Are you getting Jaw popping, jaw locking, jAw pain, Headaches, or are hearing Ringing in your ears? These all could be stemming from an underlying jaw dysfunction
There can be many different reasons for having pain or other symptoms from your jaw. Figuring out the correct diagnosis is pertinent to taking the correct course of action with your treatments. Some of common diagnoses for jaw dysfunction are as follows: Anterior Disc Displacement with reduction, Anterior Disc Displacement without reduction, Posterior Disc Displacement, Jaw instability/subluxation, Retrodisciitis, Capsulitis, Muscle Strain, Post Surgical Pain, Traumatic Joint Effusion. To simplify things for you to try to correct your jaw pain yourself, we will combine them in to two groups and select a treatment plan based on these groups. If your main symptom is ringing in ears you will need a more advanced evaluation and plan that you can find in the services tab.
Group 1 The Hypomobile Jaw
Usually this group tends to have a longer treatment course depending on how long the jaw has been tight. Diagnoses in this group: Anterior Disc Displacement without Reduction, Posterior Disc Displacement, Capsulitis, Muscle Strain, Traumatic Joint Effusion, Post Surgical Pain. I would say in my experience the most common diagnosis I see being anterior disc displacement without reduction(ADDWOR). A patient would have had symptoms for a longer period of time, usually starting with popping and then progressed to limitation and no popping in the Jaw. It is usually more involved then the other diagnoses in this group and treatment is similar between them all, except ADDWOR needs an additional treatment that is the same anterior disc displacement with reduction which we will talk about later.
Treatment
Massage of Muscles of Mastication
Perform Light to Medium Pressure Circles in these Areas
This last one is tricky. You will have to insert your index finger straight behind where your wisdom tooth would be and hold light to medium pressure on that area that will usually be a little sore.
Joint Distraction
Here's a good link to follow for this treatment
Muscle Energy Technique
Open jaw as wide as you can, bite down on to your fingers submaximally for 5 sec, apply same amount of force with your fingers so your jaw doesn't close at all. relax bite for 2 seconds then open jaw wider. Repeat this sequence 3-5 times.
Group 2 Hypermobile Group
Usually this group tends to respond faster than group 1. Diagnoses in this group are instability/subluxation, anterior disc displacement with reduction, trauma, and muscle strain. Jaw dysfunctions could also be associated with underlying hypermobilty syndromes such as EDS and Downs syndrome.
Treatment
Massage of Muscles of Mastication
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Joint Distraction
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Strengthening
Buy Temporomandibular Tubing for strengthening HERE
Click HERE for Strengthening Progression
Jaw Disc Reduction Strategies
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