Do any of you have it? What kind of symptoms do you/did you have? Did TMJ ever cause the glands in your neck to swell (most likely in the morning)? Thanks
im a massage therapist most of the time, when ie dealt with it, it hasnt had swollen glands, unless u havedecided not to use ur jaw much from the clicking. all it usually boils down to is tension, unreleased that needs o be relieved from the lower back, mid back and then shoulders and neck. after that, it shouldnt really be there. try a reularmassage or other form of relaxation
Thanks. My good friend is going to school for massage therapy, and I've been getting massages from him at least twice a week. It's wonderful and helps with the tension a lot.
I had 3years of braces and weird contraptions in my mouth to correct my tmj. my teeth look pretty but i still have tmj. they said it would have been worse and i only have a mild case but my jaw pops and sometimes chewing hurts i dont get headaches or anything and i guess i just got used to it so i dont do anything about it.
Well to make a long story short .. I had my 12 y/omolars when i was 10 and my wisdom when i was 12 and got them removed when i was 15. Found out i had TMJ .. lovely! Ever since then its been hell I'm now an adult and i NEED Jaw surgery. I'm on a soft food diet and any thing i chew locks my jaw. My teeth are going crooked (sp?) and i need braces as well. I've noticed that say for example if you go from heat to cold or coffee to water that can tense your jaw up. So just watch out for stuff like that. T
