Common Symptoms of TMD
- Difficulty opening your mouth
- Popping sounds in your jaw
- Jaw pain and fatigue
- Ringing in your ears
- Headache
- Neck pain
Method of Treatment
We have designed various treatment methods to help with TMD. These treatments are meant to:
- Help you regain normal jaw function
- Decrease inflammation and pain
- Improve jaw mobility
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Improve posture
Improve Jaw Movements
Our therapists use skilled hands-on treatments to gently increase jaw movement and relieve pressure and tension in tissues and joints. This treatment stretches the jaw to restore typical joint and muscle flexibility or break adhesions due to sustained injury.
We take time to teach you special low-load exercises that will strengthen the jaw muscles and restore a natural pain-free motion. We guarantee speedy recovery!
Postural Instruction
Sitting, standing, or walking with your head in an increased forward position puts a lot of strain on the muscles under your chin. This posture causes the lower jaw to pull back and your mouth to remain open even when resting, increasing stress on the TMJ.
Our physical therapist will train you to be aware of your posture to improve the posture of your jaw, head, neck, breastbone, and shoulder. We use scapular strengthening exercises to improve your posture awareness.
Ultrasound
In cases of severe pain, we provide treatments such as electrical stimulation or ultrasound. Ultrasound supplies deep heat to the jaw tissues and improves cellular mobility. If ultrasound is combined with home exercises, it provides excellent pain relief.
Exercise
We aim to restore your regular pain-free joint movements in the shortest time possible. Exercises for your jaw constitute a significant component of your TMD treatment.
Our therapist will prescribe exercises to improve the opening and closing of your jaw.
