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I started a thread a while back called - Bruxism & covers TMJ / jaw problems.
Should still be around here somewhere. May that fancy new search facility can find it. Or maybe I can dig it out if need be.
Either way an osteopath should be able to help with most of these. Usually the upper neck, as well as the TM Joints are involved.
The 'click' is the small disk of cartilage in the joint getting caught & then slipping back into place with a 'click' or clunk. The worst one I saw sounded like velcro being torn apart [:@] , but he got better with only a few treatments.
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RE: Clicking Jaw!
ORIGINAL: Sue Kamolwan
Does anyone suffer from this? Lately, when I eat, my jaw clicks and it sounds awful. It can be heard by those around me! Don't know what started it and it doesn't hurt or anything.
Does anyone have a remedy - apart from applying WD40 to my jaw hinges!!
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how about cod liver oil to your jaw hinges?!!!!!!!
(ive no idea if it will work, im just being daft!!!!!)
emma.xXx.
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Hi Emma May
Yes, I've tried cod liver oil tablets but it doesn't seem to help much and cod liver oil doesn't really agree with me. Happy to hear of any other suggestions though.
Thanks
Love
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Hi Sue,
My boyfriend had this. It is called something like temporal mandibular disorder or something like that and in his case it was caused by grinding his teeth when he was sleeping. The dentist sorted it out by making him a teeth shield that was moulded to his teeth and he wore it at night. And it went away and never came back. Sorted! Apparantly it is something quite common that dentists deal with all the time.
Lucy
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Hello folks
This is something a singer just can't live with, so I've followed a number of my colleagues' searches for a solution with interest.
(I agree totally with Anahata re TMJ probs also involving upper neck - he is a very experienced expert and I a dabbler so I won't pretend I can possibly add any value to his post.)
The most remarkable recoveries I've seen have both come from the osteopathic end - cranio-sacral therapy and cranial osteopathy respectively.
However as a clicking jaw can easily arise from a misalignment in the sacral area / pelvic basin or indeed spine I'd suggest that cranio-sacral therapist would give you a wide-ranging survey of potential sources for the problem in any given case. (This at least goes for the Upledger approach which is the one I'm studying.) Then you can decide if you'd prefer treatment by CST or osteopathy. You can get TMJ syndrome from falling on your bum or slipping a disc, sometimes in a very delayed time-scale, so keep the big picture in mind.
If you have a tooth-grinding habit a teeth shield can help with the symptom (I have one) but it's maybe best to get to the root cause for the tooth-grinding behaviour as well.
I'd not recommend moving teeth before you are sure that there is no skeletal/cranial misalignment. You might find, if you have your skeleton fixed subsequently, that you've moved your teeth into a wrong place and that they don't meet! 🙁 I've read several case studies regarding TMJ problems and not one needed braces to correct bite.
That said, a soprano friend of mine is completing a 2-year treatment with a dentist/cranial osteopath/ kinaestherapist guy in Bristol who she says is completely brilliant, and she has needed a brace. If anyone's interested and happy to travel to Bristol, let me know and I'll get his name/number.
Good luck clicky people!
love and light
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Hi Folks
Thanks so much for some very good advice here. I'm due to see my dentist next month for a check up so will broach the subject with him first and see what he suggests. I'll bear all that is written here in mind when I see him.
Thanks again everyone
Love
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I finally found the thread on jaw problems - follow this link.
http://www.healthypages.net/forum/tm.asp?m=12186
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Do see a dentist who can help you with this soon ,okay? There is treatment and such to ease the symtoms. One of them is warm mositure held to the jaws for 15 to 20 minutes or so a few times a day, another is to place the tip of your tongue up on the roof of your mouth to prevent you from locking your jaws tight without realizing it. Also, a mouthguard at night is a good idea, as you're probably clenching your jaws w/o realizing it. I've been through this for nearly 15 years and when I didn't getl help, I lost three major molars because of it - it can turn into a real nightmare!
sorry, but I really want to urge anyone dealing with this to get help as soon as possible to avoid the problems I have - and still am dealing with today.
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Mike has set up a Section for Head & Neck problems under Ailments & we've started moving old threads on the subject there.
So suggest taking a peak there for more info. 😉
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hey there,
yes!! i have had the same problem for a while now. My jaw clicks on the right hand side, and it causes pain in the left hand side :S its really painful, and i get jawlock when i eat.. i also have to open my mouth a certain way to drink out of a bottle etc.
so im off to the docs soon about the damn problem 😀 although its kinda cool, coz its like my party trick!!
Lozzie85 xx 😀
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My wife has just been diagnosed with Temporo Madibular Joint Syndrome, and the doc said take 400mg of Ibruprofen 3 times daily along with evening primrose oil and it should take effect after 3 months and be cured, she is in excutiating pain, any ideas for a more natural fix guys?
Love & Light
Mark
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Hi Mark
I was diagnosed with this condition too. Although mine isn't terribly painful (only sometimes) I only take a painkiller when I need it. I do take evening primrose oil though and have been for a while now (generally for my health) and I think it is helping. Cod liver oil is also thought to be good for joints (if you can bear the taste[:'(]) I also do self Reiki on my face and I'm sure that is giving me some relief - it certainly feels better after a short session.
It might be worth your wife going to homeopath to see if they can prescribe something - especially for the long term. I wouldn't like to take Ibru for that length of time.
Love
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I have always had this problem too. Usually worse when i am eating!
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Usually caused by mis-alignment of spine etc. Thats what i was told. Goin to see osteopath may well help the Clicking to Stop clicking!!!
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hmmm, I have a funny jaw, which only occasionally clicks, but has on a few occasions has dislocated (at precisely the wrong moment!) and has caused me much discomfort, not to mention embarrassment...
I am now too scared to open my mouth wide enough to eat an apple, let alone go to the dentist. Anyone else with this problem?