Sam Hagerty-Martin, Licensed Massage Therapist Sam Hagerty-Martin, Licensed Massage Therapist

Causes of Jaw Pain and What Can Help

If you have eaten, laughed, yawned, or talked, then you have used your temporomandibular joint. Many people are affected by pain or discomfort in this joint, a condition known as TMJ disorder (TMJD) which can manifest in the following ways:

• Pain in the face, jaw, or teeth
• Headaches
• Earaches
• Noises such as clicking or grating in the joint
• Decreased range of motion when opening the mouth

So, what can help this condition?

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