If You Have Jaw Pain from TMJ, Our Chiropractor Can Help
If pain from TMJ disorder is keeping you up at night, making it hard to eat, or preventing you from living a happy, healthy life, our chiropractor can help. TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorder is a joint dysfunction that causes pain, inflammation, swelling, stiffness, and difficulty moving the jaw. Schedule an appointment with our chiropractor for TMJ treatment in Boerne, TX.
Diagnosing the Underlying Cause of TMJ
The first thing our chiropractor will do is identify the underlying cause of your TMJ disorder. TMJ disorder can be caused by hormones, genetics, or lifestyle. If you clench your jaw or grind your teeth in your sleep, you’re more likely to develop TMJ disorder. It can also occur as a result of a jaw injury, arthritis, or an autoimmune disease. Even if our chiropractor can’t determine the cause of your TMJ disorder, he can treat it.
Offering Rehabilitative Care to Improve Jaw Alignment
Chiropractic adjustments can be performed on the jaw to manipulate it, so it moves more easily. These adjustments can also relieve muscle tension near the jaw, improve blood flow, and ease pain. Combining adjustments with massage therapy can restore range of motion in the jaw and make it easier to bite, chew, speak, eat, drink, and sleep.
Relieving Pain, Inflammation, and Stiffness
Our chiropractor can provide TMJ remedies that don’t rely on prescription painkillers. Electrical stimulation – or e-stim – uses electrical pulses to imitate signals from the cells in your nervous system. These signals target muscles and nerves to repeatedly make them contract. These muscle contractions improve blood flow and stimulate the body’s natural healing process. Combining e-stim with infrared sauna treatments can promote muscle relaxation, ease tension in the jaw, improve circulation, restore movement and range of motion, and relieve pain.
Improving Sleep
You might not know this, but chiropractors can also help their patients overcome sleep difficulty. Once our chiropractor has begun rehabilitative TMJ treatment, he can also offer lifestyle modification counseling that will help you fall asleep faster and get more restful sleep. He might suggest exercise, diet and nutrition changes, meditation, less screen time, mindfulness, yoga, and other holistic sleep therapies.
Get Safe, Effective TMJ Treatment in Boerne, TX
If you’ve been searching for effective, non-surgical TMJ treatment in Boerne, TX, come see us at Fair Oaks Chiropractic. Our chiropractor, Dr. Andrew Welsch, D.C., has decades of experience, and can find the underlying cause of your TMJ symptoms. He’ll design a personalized TMJ treatment plan that works for your needs, goals, and lifestyle. Schedule your appointment by calling us today at (830) 755-4661.
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