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What we often see in people with neck and headache complaints is a decrease in proprioception. Proprioception is a difficult word for the feeling in the body that ensures the correct motor skills and balance. It is also called position sense, so how are you or a...

Earache can be an annoying and limiting condition, often caused by inflammation in the ear. If there is no inflammation, but you do experience earache, orofacial physiotherapy can offer a solution. The complaint you experience does not always have to come from the...

Globus sensation, also known as lump-in-the-throat feeling, refers to a sensation of a lump, or something else being lodged in the throat, while there is nothing physically present. The sensation can range from mild to severe and may be accompanied while other...

Head, neck and jaw complaints and 'wrong' breathing often occur together. For many people, breathing is something they don't pay attention to and that happens unconsciously. Breathing is more than just inhaling and exhaling air. It is a very complex process that...

Facial Palsy or Bell’s Palsy happens when the nerve that controls the facial muscles fails. This is almost always on one side of the face. This is in general temporary and start to recover in a few months. The loss of the nerve is often due to a swelling in the bony...

On any given day of the year, 1 billion people worldwide have a headache. The most common headaches are tension type headaches and migraines. In this blog we will discuss tension type headaches in more detail, because this is one of the headaches that we see often as...

Did you know that one out of four people with tinnitus/ear ringing, the sounds are (partly) caused by the muscles? Hearing damage is a frequently cited cause. Recently it has been discovered that many tinnitus complaints are related to tension from the muscles in the...

Complaints around the head and jaw are very annoying. What many people don't know is that mouth habits have to do with this. A mouth habit is everything you do with your mouth, such as biting your nails, chewing gum and clenching. This means that you do too much with...

Complaints around the head and jaw are very annoying. What many people don't know is that mouth habits have to do with this. A mouth habit is everything you do with your mouth, such as biting your nails, chewing gum and clenching. This means that you do too much with...