 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| ||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Muscles
by Tasso Spanos, CMTPT
In previous issues of Boomers, I have explained how irritated muscles can develop trigger points which can refer pain to another part of the body. This can confuse the medical practitioner who has not been taught that pain can be referred by a muscle.
On Friday, June 10 at 8 a.m., I will be teaching the third year dental students at the University of Pittsburgh, in Salk, Room 458. The public is invited. In rare instances after a root canal or tooth extraction, a tooth can still hurt because trigger points in certain muscles can refer pain to where the tooth used to be.
I would like to share with you two of these specific muscles with their specific pain referrals to teeth, and the specific exercises to help relive the pain.
A shortened (because of trigger points) superficial masseter muscle can refer pain to the lower or upper molars. The masseters can be shortened or weakened by an injury directly to these muscles, or an injured sterno cleido mastoid (Boomers March issue) can refer pain to the face, and indirectly irritate the masseter. The X’s on the diagrams are the source of the pain while the dark shaded areas represent the pain.
Below is the corrective stretch for the sterno cleido mastoid and masseter muscles.
The temporalis muscle can be injured directly by a blow or indirectly through a temporal headache referring from the upper trapezius muscle. The temporalis can cause pain to the upper incisor, bicuspid, or molar tooth. Below are these temporalis pain patterns and the corrective stretch exercises for the upper trapezius and temporalis muscles.
On Tuesday, June 14 at 9 a.m. on KDKA’s “Pittsburgh Today Show”, I will be explaining how a long second toe, or Morton’s Foot, can perpetuate trigger points that can cause foot, ankle, knee, back and TMJ problems. Tune in for a real shocker!!
Tasso Spanos, CMTPT, is a Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist. If your business or organization is looking for an informational and effective speaker, you can reach him at The Center for Pain Treatment, (412) 431-9180 or e-mail him at tassospanos@aol.com.
