Posted by CarolAnn on December 1, 2000, at 9:23:21
In reply to Re: help, anyone? Cam? pain relief questions...., posted by ksvt on November 30, 2000, at 22:49:02
ksvt, I have a long history of grinding and clenching my teeth at night and have worn a 'night' guard for years. Early this year I started having chronic pain on the left side of my face. The official diagnosis is something like 'massiter' myalgia. it has to do with the jaw muscles being overworked and then over compensating for being overworked, which shortens them , sort of a vicious cycle. The pain is very far ranging, from deep behind my left eye to my left back teeth and jaw and on down the left side of my neck. treatment involves two new mouth guards (medical term "splints") upper and lower teeth, worn nightly or more often, which is supposed to help the jaw muscles "relax" enabling them to eventually lengthen out back to where they should be. I, as is typical for me, am in the doctor's words, "a difficult case", so will be starting physical therapy on monday to augment the splint therapy. And, (just to throw in a personal gripe), none of this is covered by insurance, as it seems to fall into a no man's land of being neither a dental nor a medical problem!
I bet THAT was more then you ever wanted to know about a stranger's medical problems! Ha!
CarolAnn
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