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What your Face Mask is doing to your Jaw
For all us mask wearers out there.
Have you been experiencing headaches and feeling tension in your face and jaw?
We have all got to work out how to use our faces differently now that we are wearing masks much of the time.
At Performance Medicine, we have noticed an increase in jaw tension (even in ourselves!) in our clients from their mask wearing.
Are you doing any of these common things?
Bracing your teeth and jaw
Pushing your lower jaw forward (??trying to keep your mask on?)
Holding your ears and face generally tighter
Letting your chin poke forward and rounding your shoulders
Pushing the volume of your voice
Taking shorter, shallower breaths
Smelling your own breath 
Some easy tips to help are
Release your jaw and tongue by putting your tongue on the roof of your mouth
Watch your posture – long relaxed neck
Alter the tension of the mask so it is not hurting your ears (or use an ear saver)
Don’t forget to breathe!
Don’t force your voice’s volume
Over articulate your words (so that we can understand you)
Eat mints 
If you are having trouble with headaches or neck pain that is stopping you doing what you need to do, please reach out to us! We are a team or experts in neck, jaw and facial pain.
Keep a look out for our next blog with neck and face exercises…..
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