Jaw Pain/TMD
A majority of jaw and facial pain is related to the muscles supporting the jaw. Typically these muscles work together in harmony beautifully.
Car accidents, knocks to the head, stress clenching or grinding, dysfunctional chewing, loss of teeth can set off a compensatory pattern of muscle movement that is not sustainable long term. Sometimes months or years go by before the muscles taking the load finally let you know about it with chronic pain.
Botox and splint therapy are usually the go to treatment but without addressing the core underlying dysfunction in the muscles they will only provide you with a short term solution.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy addresses the dysfunction and helps strengthen and correct the irregular pattern of movement by these muscles.
