Chiropractic Care Can Ease Jaw Pain Related to TMJ After Auto Injury

TMJ Pain Eased by Chiropractic After Car Accident in Depew

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly typical problem reported by many people after a car accident, and it can be tough for some doctors to find the source of the problem. Complicating the issue, very often you won't experience TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after the original injury.

Dr. Palmer has helped many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the medical literature explains what produces these types of symptoms. During a auto collision, 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 central nervous system is one functioning unit, inflammation 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 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 auto collision are very common because of neck injury, and the jaw works the same way. Dr. Palmer sees this very often in our Depew office.

Research Proves Chiropractic Adjustments Lessens TMJ Pain After Auto Injury

Research shows that the source of many jaw or TMJ problems originates in the cervical spine and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The key to resolving these symptoms is simple: Dr. Palmer will work to restore your spine back to health, relieving the inflammatory reaction, treating the injured tissues, and removing the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Palmer finds that jaw and headache issues often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy condition.

If you reside in Depew and you've been injured in a crash, Dr. Palmer 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 (716) 668-2225 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.