i've recently been told I have tmd by a
chiropractor who went on to manipulate my
jaw. The reason I saw the chiro in the
first place was because of neck stiffness
and to a lesser extent jaw aching. He's
been working on my neck for about 6
sessions and my neck has started making an
improvement. Unfortunately a couple of
weeks ago he started working on my jaw and
i'm writing this to ask people here if
what he did sounds like a good idea or
whether it was a bad idea.
Up until he started treating my jaw the
only problems I had was an ache. Now that
he has treated my jaw the ache is still
there but now my jaw clicks and my teeth
seem to be too close together at the back.
They chatter when I try to go to sleep
and I am constantly aware that my teeth
are closer together. It makes speech
difficult and causes more jaw ache as i'm
contantly trying to keep my teeth apart.
It also aches on one side of my jaw
whenever I yawn.
The manipulations he did were as follows:
with a gloved hand he pressed and held for
1 minute the muscles on my cheek from
inside of my mouth. On the first sitting
he also put his palm on my right cheek and
dragged sharply down a couple of times.
He has also gotten me to put my fingers on
my lower teeth while he puts a mechanical
pulse through my fingers and onto my jaw
using what he calls an activator or
actuator - can't remember.
My question is "has he caused my tmd to
become worse?" if there are any
chiropractors out there who can comment
that would be great because at the moment
I am contemplating cancelling my next
appointment and i'm getting very worried
about my jaw.
Thanks
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pstuart
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 58
Posted: 06-26-08 06:24am
this is an old post - but I just started
going to a chiro who did almost the exact
same - any comments?
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Tmddyan
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: post falls, id usa
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Posted: 06-26-08 14:49pm
trust your chiro---things get worse and
then get better---that is usually the run
tof things.
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pstuart
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 58
Posted: 06-26-08 17:37pm
I've now had my third treatment - each is
different, as he said it would be. He is
into the cranio-sacral type tretment and
is also adjusting the pelvis... As of now,
and maybe wishful thinking - but I do not
have the debiitating pain..... I still
have pain, but it seems manageable?!?!?
Also - I still have the loud crepitus and
ear pain, and pain in front of the ear -
both sides.... he feels it is muscular and
said that unless there was an accidnet of
some type, then it is muscular..... But
then why this click and ear pain and
crunching when I "rotate " my jaw.... I've
been trying to baby the jaw as well....
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Tmddyan
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: post falls, id usa
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Posted: 06-27-08 00:49am
the reason its different every time is
that things stay in place and other things
are coming out---its a process----i
wouldnt say that if there was no accident
than its muscular---i had problems before
the accident---it was a skeletal problem.
you never really can tell.
