Jaw Pain - TMJ

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Jaw Pain - TMJ
Anyone suffer from this?
How does it interfere with your singing?
How do you combat the symptoms/avoid the pain?
 
snakeoi8u2

I took voice lessons in college and he showed me an exercise where you sing a scale while holding your chin between your thumb and forefinger and move your jaw up and down. I was surprised how difficult it was. Start with low scales and move up until you get to a range where your jaw wants to start tensing up, work on that range until you overcome it and then move on. When your jaw and neck muscles tense up it dramatically shortens your range by stiffening your larynx. It's equally important that your tongue stay relaxed. Hope that helps.
 
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snakeoi8u2 said:
I took voice lessons in college and he showed me an exercise where you sing a scale while holding your chin between your thumb and forefinger and move your jaw up and down. I was surprised how difficult it was. Start with low scales and move up until you get to a range where your jaw wants to start tensing up, work on that range until you overcome it and then move on. When your jaw and neck muscles tense up it dramatically shortens your range by stiffening your larynx. It's equally important that your tongue stay relaxed. Hope that helps.
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Thankful to see I am not unaccompanied with a sense of humor!
 
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