This one I didn’t get on video, but yet another person was helped by removing their permanent wire dental retainer.
This was a high school volleyball player with several months of a chronic lower back pain. When I muscle tested her she had lost the control and coordination of her lower back and abdominal muscles.
Without these muscles working correctly, lower back pain is not far behind.
In my search to find what made the muscles return to strength and coordination I hit upon the permanent wire dental retainer she had behind the lower teeth. Like many kids today she had braces to correct misaligned teeth and was now wearing a retainer.
When she put pressure on the retainer (activating the nerves anchoring the teeth to the jaw) the muscles immediately returned to normal. When she took the pressure off the muscles weakened again.
Upon witnessing this both mother and daughter wanted to see what would happen if she had it removed.
Note: I never tell patients to get their permanent wire dental retainers removed. I show them what is happening to their neuromuscular system before and after stimulation to the retainer. They make their own decisions. And if they do choose to get them removed, I always tell them to wear the plastic retainers at night to preserve their orthodontic investment. All three of my children had braces as well!
After a trip to the dentist to remove the wire she came back with complete strength and coordination of all the core muscles of the back and abdominals.
The back pain was gone. Pain is often a sign of lack of coordination in the neurological system. This results in a weakness of muscles. Correct the reason for the lack of coordination and pain will usually vanish.
Teeth are extremely important to the neurological system. If they are held rigidly in place it can have widespread complications that go undetected. Not many people are going to suspect a dental retainer creating lower back and abdominal weakness.
Would you?