"A balanced body is the path to a healthy body, mind and soul
with peace and contentment" ..... Dr. Maria Csillag
The human body has evolved into an upright natural position and it
comprises of a highly complex set of organs and components which
function and interact at a voluntary and an involutary level. One of
the systems is the musculo skeletal system - the bones of body and
the muscles attached to these bones. The muscles are the means
for the human body to not only move, but also hold the 206 bone
together in balance and for function. A muscle performs any action
by being able to stretch and contract. When a muscle is contracted
for an inordinately long period of time, it goes into a state of spasm
which can take extremely long to relax and return to a state of rest.
When in spasm, a muscle is quite painful and restrictive in
action.
It has been known for almost a century, that the musculo skeletal
system in human beings is bilateral with similar weight distribution
on the left and right sides. In this musculo skeletal system, there is
a very unique bone called the mandible. This is the lower jaw and
houses the lower teeth. It is a mobile bone with a joint on both
sides known as the Temporo Mandibular Joint (TMJ). Unlike all
other joints of the body (shoulder joint, hip joint, knee joint) wherein
the right and left joints work independently, both the TMJ's have to
work in unison since they are connected. The upper teeth are
housed in a bone called the maxilla and this bone is fixed to the
cranium (The skull bone). The upper teeth guide the lower teeth
and its bone, the mandible, into its place. When this guidance is
correct the mandible sits comfortably in a state of rest and its
movement is symmetrical on both the sides.
If the guidance of the mandible is not correct due to an improper
position of the maxillary teeth, the mandibular movement becomes
asymmetrical and imbalanced. This imbalance causes the
muscles involved with mandibular movment on the right and the left
side to become imbalanced also. The muscles on one side may be
over stretched and on one side they may be contracted and even
go to spasm. It is also known that this imbalance in the chewing
muscles causes problems in the joints of the mandible (TMJ).
Studies have also shown that this is connected to an improper body
posture. Smylist® has now shown that this imbalance can trigger a
chain of events througout the body.
The muscles and bones of the body from head to toe are
interconnected and function as a complex entity. Smylist® has
compared this to a spiders web. A slight pull or a tug on any part of
the web has an effect on the entire web and some parts are
streteched apart and some are contracted. The same happens with
the muscles of the human body. The mandible sits right at the top of
the musculo skeletal system. When its movement gets
imbalanced and muscle on one side gets over stretched and the
other side gets over contracted, the muscles around it start
compensating for this imbalance. This is a slow progression of
events starting with the head muscles, progressing to the neck, the
shoulder, the upper back, the mid back, the hips, the knees and the
feet. This is what Smylist® calls the Negative Cascade Effect .
This effect can lead to a plethora of painful systemic conditions. It
can possibly cause migraine type headaches,vision problems,
ringing in the ear, neck pain, difficulty in turning the head,
shoulder pain, difficulty in raising one hand, upper back pain,
mid back pain, lower back pain, knee joint pain, chronic acidity
and a few other situations also. It is indeed suprising, but an
established fact that the mandible, when not positioned correcty,
can lead to all these painfull and damaging situations. A Smylist®
dentist can check your body balance and recommend a special
device called as a positioner, which has to be worn during the
night to relax the muscles and/or suggest correcting the maxillary
and mandibular teeth to ensure that the mandible is brought into the
right position and fhe body is in balance.
