in. Is there a chance he misspoke and you put fingers on the opposite side of the tight jaw and “push” towards that side? So if my left side is tight, I place fingers on my right chin and push to the left? Cause otherwise I’m pushing it in the direction that it’s already facing to 🤷♀️
Any solution for an open bite?
Why does AIA try to differentiate itself from PRI when the concepts are very similar, and the faculty are also overlapping? Both seem to be osteopathic in nature as well, but PRI is more common, while AIA is super small and you can't really find anyone.
He can make more money this way..
I think I have the second case. My left side cheek is very toned while my right side cheek is fuller. Also, my left side teeth touch deeper.
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How much time it will take to bring whole body and face symmetrical
So if your pushing the isometric exercise with your right fingers on the right side of the jaw.. will this fix a deviated jaw thats rotating to the right?
Or is it the other way around?
What’s your opinion on getting the molars taken out by a dentist?
Conner, did you end up staying in Oregon or move down to California?!
I’ve literally been slowly fixing my posture over the past weeks by opening my jaw and noticing which side has more tension
I think its a chicken egg problem...does the tmj (or dysgnathie) comes first or hip problems...also there are ppl having stomach intestine problems like sibo / sifo/ gastritis which can place pressure on one side creating anmuscle pressure leading to scoleosis, so was the wrong diet first or the wrong alignment of jaw? Btw if the eyes are misplaced or have neuropathy it can create head asymmetries which can create an asymmetrical maxilla, so what was first?
Noooo frikkin way I have been trying to put these pieces together for so long
Conor where are you located?
In a gym on earth
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My man
What if my tailbone is bent from trauma and birth and side bent left. I’ve had so much work don’t chiro therapy etc. hips supposedly are aligned. But tailbone won’t budge can this effect my hips being straight. Jaw is locked on left
In my experience, if you were born with bony malformations, they are rather difficult to change, that’s congenital.
However, if the tailbone shifted during your labour and delivery of your baby, then it is possible to re-align things, provided it hasn’t been decades since it happened. The longer you wait, the harder it is to change. But I have seen changes in sacrums from manual therapy.
everything goes back to the neutral pelvis position
Vrihat Vatchintamani Ras help in improving the symptoms which are present in temporomandibular joint disorders. thank you planet ayurveda
How does this affect tinnitus, and what to do if there is an effect?
It’s always the pelvis no matter what!🤣
Dont try to sleep, laying your head to the side, with airpod pros. I swear those shits have caused the creaking whenever i open my jaw
I was having jaw tightness for several weeks. Then i suddenly closed my right eye for 3 min. Boom tightness gone. Vision has to do something..
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my left shoulder is lower and spine rotated to the left (more forward on the right) but my neck is still sidebent left, but my right eye and ear are still higher. Can't really find anything on this.
Dude I'm so confused by "grounding" and "teeth touch better". Someone help me out with my test result.
My hips went easier to the left.
My left arm went further back.
My left teeth hit first.
if my body is turned to the right, but my jaw is also turned to the right, it can be seen, which way should I do the exercise? I'm confused😒
Are hip and jaw related? Having alignment issues with right side jaw and right side hip
They absolutely are
Conor talks about it and Postural restoration institute heavily talk about the relationship of the pelvis and the jaw too
Can it be related to deep bite
No mention of scoliosis.
Can you share the link to the case study?
Search "Postural Restoration Mandibular Webinar" and you will find the source of this information freely available. It fixed all my TMJ issues (through a PRI therapist). It's a bit shady that Conor is not crediting this to PRI, while linking to a new offshoot institute.
@@bolopho fixed your tmj issues? Really?? Man, that sounds to good to be true. I've been dealing with tmj/tmd related issues for close to 15 years and I've spent thousands of dollars with no real long term fix. I'll look into this but I'm highly, highly, skeptical.
@@delt19 Yes - I am eating steak again without next day hell. It was not as easy as this video suggests. I did find initial relief from the exercises in the lecture I refenced, do them slowly lightly and carefully. The benefits you feel should help remove skepticism. When I did these first I started enthusiastically running and gyming and got stuck again. As you still need a very experienced PRI instructor (I went and did the PRI prime program) to make the relief stick. Underneath the jaw you still need to get out of the standard PRI pattern. I had to address visual issues (needed glasses), grounding issues (needed PRI orthotics) , jaw issues (PRI splint) and lots of exercises. Then again I was messed up more than most, in recovery from a stroke.
Is this connected to tinnitus?
Bro the right got better teeth touch but doing this on right only makes asymmetry worse, but on the left it works better, but later on my body downstairs fucked and twisted
Sir. I believe you have my skeleton in your hands.
0:75 low-key sus, it's giving chiropractor
Osteopaths have know this for over 100 years. Nothing new.
Yeah but them knowing it doesn't really help the avg person. Depending on the healthcare system in ur country and the quality of specialists, people might not get this info let alone the specific exercises. TH-cam and ppl like conor have literally changed my life.
That's fake news, there was no TH-cam back then!
Every problem one solution : side abs 😂
Can pectus excavatum cause jaw related problems
Ye
Is thr any permanent solution of pectus excavatum at age of 30. My relative have pectus excavatum, also having minor jaw problem, forward head posture, migraine. I think the root cause of every problem he has is pectus excavatum. Can it be fixed?
@@meenagour8943 PEctus excavatum is permanent . What you can do is to learn your body to better deal with it . this maybe will also reduce the pain around jaw and migradne and the head posture . Is all about how well your body functions with the problems it has .You shall go to a movement specialist ( or PRI specialist ) to help you first learn to breath better and use the diafragm for breathing (because if you heads is forward you neck is used more then the diafragm for breathing and so diafragm . The conclusion is that you cannot solve pectus excavatum but you can improove your posture to help your body be more neutral and automatically your body will deal with it better .
I think everything is connected to everything