Effectiveness of a Manual Therapy Protocol in Patients With Masticatory Muscle Disorders

"This protocol consists of:~* Six minutes of joint's mobilisation (two minutes of each technique).~* Nine minutes of ischemic pressure . Three minutes per muscle in this order: temporal muscle, masseter muscle and lateral pterygoid. Choosing the two most painful trigger points.~* Three minutes of trigemino's nerve stretching."

"The protocol consists of:~* Five minutes in temporal muscle.~* Ten minutes superficial massage in the neck and cheek of the most painful joint.~* Five minutes of effleurage in the cheek, with the index finger inside the mouth and the thumb outside."