I had a conversation with a dental provider a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned that a common ailment many of his patients suffer from is difficult to treat in his dental practice. Temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, pain is felt from teeth clenching tension in the jaw. Some patients spend their sleeping hours tightening their jaw to the level of severe jaw pain when they awake. Other patients have trouble relaxing their jaw muscles throughout daily stress. How can this be helped at Renaissance Health Centre? Acupuncture is a relieving treatment for jaw tension. There are specific points that when stimulated can help to relieve jaw tension. In addition to a focus on relieving local pain in the jaw, acupuncture treatment is very effective to relieve overall stress in the body. Acupuncture can help the internal environment of the patient feel a greater ability to handle outward stressors. The patient is typically surprised about the recovery and peace that can be felt due to the effects of acupuncture treatment for TMJ.
Acupuncture for TMJ – True Stories
A woman suffering from post divorce stress just could not get her jaw to align and settle into occlusion like it used to. She consulted with several healthcare practitioners, including dental, chiropractic, and neuromuscular care. She went through imaging, chiropractic adjustments, mouth guards, and more… the end result being no real relief. One provider even suggested she have her whole mouth placed in full dental crowns in order to adjust her bite. After that consultation this patient was at the highest level of frustration. She came into Renaissance Health Centre with the hope, on a whim, that acupuncture would help bring her relief. Skeptical, she proceeded with coming to treatment less frequently than what was recommended. In the end, she was shocked at the relief she felt through even just a few acupuncture treatments. She became a converted believer that acupuncture was helping in many more ways than simply relieving her jaw pain. Her overall health was much improved, including resolving her main concern, jaw misalignment.
Contact Dr Renae Haldeman to schedule an acupuncture treatment.