Jaw pain is a fairly common condition reported by many people after a car accident, and it can be confusing for some physicians to diagnose the cause of the issue. Complicating the issue, very often you won't develop TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after a crash.
Back Pain Chiropractic has treated many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the medical literature explains what produces these types of symptoms. During a car accident, the tissues in your neck are often stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve damage. This can obviously cause pain in the neck and back, but since your nervous system is one functioning unit, irritation of the nerves can cause problems in other parts of your body.
For example, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause prickling or pins and needles in the arm and hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injury, like your head and jaw. Headaches after car crash are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Back Pain Chiropractic sees this very commonly in our Texarkana office.
Studies have shown that the root of many jaw or TMJ symptoms starts in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can resolve the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The trick to dealing with these symptoms is simple: Back Pain Chiropractic will work to return your spinal column back to health, relieving the inflammatory reaction, treating the injured tissues, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.
Back Pain Chiropractic finds that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we restore your spine to its healthy state.
If you live in Texarkana and you've been injured in a car crash, Back Pain Chiropractic can help. We've been treating auto injury patients for many years and we can most likely help you, too. Give our office a call today at (870) 774-0951 for an appointment or consultation.
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Brantingham JW, Cassa TK, Bonnefin D, Pribicevic M, Robb A, et al. Manipulative and multimodal therapy for upper extremity and temporomandibular disorders: a system review. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2013;36(3):143-201.
Dr. Venita takes great pride in helping patients of all ages experience hope and healing through excellent chiropractic care. Her compassionate manner, combined with her extensive skill set, continues to draw patients to the clinic. If for some reason, we are not the right fit, we will help lead you to someone that can provide care to your needs.
