HELPFUL LINKS

MEDITATION AND LIFESTYLE RESOURCES

  • SPIRIT ROCK Insight Meditation Center

    https://calendar.spiritrock.org/online-offerings/

  • UNYTE has offered 5 free meditation downloads that I think are helpful . https://unyte.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8f2dbfdf0376e78f5c01327e7&id=23e257cb13&e=e16420e44d. (I think even the titles are helpful to read !)

    ·       Quiet Your Mind

    ·       Observe Your thoughts

    ·       Finding Inner Balance

    ·       Release Physical Tension

    ·       Cultivate Positive Emotions

  • Some Suggestions from Joyce

    • PLANNING: you may want to think about how to structure your day. For example, if you have pain later in the day, try to get your more important tasks done earlier. I had a little chat with myself about a week ago, thinking about how I want to feel a month from now, and how I might go about achieving that.

    • LIFESTYLE Eat well, balance your tasks and rest times ! Easy to say and not as easy to do . But we make the changes we can and think about the changes that we might want to tackle in the future. One step at a time. Or maybe I should say One Sleep at a TIme ! Take a couple of minutes to check out Dr. Crabtree’s Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine … so helpful …and we know that faulty sleep precedes the onset of TMJ disorders so this is especially applicable to those of us who have TMJ issues. INTRODUCTION https://youtu.be/1NllFBHqzvY or SIX PILLARS EXPLAINED https://youtu.be/-gLT1qZ8R24

      Accept that many aspects are out of your control. Focus on the things you can control, and practice kindness to yourself and others. Understand that it is normal to feel stress and fear , and recognize when this is occurring for you.

    • SUPPORT Please seek support from friends or family or other resources

    • Laughter is good, find things that help to lighten the mood of your mind. There are a lot of funny videos out there !

            Engage in physical activity or helpful exercises. Dance, watch a yoga video, find an exercise class online or in person.

      ·      Take the time to relax your shoulders, take three deep slow breaths, and give yourself the opportunity to reset.

      ·     Learn or use meditation techniques or other spiritual practices that are familiar to you; use opportunities to benefit your mental well being.

MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS

PHYSIOTHERAPY

  • General questions about conditions treated by physiotherapy check out : www.physio-pedia.com

  • General questions about our profession and patient care links:

Physiotherapy Alberta College and Association

Canadian Physiotherapy Association

TMJ ( Temporomandibular ) or TMD ( Temporomandibular Disorder) Information

Medications

 

Patient Education, Self-Management, and Treatment Tools

PAIN

  • PAIN

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction strategies through CIRPD - youtube video 

 

Insomnia

 Canadian Sleep Society - sleep hygiene tips, pain and sleep

 www.cbtforinsomnia.com/

 

iPad Apps

Laterality Training: search NOI Group and Recognition (free)

Book List

The Issue at Hand - Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice by Gil Fronsdal

Positive Coping with Health Conditions - A Self-Care Workbook by Dan Bilsker, Joti Samra & Elliot Goldner

Say Goodnight to Insomnia - A 6-week Program by Gregg D. Jacobs

Painful Yarns - Metaphors & stories to help understand the biology of pain by G. Lorimer Moseley

*These books are available on loan from the clinic.

 

 

Information for Clinicians

Evaluation of the TMJ is performed using the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders . You can go Here for further information about TMD examinations and forms . https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/rdc-tmdinternational/tmd-assessmentdiagnosis/dc-tmd/

If you would like an article with more information about the DC TMD this might be a good start. https://www.quintpub.com/ofph/ofph_28_1_Schiffman_02.pdf

If you would like to refer a new patient to our clinic please call 587-352-9199. After initial booking we have an online service available at https://fullcircle.mrxsolutions.com/onlinebooking/. Our reception staff would be happy to send you our referral pads or brochures about our services.