Physical Therapy For TMJ - You Don't Need a Therapist?

She asked her dentist, she asked her doctor, sheactually took about 2 weeks for the exercises to
asked her friends and they all gave equally unhelpfulrelieve symptoms fully.
answers. So, finally, she asked Google. Who else couldThis seemed a bit more realistic and even a bit
she ask?exciting, in a couple of weeks, this nagging pain will
Does physical therapy for TMJ actually work?finally go away.
She received an answer she didn't expect, she couldn'tShe found a book full of exercises and massages for
quite believe it, but she decided what else was thereTMJ and she decided to start right away. The
left to lose. She found out that you didn't even need aexercises ended up only taking about 15 minutes to do.
physiotherapist to cure TMJ. All you needed were aThey were very easy to follow and didn't hurt at all.
set of specific TMJ exercises that are designed toWhat she liked most of all were the massages. She
relieve stress on the jaw by stretching, massaging andfound that rubbing certain places in her mouth eased
strengthening certain muscles in the body.the pain in her jaw instantly. Everything else felt quite
But the shocking part was that people who have beennice and she decided that it must be working.
using these exercises have had their TMJ symptomsShe continued doing the exercises for the next 10
disappear in only three days. Remaining skeptical, shedays and without realising it was chewing on a rather
researched further and found that most of the time ittough piece of steak with no pain in her jaw!