I have tmj problems, mainly just extreme
tightness in the joints, and limited jaw
range. Virtually no pain, except for a
few rare times. My jaw doesn't open
straight rather it quickly shifts back as
the joints aren't moving much. I also get
clicking sometimes, but this isn't
particularily frequent unless chewing a
harder food or sometimes upon opening
wide.
As the jaw tension has heightened over
time i've observed a difference in my
tooth structure... I can also remember a
specific incident when lying on my pillow
when the jaw shifted significantly into
its current tighter position.
This whole thing was anxiety and obsessive
compulsive activated. I used to
compulsive crack my jaw almost constantly,
and then I when I stopped doing that I
began a variety of other strange
compulsive daily jaw movements.
One problem I have is that i'm worried
i'll further disconfigure it from this
point on, so the jaw is very very tense -
i'm often finding myself reluctant to move
it around.
I'm twenty years old. The jaw cracking
was about eight years ago for maybe a
year.. A lot of the newer changes to the
jaw joint happened three to four years
ago.
I'm wondering what I could do that would
help stretch the joints a bit without
having to worry about further altering the
landscape. I've been gifted not to have
pain so many tmj sufferers have, so I want
to keep it that way, at the same time I
have so much tension and i'm so worried
about making the slightest movement in my
jaw that i'm really quite unhappy.
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MidiVeg
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 4 Location: South Florida
Gradual Onset Posted: 07-23-05 13:17pm
I too had tmj problems for years until
they became an issue. I had limited
opening of my mouth, but suddenly after a
couple of years it started to hurt. I
couldn't chew, and it has gotten worse
over time.
There are as many opinions about how to
treat this condition as there are doctors
trying to do so, but my suggestion would
be not to wait until it progresses.
Have it evaluated early. If only i'd
known enough to follow my own advice a
year ago.
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