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Expert insights from IHNSS in Gainesville, FL on TMJ treatment tips, jaw pain relief, dry needling, vertigo management, posture correction, and trauma-informed care, designed to help you move better, feel better, and better understand your care options.


What is Perfect Posture? Movement!
Remember when you were a kid and everyone telling you that you needed to work on your posture? Was it hard to hold "perfect posture"? Any posture for a prolonged period of time is a bad thing! Even perfect posture! Movement and the ability to move in and out of any posture is the key. We do need to be able to hold ourselves in better alignment: cheekbones over sternum, sternum over belly button, gentle arch in the low back, forward pressure on the pelvis (in sitting). This re

Erienne Blanchard
Sep 27, 20232 min read
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Is a clicking jaw a bad thing? Should I do something about it?
A clicking jaw is officially called a disc dislocation with reduction. The jaw joint has a superior and inferior joint. These joints are separated by a disc. This disc is held onto the jaw bone by ligaments and blood supply that helps it stay over the jaw bone during movement. Normal TMJ A click without pain or changes in function such as speaking, eating, sleeping, etc. is not something that is considered an injury or pathological. Current literature says that clicking is no

Erienne Blanchard
Sep 20, 20232 min read
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Are my crystals out? What is BPPV, and how can I get rid of it?
BPPV: benign peripheral paroxysmal vertigo. This conditions is not serious or life-threatening; however, it can be very life limiting. Your dizziness, loss of balance, and nausea can prevent you from engaging and enjoying your life. https://www.3dphysio.com.au/bppv BPPV is easily diagnosed and treated in clinic. Your physician or physical therapist will put you through small head position tests and will be able to determine which area the crystals are out of place. These tes

Erienne Blanchard
Sep 13, 20232 min read
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Is it Vertigo? What if I am dizzy but not spinning?
Being dizzy is a broad term to apply to a lot of different symptoms. Vertigo is the symptom of spinning, either you are spinning in your environment or the environment is spinning around you. If you are not spinning, then your symptom is not vertigo. What if I feel like the world is moving around me? Objects in my vision bounce or move while I walk. I feel unsteady in larger open environments like parking lots and large stores like Walmart and Sam's. I feel unsteady, but no t

Erienne Blanchard
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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