Chiropractic Effective for TMJ Pain After Car Crash

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly common problem reported by people after a car crash, and it can be hard for some doctors to diagnose the root of the issue. Complicating the matter, very often you won't experience TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after the incident.

Back Pain Chiropractic has treated many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the medical literature explains what triggers these types of symptoms. During a auto injury, the tissues in your spine are frequently stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve injury. This can clearly cause pain in the neck and back, but since your nervous system is one functioning unit, irritation of the nerves can cause pain in other parts of your body.

For example, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause tingling or numbness in the arm and hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injured tissues, like your head and jaw. Headaches after auto injury are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Back Pain Chiropractic sees this very frequently in our Texarkana office.

Research Proves Chiropractic Therapy Helps TMJ Pain After Auto Injury

Studies have shown that the source of many jaw or TMJ symptoms originates in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck problem can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The trick to resolving these symptoms is simple: Back Pain Chiropractic will work to restore your spine back to health, relieving the inflammation, treating the injured areas, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Back Pain Chiropractic finds that jaw and headache issues often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy condition.

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 probably 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.