If you had to walk around with one shoe, your lower back, knee, hip and eventually neck would start hurting, similar if your jaw is not properly lined up then every bite you chew throws off the alignment of your jaw. Simply using a night guard or splint is generally not enough. Once the muscles become imbalanced, clicking and pain may start. This makes it more difficult to open and close your mouth, more difficulty with chewing and creates other pains such as headaches.
Our non-forceful and no-invasive chiropractic adjustments offer relief by helping the alignment of the jaw, reducing tension in the surrounding muscles and promote natural healing of the jaw and surrounding structures. We are also one of few clinics that perform cranial manipulation which is another non forceful way of gently aligning the bones of the skull.
Some of our patients may also benefit with acupuncture which involves the insertion of thin small needles that are generally painless at specific points on the body or jaw to restore balance and reduce pain fast.
Depending on the type of problems that have developed from your specific form of TMJ we may use microcurrent which helps restore balance to the muscles, ligaments and joints of the TMJ and surrounding tissues. Some of our patients grind their teeth and need help through calming the nervous system. The type of microcurrent we use most people can not feel it, yet it offers a powerful method of relaxing the nervous system through calming the effects of the Vagus nerve. This is one of the premier ways of controlling stress.
By combining combining these methods of non-invasive healing, we provide long term relief and can get to the root of the problem. Our patients generally have better posture. less pain and muscular tightness, less headaches, improved digestion, less vertigo and improved balance. Help us reduce TMJ one bite at a time. Go from Blah to Aaaah at Aaaah Wellness.
