right in front of my ears on both sides
its really tight and tense. There is also
pain. I feel like it needs cracked or
whatever. Is it good to try it yourself
with your mouth or jaw?
Thanks
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catswold
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Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 404 Location: Flint, Michigan
Posted: 02-08-06 05:39am
No kevin, it is not good to crack your jaw
joint. If you get it into place with the
first crack - great, but that rarely
happens and the more the joint is cracked,
the more irrepairable damage is done and
***more pain***. This was and is my big
problem for 25 years now and my joint is
so damaged. I start cracking it to get
it into joint and I can't stop until it is
and many times it won't go where it should
so. Most times it take hundreds of
cracks. The cracking hurts making the
joint get more and more painful until it
is excruciating and all you want to do is
die.
So what do you do when it feels like you
have to crack your tmj? - anything but
pop or crack it. That was a helpful
answer, wasn't it? The most important
thing to do is to try and relax. Pull
your shoulders down and your head up and
back and chin parallel to the floor.
It's usually bad posture that gets you to
that point. Another thing is to have a
massage by a good, tmj knowledgable
massage therapist. The muscles and
ligaments need to be stretched. Moist
heat is good to relax the area.
Anti-inflammatory pain meds or muscle
relaxants or even anti-depressants are
good. Keep yourself busy and ignore it
(this is a hard one). Do not clench your
teeth. Exercise. Ultrasound (radio
waves, not imaging). Go to sleep with a
sleeping pill. Get into a hot tub.
Cry. Preventative treatment.
Anything but do not pop or crack. That
is my one regret because I have suffered
more and worse pain because of it. It
becomes involuntarily and you don't even
know you are doing it after a while. It
becomes, it is, a night mare.
