Many people who experience a severeMigraine Care Review jaw joint pain have the TMJ condition. TMJ stands for temporomandibular joint, which is the joint that hinges the jaw together on both sides of the face, just below the ear. Although TMJ actually stands for the joint itself, people usually refer to the term to also describe problems associated with it. Others use TMD, to refer to temporomandibular joint disorders. Since TMJ is the term most of my patients are familiar with, let's just refer to TMD, TMJ and TMJD all as "TMJ" for the remainder of the article. Fair enough?
The pain and disorders that people experience with the TMJ often happen between the ages of 20 to 40, are more common in women than in men, and can be the source of extreme pain and discomfort.
The pains that people often feel that are associated with TMJ can be pain in the face, earaches, headaches, clicking or popping sounds when opening and closing the mouth, and tenderness of the jaw. Those clicking and popping sounds that the jaw may make are not always accompanied by pain; sometimes the noises are there, but there is no discomfort present. In addition, people may have difficulty chewing, biting, or being able to open their mouth. Some people may experience a feeling of their jaw being locked or stuck in the open or closed position.
TMJ problems, according to the National Institutes of Health, are brought on by certain structures being stressed. Those structures include the muscles of the neck, face and jaw, nearby ligaments and blood vessels, teeth, and the cartilage disk located at the joint.
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