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 | | These two accessory muscles of mastication, the tensor veli palatini and the tensor tympani, can develop myofascial trigger points with shortening of the muscle by the same means that any muscle of mastication can develop pain, which would include direct or indirect trauma to the masticatory muscles (50-52). |
 | | A functional tensor veli palatini muscle causes the torus tubarius to be soft and fleshy, while a dysfunctional tensor veli palatini muscle causes the torus tubarius to be hard and seemingly unpliable. |
 | | The treatment of these accessory muscles of mastication, the tensor veli palatini and tensor tympani muscles, has shown to improve orofacial, temporomandibular joint, cervical, and shoulder pain complaints; and has also shown to be associated with the relief of ear pain, ear pressure, tinnitus, vertigo, and/or hearing impairment or hearing loss. |
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