Yikes. Can You Get Trigger Points in Your Tongue?

Apparently you can. Or at least at the bottom of the mouth. Compression of this area to address the problem can be very unpleasant, but the results can be greatly reduced tension in the neck and face.

If you have persistent neck issues, you may want to check it out. I'm not sure what the best technique is, but I stumbled upon the tension in my own mouth by probing the floor of the mouth on either side. Very weird but it definitely felt like some very intense trigger points on both sides. And my neck felt much more relaxed after working them.

Then I did the front area, which is more the base of the tongue. Yowza! Definitely issues there.

I have this recurring tension in my neck that tightens up whenever I'm working for more than an hour or two and it definitely faded after massaging these trigger points.

Can't believe I've missed this area all this time. I guess that is probably something a professionally may have caught, but not clear on which brand of professional is aware of this problem.