What Is the Connection Between Tinnitus and TMJ? If you have tinnitus, ear ringing, or a persistent sense of fullness in one or both ears, there is a good chance you have already been through the usual workups. Hearing tests. ENT consults. Allergy evaluations. For many adults in Monmouth County, those appointments come back inconclusive.The […]
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The Release Addressed the Tissue. The Nervous System Needs Attention Too. When a baby has been compensating for restricted tongue movement since birth, the nervous system adapts around it. The jaw braces. The cranial bones shift. Feeding muscles fire in off-pattern ways. A frenectomy removes the restriction, but those compensatory patterns do not reset on
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What Is Nervous System Regulation, and Why Do Some Kids Struggle With It? Nervous system regulation is the body’s ability to shift between calm and active states and recover from stress without getting stuck. For children in Sea Girt, NJ and the surrounding area, this shows up in ways parents recognize: the child who falls
Pediatric airway issues are one of the most under-diagnosed conditions in childhood, partly because the signs do not look like a respiratory problem. Most parents are told their child snores because they are tired, or sleeps with their mouth open because of allergies. Sometimes that is true. Often it is the airway.An airway issue caught
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Most postpartum information centers on the body’s recovery: pelvic floor, abdominal separation, posture from feeding and carrying a baby, sleep deprivation. The jaw rarely comes up. And yet a meaningful number of new moms are clenching their way through the first year without knowing what is driving it.If you are noticing tension in your jaw,
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If you are hearing it through the monitor, that grinding sound loud enough to make you cringe, you are not the only parent wondering what is going on. Pediatric bruxism affects around 30% of children at some point. Most pediatricians will tell you it is nothing to worry about and they will outgrow it. That
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If you’re reading this at 2 a.m. with a baby who keeps arching during feeds, you’re not the first parent to land here at this hour. Something doesn’t feel right. The arching looks uncomfortable. Maybe it happens every feed, maybe only some. Maybe your baby cries through it. Maybe they pull off the breast or
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The short version: a tongue tie isn’t only about the tongue. It affects how the entire cranial-spinal system has been organizing itself since birth, sometimes earlier. The release frees the tongue. The bodywork helps the rest of the system figure out how to use it. Without that piece, the surgery treats the structural issue but
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If you’ve noticed your child breathing through their mouth at night, during the day, or both, you’re paying attention to something that matters more than most people realize. Your pediatrician may have told you it’s not a big deal. A friend or relative may have said they’ll grow out of it. Maybe you’ve Googled it
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When TMJ pain shows up in adulthood, it usually shows up around a stressor. A move, a job change, a pregnancy, a year of bad sleep. Adults associate the pain with the stressor, so they assume the stress caused it. The truth is usually that the stress exposed a pattern that was already there.The jaw
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