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Hello, I am new to the looksmax community but I wanted to kick my journey off strong with a post that I haven't seen talked about on this forum a lot and it's severely underestimated.
I am going to be talking about the Sphenoid Bone, its effect on symmetry and how it effects the pituitary gland and and fertility.
To begin, it's pretty common knowledge now if that you have some asymmetry and it's nothing to do with any malocclusion, teeth misalignment or dental problems whatsoever, it's either you have some muscles tighter and bigger than others (I will talk about facial muscles in depth on another post and covering all muscles responsible for asymmetry) or your sphenoid bone is tilted.
What is the Sphenoid?
The Sphenoid bone is a butterfly shaped bone that sits behind your maxilla, tethered by your temple and jaw muscles. It directly influences the maxilla so if it's tilted, your maxilla will also be tilted. Hence asymmetry.
What does the Pituitary gland have to do with all this?
The Pituitary gland sits inside your sphenoid bone in a little pocket, hanging freely on it's stalk. As you should know, this gland is very important for fertility, growth, testosterone, thyroid hormones, so it is very important.
Now, onto my main point. When the sphenoid is tilted to one side, it can put pressure onto the Pituitary gland, impairing its ability to signal the body to make hormones.
So if your asymmetrical, and aren't blowing loads like it's fourth of july, this could be a reason.
You can test if you have a sphenoid tilt by assessing if your occiput is level, if it is not, your sphenoid is most likely tilted. You can resolve this by releasing any neck muscle tension until the sphenoid is level again.
There are four sets of masticatory muscles: Medial Pterygoid, Lateral Pterygoid, Temporalis and Masseter, you must equalize tension in these muscles to further correct the tilt. Propping the mouth open for hours of dental work, whiplash, teeth grinding and clenching can all generate unbalanced muscle tension severe enough to pull the movable lower jaw (Mandible) out of alignment with the fixed upper jaw (Maxilla).
To correct a Sphenoid tilt, you therefore must:
a) first resolve any neck muscle tension imbalance until both sides of the Occiput are level; and then,
b) equalize tension in the masseters, temporalis and pterygoid muscles.
This will also correct asymmetry considering it isn't cranial and simply due to tilted sphenoid, dental problems and issues with muscle tension and imbalances.
In my next post, I will go in depth into the muscles around then neck, nape and facial muscles that all have a role in symmetry, but most of the time asymmetry is caused by dental problems, but also can be caused by muscle tension and imbalances.
(I'm moneymaxxing for ortho as this is me rn)
Sorry if this is a long read, also it is my first post so)
Hope it was a nice read and brought some insight to this topic.
I am going to be talking about the Sphenoid Bone, its effect on symmetry and how it effects the pituitary gland and and fertility.
To begin, it's pretty common knowledge now if that you have some asymmetry and it's nothing to do with any malocclusion, teeth misalignment or dental problems whatsoever, it's either you have some muscles tighter and bigger than others (I will talk about facial muscles in depth on another post and covering all muscles responsible for asymmetry) or your sphenoid bone is tilted.
What is the Sphenoid?
The Sphenoid bone is a butterfly shaped bone that sits behind your maxilla, tethered by your temple and jaw muscles. It directly influences the maxilla so if it's tilted, your maxilla will also be tilted. Hence asymmetry.
What does the Pituitary gland have to do with all this?
The Pituitary gland sits inside your sphenoid bone in a little pocket, hanging freely on it's stalk. As you should know, this gland is very important for fertility, growth, testosterone, thyroid hormones, so it is very important.
Now, onto my main point. When the sphenoid is tilted to one side, it can put pressure onto the Pituitary gland, impairing its ability to signal the body to make hormones.
So if your asymmetrical, and aren't blowing loads like it's fourth of july, this could be a reason.
You can test if you have a sphenoid tilt by assessing if your occiput is level, if it is not, your sphenoid is most likely tilted. You can resolve this by releasing any neck muscle tension until the sphenoid is level again.
There are four sets of masticatory muscles: Medial Pterygoid, Lateral Pterygoid, Temporalis and Masseter, you must equalize tension in these muscles to further correct the tilt. Propping the mouth open for hours of dental work, whiplash, teeth grinding and clenching can all generate unbalanced muscle tension severe enough to pull the movable lower jaw (Mandible) out of alignment with the fixed upper jaw (Maxilla).
To correct a Sphenoid tilt, you therefore must:
a) first resolve any neck muscle tension imbalance until both sides of the Occiput are level; and then,
b) equalize tension in the masseters, temporalis and pterygoid muscles.
This will also correct asymmetry considering it isn't cranial and simply due to tilted sphenoid, dental problems and issues with muscle tension and imbalances.
In my next post, I will go in depth into the muscles around then neck, nape and facial muscles that all have a role in symmetry, but most of the time asymmetry is caused by dental problems, but also can be caused by muscle tension and imbalances.
(I'm moneymaxxing for ortho as this is me rn)
Sorry if this is a long read, also it is my first post so)
Hope it was a nice read and brought some insight to this topic.
