If you're having pain and swelling in the temples, particularly if you're an older adult, see your health care provider ASAP -- preferably this week -- to rule out temporal arteritis. Prompt treatment is important in patients with this condition.
If you are a younger adult, see your health care provider in the next few weeks if the pain doesn't go away or if you have any new symptoms.
(--thx! from Question writer-- for info about temporal arteritis. I will surely seek to rule this out. I am not sure it is that since the chewing and swelling is the only symptom when compared to a long list of symptoms related to temporal arteritis.)
Due to the presence of lactic acid in your muscles, which triggers pain receptors in that area, causing the feeling of pain
A biteforce is the force applied by the chewing muscles when biting or chewing.
Due to the presence of lactic acid in your muscles, which triggers pain receptors in that area, causing the feeling of pain
Styloglossus
jaw and teeth
Muscles involved in chewing are the masseteres, temporalis, and medial and lateral pterygoids.
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voluntary because you have to force them to do it
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mouth
No... the only possible way chewing gum would contribute to weight loss is making you feel like you've eaten a meal causing you to eat less overall. Besides that, and that's a very small calorie deficit, chewing gum will not effect your double chin.
Yes, Muscles relax whenever you relax without moving, your muscles make you move, and bones keep your shape!