Can unclenching your jaw unlock your emotions?
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Have you seen videos like this on social media? A young woman lies face-up on a massage table while a practitioner manipulates her cheeks and jaw from inside her mouth. Often labeled “buccal massage,” “jaw release,” or “intraoral massage,” these treatments are marketed as a way to release stored trauma — with clients sometimes shown crying afterward.
While the mind and body are deeply connected, there’s little evidence that our jaws literally store trauma the way these practitioners claim.
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While the mind and body are deeply connected, there’s little evidence that our jaws literally store trauma the way these practitioners claim.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/life/489815/jaw-trauma-tension-stress-tiktok
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