THE CLENCHING CHRONICLES
The Study To Show You Can't Feel Yourself Clenching
Jaw Clenching & Grinding
About this episode
In a 7-day study, healthy young adults received a random prompt on their phone throughout the day and reported what their jaw was doing at that moment. Their jaw was relaxed 71.7% of the time. Their teeth were touching 14.5% of the time. And 10.0% of the time — 1 in 10 checks — they were clenching, almost always without realizing it.
That single finding is the reason ClenchAlert exists.
In this video, Randy Clare, President of Hawkeye Group, breaks down what that study actually means, why clenching is nearly impossible to catch on your own, and how ClenchAlert was built to do exactly what that random phone prompt did — deliver an awareness cue in the moment, from your own jaw, instead of hours later when the tension has already set in.
What we cover: — The 7-day study, and why "1 in 10" is a bigger number than it sounds — Why clenching doesn't hurt and makes no sound while it's happening — so you can't train yourself to notice it without help — How ClenchAlert's vibration cue mirrors the same real-time prompting mechanism that made the study's results possible — Why timing is the entire point: an alert hours later teaches you nothing; an alert in the moment is something you can act on — What "Notice. Release. Reset." actually looks like in practice
Read the full article and study sources: https://clenchalert.com/blogs/clencha...
Learn more about ClenchAlert: https://clenchalert.com/
ClenchAlert® is intended for general wellness, self-awareness, and educational support only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent bruxism, TMJ disorders, headaches, tooth damage, sleep disorders, or any medical or dental condition. For daytime awareness practice only — not a medical or dental treatment.
Study referenced: Zani et al., J Oral Rehabil 2018 — 7-day real-time observation — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29574...
That single finding is the reason ClenchAlert exists.
In this video, Randy Clare, President of Hawkeye Group, breaks down what that study actually means, why clenching is nearly impossible to catch on your own, and how ClenchAlert was built to do exactly what that random phone prompt did — deliver an awareness cue in the moment, from your own jaw, instead of hours later when the tension has already set in.
What we cover: — The 7-day study, and why "1 in 10" is a bigger number than it sounds — Why clenching doesn't hurt and makes no sound while it's happening — so you can't train yourself to notice it without help — How ClenchAlert's vibration cue mirrors the same real-time prompting mechanism that made the study's results possible — Why timing is the entire point: an alert hours later teaches you nothing; an alert in the moment is something you can act on — What "Notice. Release. Reset." actually looks like in practice
Read the full article and study sources: https://clenchalert.com/blogs/clencha...
Learn more about ClenchAlert: https://clenchalert.com/
ClenchAlert® is intended for general wellness, self-awareness, and educational support only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent bruxism, TMJ disorders, headaches, tooth damage, sleep disorders, or any medical or dental condition. For daytime awareness practice only — not a medical or dental treatment.
Study referenced: Zani et al., J Oral Rehabil 2018 — 7-day real-time observation — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29574...
