With chronic pain, the symptoms are usually treated: painkillers, injections, exercises. That often helps short-term — but if the underlying tension remains, the complaints return.
Symptom treated, cause remaining
Many treatments measure and correct an already damaged state. The protective reflex that originally triggered the tension stays active. This creates a cycle that is hard to break.
Symptomatic treatments often work only short-term — the underlying protective reflexes remain.
The jaw as a possible key
The masticatory system is directly connected to protective reflexes and balance. From over 20 years of observation it has become clear: those who understand these connections can often start where the pain truly originates — instead of only where it shows.
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