Do you hear clicking or grating sounds from your jaw-bones when you chew or talk? Do u have regular headaches and pain along the jaw, teeth and the face? Do you have difficulties in closing and opening the mouth? Chances are, you are suffering from Temporo-Mandibular Joint disorder (TMJ). It is a curable and preventable disorder that weakens the joint of the lower jaw with the skull, resulting in pain and wear & tear of the bones and cartilages that form the joint.
TMJ can result from a variety of factors. It is treatable by modern medicine. A person suffering from TMJ can be helped with both short-term solutions and long-term treatments. Pain killers, splints, braces and physiotherapy are short-term solutions. The long-term solutions are required for more severe instances and include Bio feedback, Myofunctional therapy, TMJ jaw Surgery and Hypnotherapy. TMJ jaw surgery is often the last resort.
Due to the wide span of symptoms and variety of disorders associated with TMJ, a TMJ jaw surgery can have different meanings for each person. It is best to seek treatment before the TMJ condition becomes so severe that it requires surgery. There are ways to control it without surgery.
- TMJ exercises that relax and stretch the jaws can drastically reduce pain and tension in the facial muscles responsible for the TMJ pain.
- Massages which release tension and reduce pain from facial muscles help to both control the effects of TMJ as well as re-align the jaws with joints if required.
- The use of splints and mandibular re-positioning devices over a period of time can help to re-align the jaws as well as act against the clicking and grating sound generation
- Biofeedback headbands which are worn while sleeping to assist para-functional habit modification can adjust the specific actions and habits of the body which lead to build up of tension and wear and tear on the TMJ joint.
Self-Awareness movement therapy using Neuroplasticity techniques work well to reduce pain, prevent and control TMJ.
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