Changes in the bite or anatomical features in the structure of both the upper and lower jaw can affect posture and cause pain in the neck, shoulders and headaches, doctor of physical therapy and sports medicine, chiropractor and osteopath at the European Medical Center told socialbites.ca.Ilya Mikhalenko.
“Often patients with malocclusion or other jaw pathologies complain of pain in the cervical spine and poor posture, in which the head is often tilted forward. This leads to increased lordosis of the cervical spine and overload of the muscles of the neck and upper shoulder girdle, causing muscle imbalance and pain,” said the expert .
Mikhalenko also emphasized that the muscles close to the teeth and jaw, especially the chewing muscles, sternocleidomastoid and temporal muscles, are also under additional load. It can also cause neck pain, headaches and migraines, he said.
“These disorders trigger a chain reaction of the biomechanical coordination of the body: changes may occur in the thoracic spine, for example, increased kyphosis. This is a spinal deformity in which the arch of the spine is directed not forward, but backward. As a result, pain and overload of the back muscles will occur at the thoracic level,” he concluded osteopath
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