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Trigger point release instructions:
- Clench your back teeth to feel for the muscle belly
- Using your knuckle find the muscle, relax the jaw
- Move the knuckle around on the muscle to locate an area of tension
- Gently apply pressure to the muscle
- Sustain for 10s whilst deep breathing into the belly
- The muscle should soften off/release
- You may need to sustain the pressure for > 30 seconds
Self-massage
- Using the knuckle of the first and second digit follow the line of the jaw towards the ear
- Continue using this action to cross the muscles above the jaw towards the ear
