Mary listened to a talk I was giving one morning. I discussed TMJ/jaw pain, pregnancy, stress, headaches and neck pain. She came to me saying she suffered with all these complaints. Her TMJ/jaw pain had been giving her so much trouble, her friends and business associates suggested she gave up her small business, which she loved. Mary went to her dentist, who prescribed botox injections to relieve her jaw pain. The botox worked very well…….. until she discovered she was pregnant. You cannot use botox when pregnant. Mary needed an alternative treatment, and she needed it fast! The treatments included education on sleep posture, techniques to relieve her neck pain and inner mouth work. I used Craniosacral therapy to relieve the layers of stress and tension that had built up in her body over many years. I gave her home exercises for her TMJ/jaw pain. Mary felt less pain right from after the first treatment. She had no idea this kind of treatment was available before she saw me talk. She told me she would have continued to use botox forever if she had not discovered the treatments I offered.
As I explained to her botox is a toxin, and would eventually put stress on her liver. This was not a recommended long term treatment. Many people, women more than men, suffer with TMJ/jaw pain. It can present as clicking, grinding or inability to open the jaw very wide. Some people cannot eat an apple, for example , as their jaw is so painful. Often the TMJ will result in unexplained headaches or migraines. The longer the jaw is out of alignment, the more damage is done to the fragile discs. There is 1 disc in each side of the jaw, and surgery is not advised nor often successful. As with everything in the human body, prevention is better than cure!
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