| She asked her dentist, she asked her doctor, she | | | | actually took about 2 weeks for the exercises to |
| asked her friends and they all gave equally unhelpful | | | | relieve symptoms fully. |
| answers. So, finally, she asked Google. Who else could | | | | This 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't | | | | She found a book full of exercises and massages for |
| quite believe it, but she decided what else was there | | | | TMJ and she decided to start right away. The |
| left to lose. She found out that you didn't even need a | | | | exercises ended up only taking about 15 minutes to do. |
| physiotherapist to cure TMJ. All you needed were a | | | | They were very easy to follow and didn't hurt at all. |
| set of specific TMJ exercises that are designed to | | | | What she liked most of all were the massages. She |
| relieve stress on the jaw by stretching, massaging and | | | | found 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 been | | | | nice and she decided that it must be working. |
| using these exercises have had their TMJ symptoms | | | | She continued doing the exercises for the next 10 |
| disappear in only three days. Remaining skeptical, she | | | | days and without realising it was chewing on a rather |
| researched further and found that most of the time it | | | | tough piece of steak with no pain in her jaw! |