2021 Influential Businesswoman Awards

Acquisition International - Influential Businesswoman Awards 2021 Contact: Helen Baker Company: TMJ Massage Therapies Web Address: www. tmjmassagetherapies.com Best Bespoke Massage Treatment Therapist (South West England): Helen Baker MJ stands for Temporomandibular Joint. This is a condition affecting the two joints that connect your jaw to your skull. When these joints are out of place, they can cause many problems including grinding and clenching of teeth, headaches, facial pain and tinnitus. Functional disorders of the temporomandibular joints (TMJ) in the contemporary population are considered by the World Health Organization to be the third most frequent dental disease after caries and periodontitis. It is thought to affect 84% of the adult population. TMJ Massage Therapies is a bespoke, holistic massage treatment, created by Helen Baker, to eliminate jaw pain. Each treatment includes TMJ Myofascial Release techniques, Remedial Massage, Trigger Point Therapy and Cranial Sacral Therapy to help relieve jaw pain, headaches, migraines, sinusitis, tinnitus and facial pain. Helen qualified as an Integrated Body Therapist in 2009 at the Australasian College of Natural Therapies (ACNT) and started treating clients with TMJ Dysfunction at The Mosman Chiropractic Centre in Sydney. Helen re-located to the UK in August 2016 and is now practicing in North Cornwall. Specialising in TMJ Massage techniques, Helen has completed advanced myofascial release training and cranial sacral therapy specialising on the jaw and neck. She continues to successfully treat clients with jaw, face and head issues. Helen’s approach is very gentle, nurturing and holistic, working 100% together with the client to achieve great results. She has developed a bespoke massage treatment known as TMJ Massage Therapies focusing primarily on the TMJ, face and head. “I truly believe in a whole-body approach to treating TMJ Dysfunction and the role of fascia is 100% evident in each treatment,” she explains. “This bespoke approach treats the whole person, emotionally, physically and energetically by way of altering the physical structure of fascia, leaving my clients to feel relaxed and pain free.” Helen came into the industry in 2007 quite by accident, having dislocated her jaw whilst eating a bread roll! T “This was the beginning of my journey,” she elaborates. “Fourteen years later I am now a leading expert in this highly-specialized area with clients travelling from all over the UK and further afield for TMJ Massage Therapies treatments in my clinic in the UK.” Now, with an established history of client success, treating many people who live with both acute and chronic TMJ pain and associated conditions, where conventional medicine has failed, Helen offers them welcome relief from years of pain. “With cases of jaw pain rising around the globe I am now on a mission to help as many people as possible and to do that I need to train more health practitioners,” she explains. “I truly believe that the best way to do that is via an online course.” In order to address this niche market, Helen is now also the founder of TMJ Massage Therapies® Online CPD Course which continues to attract Allied Health Practitioners from around the globe looking to learn this non-invasive and highly effective Treatment Protocol. This is a 4-week course which blends theory, scientific research and practical elements to teach the TMJ Massage Therapies treatment protocol, with videos and interactive sessions designed for manual therapists, body workers and all medical professionals with an interest in successfully treating clients with TMJ dysfunction. “Sadly, not enough practitioners are confidently treating jaw pain and that is why I have introduced the course,” Helen explains. “The next TMJ Massage Therapies® Online CPD Course is going live in November 2021 and I cannot wait to share my journey, knowledge and experience with other likeminded practitioners.” Having recently been awarded the accolade of Best Bespoke Massage Treatment Therapist (South West England) in the Influential Businesswoman Awards 2021, Helen’s mind is firmly set on the future and improving the lives of others with her courses. “I’m currently developing a Level 2 TMJ Massage Therapies® Training Course as well as now offering in-house TMJ Massage Therapies® training CPD courses at clinics globally.” TMJ Massage Therapies is a non-invasive, whole-body approach to TMJ Dysfunction. Helen Baker, Founder of the firm, tells us more about this debilitating condition and how she is striving to help more Allied Health Practitioners to confidently treat jaw pain in their clinics. Jul21694