TMJ Treatment in Sutton Place

Are you experiencing jaw pain and are wondering what is causing it? Jaw pain, also known as TMJ, has many possible causes which can be very uncomfortable. However, there are also many exercises and treatments you can follow that can relieve jaw pain. At H&D Physical Therapy, our TMJ Treatment in Sutton Place will take a closer look at your jaw and will provide you with effective treatments that will reduce the pain.

What is TMJ?

The temporomandibular joint is a joint that connects your jawbone to your skull. If the joint is injured or damaged, it can lead to a pain disorder called the temporomandibular joint, also known as TMJ.

What causes TMJ?

Many causes can lead to TMJ, but the following are the most common causes of jaw pain:

Tooth Decay: You must brush your teeth daily and keep up with dental visits, so you don’t get cavities. Having cavities can lead to TMJ. For instance, if your cavity gets infected, that infection can spread to the tooth’s root. This causes TMJ, especially if the back of your teeth gets infected. That is why you must keep up with your dentist appointments, so if you have a cavity, your dentist will take it early before it can cause TMJ.

Autoimmune Diseases: Any type of autoimmune disease can cause TMJ, such as lupus, sclerosis, or arthritis. These diseases cause severe pain along your jaw that sometimes you may not be able to open your mouth entirely or sometimes not even at all. However, you can talk to a TMJ Treatment in Sutton Place who can tell you how to manage the pain and can provide you with a plan of treatment.

Sinus infections: Your sinuses trap the bacteria you inhale in your mucus and protect your lungs from harmful germs. However, if you have allergies or you get a cold, you might get a sinuses infection. This can also cause TMJ since the infection causes swelling, pain, and pressure in the walls of your sinus. If the swelling gets too intense, then it can expand to your jaw, causing TMJ.

Stress: Did you know that experiencing too much stress can cause TMJ? For instance, when you’re feeling stress, the muscles in your jaw get tense and cause pain in the joint. Stress can also cause headaches, and these headaches can also affect your jaw, which leads to pain. One way to stop this is to follow activities or techniques that can reduce stress. Any activities you do to reduce stress also reduce jaw pain. Some activities include going out for walks, listening to music, reading, or even meditating.

Grinding or Clenching of Teeth: Some people are used to grinding their teeth while sleeping, and they don’t even notice. However, when they wake up, they may have jaw pain, and they don’t know what is causing it. Even little things or simple habits like chewing gum, biting on a pencil, or another object can cause you to grind your teeth at night. When you grind or clench your teeth, the muscles around the joint get tired and seize up, which causes jaw pain. Talking with a TMJ Treatment in Sutton Place is beneficial as they can give you some exercise to stop grinding your teeth.

Contact Our TMJ Treatment in Sutton Place

If you’re currently experiencing TMJ, you might want to get an evaluation to avoid and prevent future issues. At H&D Physical Therapy, our team of experts and professionals have you covered by providing you with the best care and course of treatment. Contact us today for a TMJ Treatment in Sutton Place!

What Does TMJ Mean?

TMJ is an abbreviation for the jaw joint used by medical professionals at TMJ treatment in Sutton Place, and all around the world. The TMJ is what connects the lower mandible, also known as the jaw bone , to the skull. It's important to note that although some people use it as a lay term for "pain in my ear", which some describe being caused by pressure on nerves due to structural issues, this pain is not actually TMJ.

How Does It Work?

The TMJ connects to the mandible via four different ligaments; these are the anterior (front), posterior (back) lateral (sideways) and medial (inwards). The joint is surrounded by muscle tissue, which allows for movement of the jaw. In addition, three joints surround the TMJ; the hyoid (which is connected to the tongue), the stylohyoid (connected to the lower part of the jaw bone) and of course, also, which connects to itself back at the skull.

Part of what allows people with healthy functioning TMJs to not be in constant pain every time they chew or eat is that the TMJ is more of a shock absorber, rather than being completely fluid. This is because the bones are rigid and they don't move together when chewing or opening one's mouth; instead, at this time it acts like most joints in the human body. For example, when you grab your shoulder with your hand and move it around, you'll feel that it is a bit "bouncy". It's the same with your TMJ.

TMJ treatment in Sutton Place states that when the jaw bone moves out of position, due to sitting in awkward positions all day at work or something similar, many times this isn't a problem because the bones don't move together in normal functioning. However when they do move out of position, the TMJ becomes less of a shock absorber and more like a fluid joint (a little similar to the knee joint).

This is also why even people without TMJ problems can get sore jaw muscles if they clench their teeth together for long periods of time; it's because they are using muscle tissue in place of fluid. This isn't a good thing, because how it's supposed to work is that only the bones must move in order for you to open your mouth, but with some people they clench their teeth together and this causes the muscles to do all of the work. This is a lot of work for them and can become very painful.

Contact Us: TMJ treatment in Sutton Place

If you or a loved one are looking for TMJ treatment in Sutton Place give H&D Physical Therapy a call. Our team is devoted to helping you heal, and live pain free!

About Us:

We believe that in order to reach your goals, you need one-on-one time with your own personal therapist. Our approach of combining highly skilled therapy with closely monitored personalized care has been widely recognized. H&D Physical Therapy in Midtown has been chosen as the sole provider of therapy services for 10 fortune 500 companies.

In the mid-90’s, insurance carriers started becoming more profit-driven than they had ever been before. This aggressive bottom-line focus was reflected in greatly reduced reimbursements that affected how physical therapy was delivered.

Many providers responded by looking for ways to double, triple or even quadruple the number of patients they could see in an hour. As a result, the quality of care suffered. If you had neck pain, there was only enough time to look at your neck and then treat your neck.

Greg and Rob refused to treat patients as if they were part of an assembly line. They said, ‘Enough is enough’ and in 1997 H&D Physical and Occupational therapy was established with a mission to provide one-on-one integrated science-based holistic therapy.

Diagnoses we treat include:

Repetitive Strain Injuries – RSI: rotator cuff tear, labral tear, shoulder and hip impingement syndromes, tendinitis and tendinosis
Soft-tissue Injuries: muscle, tendon and fascia strains and sprains, bursitis
Radicular pain / Radiculitis: pain from the neck or back down the arm, or leg, sciatica
Neuritis - inflammation of the nerve
Head and face traumas and pain, concussion
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ, TJD)- TMJ treatment in Sutton Place
Neck injuries and pain: bulging disc, herniated disc, degenerative disc disease (DDD), degenerative joint disease (DJD).
Shoulder injuries: rotator cuff tears, bursitis, frozen shoulder, impingement, shoulder dislocation, AC joint dislocation
Elbow injuries: cubital tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), golfer’s or baseball elbow (medial epicondylitis), etc.
Wrist and hand injuries: carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, de Quervain's syndrome, etc.
Back pain: sciatica, disc herniation, DDD, DJD, rib traumas and pain
Sacroiliac dysfunction (SIJ): pain in the buttock area, piriformis syndrome
Coccydynia: tail bone pain, coccyx misalignment, fractured coccyx
Hip derangements and pain: hip bursitis, groin pain, and buttock pain, etc.
Knee traumas: ligamentous injuries - ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL, torn meniscus, chondromalacia patella, patellofemoral syndrome, etc.
Foot and ankle problems: Achilles tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, shin splints, foot neuromas, tarsal tunnel syndrome, etc.