Movement Interventions

Improving movement in an underworking region may reduce stress on a painful area or improve task performance. Wisdom teeth removal normalized lateral jaw movement and improved sleep, heart rate variability, and some upper extremity measures. Septoplasty with turbinate volume reduction produced the largest measured intervention outcome described in the article. Vision glasses and a jaw splint were associated with restoration of a deep squat and later pistol squat ability. Limited movement elsewhere may increase the load on a painful region. Retained wisdom teeth were identified as the limiting factor for lateral jaw motion. Stressors may be managed through protective strategies that reduce movement in particular areas. Movement limitations can increase pressure and strain in specific areas or make a task mechanically harder. Complete turbinate removal was avoided because of the risk of empty nose syndrome. Daily movement practice includes bar hangs, feet-elevated downward dog, and single-leg hip thrusts with arms overhead before workouts.