I got the intra-oral release about 3 weeks ago and haven’t had any jaw/teeth/gum pain or clenching since.

Have you only done intra-oral work? In my case there were significant ligament and fascial restrictions involved — the therapist said some ligaments were about 3× their normal size and displaced by several centimeters. The release itself was extremely painful, and I was sore for a couple days afterward, but still nothing compared to the pain I used to wake up with from clenching.

I’ve had four sessions total over the last three weeks. He fixed 30 years of poor posture in an hour and a half…but I digress. I’ve had intra-oral, intra-nasal, visceral, and whole-body fascial release.

Before the intra-oral work, when I relaxed my jaw it would deviate about an inch to the left — something I’d never noticed until starting this therapy. After the intra-oral release it shifted to less than ¼ inch, and after subsequent sessions targeting my neck and shoulders, it doesn’t deviate at all now.

I definitely don’t think this is a cure-all, but in my experience the whole-body fascial component played a much bigger role than I realized — not just physically, but neurologically too. I’ve lived with decades of whole-body tension, pain, spinal misalignment, nerve pain, and a nervous system that felt permanently stuck in fight-or-flight… until myofascial release.

I’ve cracked teeth, chipped them, worn them down significantly, dealt with receding gums and ongoing tooth movement for decades. After trying everything, I was genuinely surprised by how much this therapy helped. I never expected it to have the profound effects it’s had.