We offer two kinds of intraoral massage:
Intraoral massage and Intraoral Craniosacral Therapy
Intraoral aka jaw-work
is a massage therapy technique where your therapist will use a clean, gloved hand to massage the muscles inside of your mouth, allowing your therapist to adequately reach all of the muscles and areas that can be causing you pain and dysfunction. Intraoral work can help relieve symptoms caused by TMJ disorders (temporomandibular joints aka the joints in front of each ear that connect your lower jawbone to your skull), headaches, sinus issues, neck, shoulder, and jaw pain, etc. Jaw pain is common and can be caused by a number of factors that leave your facial muscles feeling tender and sore - so our combo massage aims to help alleviate your pain over time with gentle, soothing massage.
Intraoral Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy techniques used inside the mouth are gentle and the touch is focused on the palate, teeth, and jaw. Pressure is 1 gram and the results will likely be powerful. These techniques can be used to address issues with the sinuses, the temporal-mandibular joint (TMJ), the neck, the throat and headaches. The gentle touch will be continued outside the mouth around the jaw and head.
What to expect:
Your therapist will first chat with you to assess your situation and ask a few questions (do grind your teeth? any jaw injuries?). Your therapist will use their gloved hands to palpate your jaw muscles, facial bones, teeth, and/or gums inside of your mouth. Throughout your massage, your therapist will check in with how you're feeling, how the pressure is, and/or may ask you to you swallow, take deep breaths, and/or to move your jaw.
The difference in what to expect between classic Intaoral massage and Intraoral CST massage is the pressure used and that Intraoral CST will not be addressing your muscles. Intraoral CST will be much lighter pressure because of the application of CST techniques.
What to expect:
Your therapist will first chat with you to assess your situation and ask a few questions (do grind your teeth? any jaw injuries?). Your therapist will use their gloved hands to palpate your jaw muscles, facial bones, teeth, and/or gums inside of your mouth. Throughout your massage, your therapist will check in with how you're feeling, how the pressure is, and/or may ask you to you swallow, take deep breaths, and/or to move your jaw.
The difference in what to expect between classic Intaoral massage and Intraoral CST massage is the pressure used and that Intraoral CST will not be addressing your muscles. Intraoral CST will be much lighter pressure because of the application of CST techniques.
