Medial Pterygoid – Stretching

Joe Muscolino

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    The right medial pterygoid muscle, a muscle of mastication, is stretched by depressing and ipsilaterally deviating (deviating to the same side) the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs).

     

    The right medial pterygoid muscle, a muscle of mastication, is stretched by depressing and ipsilaterally deviating (deviating to the same side) the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs).

    The right medial pterygoid muscle, a muscle of mastication, is stretched by depressing and ipsilaterally deviating (deviating to the same side) the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs).