Chiropractic Effective for TMJ Pain After Car Crash

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly common problem reported by people after a car crash, and it can be confusing for some health practitioners to diagnose the source of the issue. Complicating the issue, oftentimes you won't experience TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after the original injury.

Chanatry Chiropractic has helped many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the medical literature explains what triggers these types of symptoms. During a car accident, the tissues in your neck are oftentimes 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 pain in other parts of your body.

For instance, 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 tissues, like your head and jaw. Headaches after car crash are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Chanatry Chiropractic sees this very commonly in our Jacksonville office.

Research Proves Chiropractic Care Lessens TMJ Pain After Car Accident

Research shows that the root of many jaw or TMJ problems starts in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The key to resolving these symptoms is simple: Chanatry Chiropractic will work to restore your spinal column back to health, decreasing the inflammatory reaction, treating the injured tissues, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Chanatry Chiropractic finds that jaw and headache issues often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy state.

If you reside in Jacksonville and you've been hurt in a car crash, Chanatry Chiropractic 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 (904) 743-6700 for an appointment or consultation.

Ciancaglini R, Testa M, Radaelli G. Association of neck pain with symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in the general adult population. Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 1999;31:17-22.

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.