🧘‍♂️ Stretching📌 TMJ Stretches

Jaw Protraction and Retraction

Homecare Kinesiology Instruction Module

Progression step 1

✨ Clinical Benefit

Releases tight jaw muscles and helps train the jaw back into its natural position

📋 Remedial Instructions

  1. 1Shift your jaw forward as far as is comfortable.
  2. 2Use your fist to press your jaw upward and hold for 30 seconds, or until it is no longer comfortable.
  3. 3Shift your jaw back and press your jaw inward with your fist.
  4. 4Hold for 30 seconds, or until it is no longer comfortable, and release.
  5. 5Repeat the exercise four times and perform four sessions daily.
⚠️ Rapha Clinic Notice: Move smoothly without bouncing. Hold stretches for 30s. If any unexpected pain increases, suspend activity immediately.