To residents of Northern Colorado- Fort Collins, Windsor, Loveland- We can help you with jaw pain and facial pain! Believe it or not, this stuff is crazy common and we see it in clinic daily- AND we can help with it! We might not be able to give your boss a piece of your thoughts so you can stop clenching at all hours of the day and night, but we CAN help those muscles fiiiiiinally relax.
Jaw Pain
It’s truly amazing how much tension we hold in our jaws. Clench, clench, clench! We also consider jaw whenever someone says they get headaches or the hold tension in their neck and shoulders! At Balanced Thistle, we use both acupuncture and manual massage-based release to address tension in ALL the muscles that effect the jaw- masseter, temporalis, medial and lateral pterygoids, SCM, scalenes, and trapezius. Addressing the big picture is a great way to feel releif in your jaw- and your head, face, neck, and shoulders!
Bonus- if your nervous system is on edge and that’s part of why you’re clenching or grinding, let’s give you a little acu-zen time and take the edge off that stress!
Bells Palsy & Trigemminal Neuralgia
These two conditions are infamously hard to treat, and often times acupuncture if one of the only effective options out there. Our team has unparalelled advanced training in treating the face and has successfully treated both these conditions in prior patients. It’s about nerve conduction, blood flow, and according to Chinese Medicine- Qi, of course!
Sinus Pain
This is one of those things that can truly disrupt your day. We use acupuncture, best paired with a Gua Sha Facial, to move stagnation, drain lymphatic build up and soothe sinus inflammation, and even call on Chinese Herbal medicine for those pesky allergies. Even muscle tension throughout the face and neck and prevent proper drainage from your face! This is one of those concerns that people bring up hopelessly all the time and are always so pleasantly pleased to find there is actually something out there that can help!
