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Does anyone experience a Dental problem with Jaw Joint tightness?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Mar 20 7:10am | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
@keomio1 I have TMJ. I get physical therapy for it. You do need a Dr's order in order to get the therapy started. It does helps some. They massage your cheeks and bones on your face, near the TMJ area. They have you do exercises in office and at home exercises too. It has helped some for me. TMJ is difficult to treat. I wear a mouth guard for my sleep apnea, however you can get mouth guards for TMJ as well. A Chiropractor could help you with your neck also. Some have red light therapy, which may help you as well. The Chiropractor will take an X-ray and show you the results of it. I have had acupressure massage and that helps on other parts of my body, not sure if they do the head/jaw or not. Heat can help as well. I use a face roller, it is for your skin to prevent wrinkles. It is small and I use that and it helps some.
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@animallover25 @keomio1
I have Temporomandibular dysfunction or TMD and see a specialist who is also a dentist. I am in physical therapy now and am a spine surgery patient due to a whiplash some years ago. That is all related to this problem as my C1 and C2 can slip slightly out of alignment which affects jaw alignment. I have a mouth appliance that is repositioning my jaw to be forward to take the pressure off of the jaw joint. As a kid, when I had braces on my teeth, they pulled my jaw backwards and per the specialist, that set up the TMD issues for my future and a neck injury didn’t help. The PT and dental specialist are working together on this. My PT actually recommends against chiropractor adjustments because it tweaks the defensive support structures in the spine and cumulative stressors of aggressive adjustments can destabilize the spine. From my experience with a damaged disc, I know that the injury weakened the fibrous wall of the disc and eventually it ruptured and spilled out the jelly like nucleus. You don’t really know how strong or weak a disc is after an injury or even years after an injury. My PT has osteopathic training and does very gentle spine alignment adjustments only after the muscles around the area have been loosened and prepared for a little movement.
My mouth appliance is also being periodically adjusted to spread my lower jaw for better alignment and for better interaction with the cervical spine and increasing breathing capacity. I have allergies and asthma and this should help everything.