Healing Touch Charlotte is now again able to safely offer intra-oral TMJ* massage. We have purchased face shields to prevent the transmission of breath particles for massage of the jaw that is worked internally. These new shields will allow the massage therapist to work internal jaw muscles if needed. *Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome – or TMJ [...]
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We are closed until May 1, 2020 – Hi everyone. We hope you are all staying safe and protected during this time of crisis. Gov. Roy Cooper just gave a news conference in which he said that he is signing an executive order for all Massage Therapists in the state of North Carolina to close [...]
Do you have headaches, jaw pain, clicking of the jaw when you open your mouth wide and neck pain? One possibility could be TMJ. Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome – or TMJ – is a dysfunction caused by the misalignment of the jaw. This syndrome can cause pain and clicking when the jaw is opened. It can [...]
In previous posts, we’ve covered ways that massage therapy can help with specific, individual health issues. But as you are more than just the sum of our individual parts, so are the effects of massage on your health overall. Per research with the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), massage can help with each of these [...]
Even though this conditions is often called “ Policeman’s Heel Syndrome” the pain it causes is positively criminal. Plantar fasciitis is characterized by a stabbing pain or extreme itch at the bottom of your heel. This pain is caused by inflammation to the tissue connecting the heel bone to the toes. This post’s focus is [...]