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

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

Swiss Spine Clinic has helped many men and women with jaw pain after an injury, and the medical research explains what produces these types of problems. During a auto injury, the tissues in your neck are frequently stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve damage. This can clearly cause pain in the neck and back, but since your central nervous system is one functioning unit, inflammation of the nerves can cause issues in other parts of your body.

For example, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause prickling or numbness in the arm or hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injured area, like your head and jaw. Headaches after auto injury are very common because of neck injury, and the jaw works the same way. Swiss Spine Clinic sees this very commonly in our Cary office.

Research Proves Chiropractic Treatment Lessens TMJ Pain After Auto Accident

Research shows that the source of many jaw or TMJ symptoms starts in the cervical spine and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The secret to resolving these symptoms is simple: Swiss Spine Clinic will work to return your spine back to health, relieving the inflammation, treating the injured areas, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Swiss Spine Clinic finds that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we restore your spine to its healthy state.

If you live in Cary and you've been injured in a car crash, Swiss Spine Clinic can help. We've been working with auto injury patients for many years and we can probably help you, too. Give our office a call today at (919) 589-0909 for an appointment or consultation.

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