Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders are located in front of each of your ears, joining your lower jaw to your skull. You can easily locate it by opening and closing your mouth and feeling for the joint with your fingers.
A TMJ disorder may occur when there is a problem with the actual TMJ or with the muscles surrounding it. Besides a dull pain at the site of the joint near the ear, a TMJ disorder may trigger headache, ear pain, neck stiffness, and popping or clicking of the jaw.
Causes
It was originally thought that TMJ disorders were due to misalignment of the upper and lower teeth.1 While this structural factor still plays a role, experts believe that other factors (e.g., emotional and environmental) are involved.
To help ease sore jaw muscles, place a cold or warm compress on your jaw and gently massage your jaw muscles. Eat a soft diet, cut food into small pieces and avoid hard, chewy or sticky foods. Try not to open your mouth too wide, even when you yawn. And most importantly, relax your jaw muscles
1. Inflammatory conditions Synovitis Retrodiscitis
2. Internal derangement Disc displacement with reduction
3. Arthritis rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, infectious arthritis, Reiter’s syndrome and gout
4. Hypermobility disorders such as Marfan syndrome, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy
5. Muscle spasm
6. cervical postural disorders
7. Temporal Tendinopathy
8. Fractures
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I usually suggest manual techniques including intra-oral myofascial release and massage therapy on masticatory muscles, atlantooccipital joint thrust manipulation, and upper cervical spine mobilization
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