A foam roller is a really useful piece of kit for dealing with jaw pain and the next exercise, O’Leary recommends also incorporates one. But if you don’t have a roller, you can use a rolled up towel instead.

Lie on a mat, positioning the roller across teh upper back in line with your shoulder blades
Support your head with your hands so that the neck is relaxed
Inhale and let the spine extend while lifting your chest u
Hold for one breath and then come forwards to release the stretch
Repeat this around 10 times

“Working on thoracic extension is often important if you tend to spend a lot of time sitting or looking at a computer screen to reverse the flexion position that we tend to end up in,” O’Leary says. “Again this will improve the alignment of your spine and can help with reducing load on the TMJ.”

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