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Physical therapy for jaw issues?

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MountainMama

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I saw a facial pain specialist Tuesday. After a long exam and thorough questioning, he is pretty confident that a lot of my atypical facial pain is caused by a disc issue. He believes that the disc in my left jaw joint has been sliding out of place a little, and when my bite was off for almost a year after getting my last implant, the disc was completely dislocated. He said he heard some scratching noises when he listened to my jaw joints with a stethoscope but doesn’t think I have much arthritis in them.

He recommended physical therapy from someone familiar with the jaw muscles and biofeedback. He said I can call around and see if there is anyone near me, and he will call them after and question them to make sure they know the muscles well, or he can refer me to a few people that are about two hours from me.

So does physical therapy help? He said it should help “tighten” the area around the disc to prevent it from slipping in the future, but when I got home and did some research, it sounds like it mostly just controls pain.
 
Yes it can be very effective, lucky for me I had a "tame" physiotherapist on the grounds so it was easy to send patients to them. Ultrasound by the physio can be very effective for some TMJ issues.
 
Yes it can be very effective, lucky for me I had a "tame" physiotherapist on the grounds so it was easy to send patients to them. Ultrasound by the physio can be very effective for some TMJ issues.
Good to know! Thank you! I hope I can find someone closer to me, so I don’t have to drive 2 hours to an appointment, but that is the drawback of living rural.

What does ultrasound do?
 
Seems to generally reduce inflammation in muscles and joints, I'm not an expert only had it used on me!
 
Seems to generally reduce inflammation in muscles and joints, I'm not an expert only had it used on me!
That is pretty amazing though! I will have to ask about it.
 
Wow that sounds promising mountain Mama. would love to hear how it goes!
 
Seems to generally reduce inflammation in muscles and joints, I'm not an expert only had it used on me!
The facial pain specialist brought up ultrasound in my last appointment. He said they do that in the biofeedback therapy. I start both physical therapy and biofeedback therapy next month. I can’t take the anti-inflammatory meds he wanted to prescribe so he said ultrasound may be an option
 
Keep us posted how it goes please.
 
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