06/05/2025
🔍 How Split Massage Helps with Wrinkles & Tension Around the Ear
✅ 1. Releases Muscle Tension (Especially TMJ & Jaw Area)
• Split massage allows me to focus pressure and techniques precisely on the tension-prone muscles near the ear: the masseter, temporalis, and surrounding fascia.
• This improves circulation and relaxes the muscles that cause tightness and expression lines.
✅ 2. Increases Circulation & Lymphatic Drainage
• Working one side at a time encourages deeper lymphatic movement, helping remove stagnation and reduce puffiness or heaviness around the ears and jaw.
• Improved blood flow brings oxygen and nutrients to skin cells, softening wrinkles.
✅ 3. Lifts and Firms Skin Around the Jaw and Ear
• When lifting techniques like effleurage, petrissage, or deep sculpting are applied carefully along the jawline up toward the ear, they help reposition sagging tissues.
• Over time, this can visibly reduce wrinkles and tighten the skin near the ears.
✅ 4. Provides Neuromuscular Re-education
• The isolated focus of split massage helps the muscles “learn” to relax and hold a more lifted posture, especially when repeated over time.
✋ Focus Areas Around the Ear During Split Massage:
1. Behind the ear and down the neck – Encourages lymphatic flow and releases tension in the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle.
2. In front of the ear (tragus area) – Softens crow’s feet and relaxes facial expression muscles.
3. Jawline to ear (masseter zone) – Relieves TMJ tightness and contour loss.
4. Temple and side scalp – Releases tension from chewing or stress, which can cause indirect wrinkling.
