TMJ

TMJ leaves as many as 3 million Americans in pain every year. Lockjaw, tenderness, and tightness in the jaw and facial muscles are all uncomfortable symptoms of TMJ. Luckily, there are TMJ home treatments to help alleviate the side effects and general pain. The Cause of...

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is very important and complex sliding hinge joint that connects your jaw to your skull. It makes opening and closing your jaw possible, and you kinda need it in order to eat, speak or to make facial expressions. You see, TMJ...

There are so many joints in your body that function without us having to pay them much attention. That is, of course, until an important joint starts to function improperly or causes us pain. The temporomandibular joint is a perfect example. While few of us notice...

Often, TMJ symptoms like headaches, jaw pain or ear pain are mistaken for something else, and many adults go untreated, suffering in silence from a highly-treatable condition called TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder). Some studies have shown that up to 15 percent of American adults suffer from...

Temporomandibular joint disorder or temporomandibular joint syndrome, also known as TMJ, is a common disorder that affects the jaw joint. The temporomandibular joint is what connects your mandible (lower jaw) to your skull (temporal bone), and there is one on each side of your jaw;...

It’s no surprise to anyone that Twitter has become an instantaneous and infectious medium of spreading news, especially when a celebrity is the one sending the tweet. The social media outlet has the power to bring attention to breaking news, noteworthy causes and events, and dental distress. Dental distress? That’s right. LeAnn Rimes, the youngest country singer to ever win a Grammy award, tweeted that she was recovering from undergoing oral surgery. Her followers were curious about her facial pain. Word spread about the cause of her pain: TMJ, which stands for the temporomandibular joint.

The Temporomandibular Joint is a joint connecting the mandible (jaw) to the skull. A healthy TMJ allows us to open and close our jaws comfortably. However when there are problems with this joint, a host of symptoms may appear. TMJ disorders are affected by many of the same conditions and diseases that other joints in our body suffer.

The Temporomandibular Joint is a joint connecting the mandible (jaw) to the skull. A healthy TMJ allows us to open and close our jaws comfortably. However when there are problems with this joint, a host of symptoms may appear. TMJ disorders are affected by many of the same conditions and diseases that other joints in our body suffer. Due to the complexity of the joint, there are many misconceptions about the disorder, and its treatment.

TMJ is usually related to muscle tension, there are a number of jaw- relaxation exercises that people can do at home to relieve the pain. He shared several that may not only help soothe the discomfort but could in fact solve the problem if muscular...

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