👅 Your Tongue Can Help Your Balance & Walking! 🧠🚶♀️
Most people don’t think about the tongue when it comes to balance, gait, or nervous system regulation… but it plays a BIG role.
The tongue has strong connections to the trigeminal nerve and facial nerve, which are rooted near the brain stem — one of the major communication centers for posture, reflexes, coordination, and balance.
When we stimulate the tongue, we can help “wake up” the nervous system and send input to areas like the cerebellum, which helps control:
✅ Balance
✅ Coordination
✅ Walking mechanics
✅ Posture
✅ Eye/head/body communication
✅ Nervous system regulation
Try these 3 tongue stimulation exercises from the video:
1️⃣ Tongue Circles
30 reps each direction
2️⃣ Tongue Suction with Click
15 reps
3️⃣ Isometric Tongue Push Hold
Hold 10 seconds, 2 times each side
These may look simple, but they give your brain powerful sensory input that can help your body feel more organized, grounded, and coordinated.
Your tongue is not just for talking and eating — it’s a nervous system tool. 👅🧠
Comment “Tongue” below to learn more about my Nervous System Reset Online Workshop, where you’ll learn more ways to use your tongue to regulate stress and move better.
Amanda Jessop-Lone Star Functional Movement
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I Help People Get Stronger, Reduce Pain & Injuries, and Decrease Stress through Functional Fitness! Lyme Warrior
I’m Amanda, and I am a Functional Movement Specialist & Holistic Health Coach who utilizes balanced fitness methods, injury preventative principles, health coaching, body system optimization to help men and women get stronger, reduce stress, & heal pain.
05/28/2026
💧 Fascia + Lymph Flow = A BIG missing piece in chronic pain
Your fascia is the web-like connective tissue that surrounds your muscles, organs, nerves, and lymph vessels.
When fascia becomes tight, restricted, inflamed, or scarred, it can create tension that blocks healthy fluid movement through the body.
And when your lymph isn’t flowing well, your body can feel:
✅ Heavy
✅ Puffy or swollen
✅ Tight and restricted
✅ Inflamed
✅ Achy
✅ Foggy
✅ Stuck in stress mode
The good news? You can start supporting your fascia + lymph flow with simple tools like:
💧 Big 6 Lymph Massage
💧 Vibration Plate
💧 Fascia Flossing
💧 Foam Rolling
💧 Breathwork
💧 Gentle Mobility
💧 Manual Lymphatic Drainage
💧 Fascial Release Work
At LSFM, we take an inside-out approach to chronic pain — because pain is rarely just about one tight muscle.
It’s about your lymphatic system, nervous system, fascia, breath, movement, and recovery all working together.
Ready to learn how to heal your fascia + lymph so you can reduce stress, inflammation, and chronic pain?
✨ Purchase my Lymphatic Reset Online Workshop and learn simple tools you can start using at home.
Comment LYMPH or DM me for the link. 💧
05/15/2026
🦷💧 Hidden Dental Issues Can Affect More Than Your Mouth
Dental problems don’t always stay local.
Because the mouth is highly connected to your lymphatic system, immune system, bloodstream, fascia, and nervous system, chronic dental inflammation may create whole-body stress.
When there is ongoing decay, gum inflammation, abscess, or unresolved dental infection, the body may respond with:
💧 Swollen neck or jaw lymph nodes
💧 Facial puffiness
💧 Throat or jaw tightness
💧 Underarm swelling
💧 Fatigue
💧 Inflammation flares
💧 Feeling “stuck” even with clean eating or detox protocols
Why?
Your teeth, gums, and jaw drain into lymph nodes in the neck, jaw, and clavicle region. If that area is under constant immune demand, drainage can become overwhelmed.
And when lymph can’t flow well…
✨ toxins don’t clear efficiently
✨ inflammation can linger
✨ the nervous system may stay on high alert
✨ healing may feel blocked
Research also shows that poor oral health is linked with increased systemic inflammation and cardiovascular stress — not because dental issues directly “cause” heart disease, but because chronic inflammation adds burden over time.
The jaw also has a powerful nervous system connection through the trigeminal nerve, vagus nerve, cervical fascia, and autonomic nervous system.
So if you’re dealing with unexplained swelling, fatigue, inflammation, pain, or detox resistance, your oral health may be one piece of the puzzle.
Healing isn’t just about pushing harder.
It’s about restoring flow. 🌿
Support your body with:
✅ professional dental care
✅ gentle lymphatic drainage
✅ diaphragmatic breathing
✅ hydration + minerals
✅ nervous system calming
✅ avoiding aggressive detox until drainage improves
Your body may not be failing you.
It may be protecting you. 🤍
⚠️ Informational only. Always consult your dentist, physician, or qualified healthcare provider for diagnosis and treatment.
⚠️ How do environmental toxins contribute to neuropathy?
Environmental toxins can put a lot of stress on the nervous system and may play a role in symptoms like:
✨ burning
✨ tingling
✨ numbness
✨ weakness
✨ nerve pain
Some of the ways this can happen:
➡️ Direct irritation or damage to nerves
➡️ Increased inflammation + oxidative stress
➡️ Stress on mitochondria (less energy for nerve repair)
➡️ Impact on myelin, circulation, and nutrient delivery
Common contributors may include:
🔸 heavy metals
🔸 pesticides
🔸 solvents
🔸 mold exposure
🔸 alcohol
🔸 some medications
At LSFM, I believe we have to look at the body from an inside-out approach. Sometimes the issue is bigger than just the symptom. If the nervous system is stressed, the body often lets us know.
If you’ve been dealing with unexplained nerve symptoms, it may be worth looking deeper at the bigger picture. 💡
💬 Have you ever considered that environmental exposures could be affecting your nervous system?
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