Posted by Sooshi on April 25, 2004, at 10:01:04
In reply to TMJ treatments, posted by rainyday on April 22, 2004, at 14:43:21
Hi,
I have battled TMJ forever. Have used every appliance there is, and none have worked...I just tend to chew or clench down on them, which makes the pain worse. The only thing that has worked for me is relaxation exercises focused directly on those muscles. I will do these mostly before bed, and will imagine all kinds of things, such as cool waters running through the muscles, and then applying warm heat. Anyway, I just kind of made up whatever helped me to get the muscles to relax. I do a lot of self-massage and use a little hand massager directly on the muscles too.Hope this helps a little!
Sooshi
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