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XanaDUer2

(13,829 posts)
Sat Oct 21, 2023, 04:55 PM Oct 2023

Friends, please pray for my TMJ treatment

It's very expensive and not insured. Things seemed to going well, but I just got stabbing pain in my left jaw/ear while chewing. I'm worried because I may need very expensive restorative dental work.

Things seemed to be going ok. I'm calling the dentist Monday.

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Friends, please pray for my TMJ treatment (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 OP
Ok best luck Duncanpup Oct 2023 #1
TY! NT XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #4
Sending healing energy Marthe48 Oct 2023 #2
TY! Nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #3
Ohhhh, I'm dealing with that right now. Yuck. TrueBlueBlackQueen Oct 2023 #5
Ty! XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #6
I resisted the orthotic. $$$ TrueBlueBlackQueen Oct 2023 #7
Understood XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #8
Ouch! TrueBlueBlackQueen Oct 2023 #9
Yeah. I'm pretty upset eom XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #10
40 years ago I was having bad migraines KS Toronado Oct 2023 #11
I am XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #12
Had that Rebl2 Oct 2023 #13
I'm glad XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #14
 
5. Ohhhh, I'm dealing with that right now. Yuck.
Sat Oct 21, 2023, 05:18 PM
Oct 2023

The are some jaw stretches that you might want to look up online. They helped me.

XanaDUer2

(13,829 posts)
6. Ty!
Sat Oct 21, 2023, 05:22 PM
Oct 2023

What a bizarre thing it is. Came flying out of nowhere about 6 months ago. Went to chew and heard CRUNCH. found a great specialist, but its expensive.

Good luck. What are you doing? Are you using orthotics?

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
11. 40 years ago I was having bad migraines
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 03:33 AM
Oct 2023

Medical Doctors said go see Dentists who specialize in TMJ treatment. 6 months and thousands of $$$ poorer with some improvement but still not 100% feeling healthy, coworker turned me on to a Chiropractor he believed would help me.

To make a long story short this Chiropractor who didn't believe in "cracking bones" realigned me, gave me some areas behind my ears to massage while moving my jaw in different positions. Started feeling a lot better migraines going away, stopped seeing the TMJ Dentist.

2nd trip to this Chiropractor about 6 months later, he said I had a bad arch in my left foot and if I'd buy these custom fitted arch supports from him for $35 I could probably quit having to see Chiropractors all together. Had been going about every 6 months since high school.

The custom fitted arch supports worked wonders along with how to massage my head nerve endings and I got back to 100%
healthy. Forget over the counter one size fits all arch supports, find the ones Doctors, Chiropractors and some shoe stores furnish where you step bare footed into a medium hard/soft foam box and leave an impression and you get the custom made supports back in a few weeks.

One last note, it's my understanding that the older we get the less TMJ issues affect us. My TMJ Dentist told me that by the time people are in their mid 50s our bodies have adjusted/adapted to any misalignment's and problems from TMJ should be nonexistent.

Locally Dentists are telling retired people who mention a headache or any other aches & pains that they should be treated for TMJ. IMO, these Dentists are either way misinformed or deliberately stealing from people. You older than mid 50s?

XanaDUer2

(13,829 posts)
12. I am
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 09:49 AM
Oct 2023

I trust him, however. Its obvious I have a problem, and underwent diagnostics. I hear my jaw popping. Glad yours worked out.

Rebl2

(14,676 posts)
13. Had that
Mon Oct 23, 2023, 08:58 PM
Oct 2023

as a teenager back in the seventies. Also could not open mouth all the way because of it. It eventually went away. By the time I went to college it had resolved without treatment.

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