TMJ Pain Relief with Chiropractic After Auto Accident

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly common problem reported by many people after a auto collision, and it can be challenging for some physicians to find the cause of the issue. Complicating the matter, oftentimes you won't develop TMJ pain until many weeks or months after the accident.

Dr. Carradine has helped many men and women with jaw pain after an injury, and the medical literature explains what triggers these types of problems. During a auto accident, the tissues in your neck are often stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve injury. This can obviously cause pain in the neck and back, but since your central nervous system is one functioning unit, irritation 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 tissues, like your head and jaw. Headaches after auto accident are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Dr. Carradine sees this very frequently in our Boardman office.

Research Shows Chiropractic Therapy Lessens TMJ Pain After Car Crash

Research shows that the source of many jaw or TMJ problems begins in the cervical spine and that treatment of the underlying neck problem can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The key to dealing with these symptoms is simple: Dr. Carradine will work to restore your spine back to health, reducing the inflammatory reaction, treating the injured areas, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Carradine finds that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy state.

If you live in Boardman and you've been injured in a car crash, Dr. Carradine can help. We've been working with auto injury patients for many years and we can most likely help you, too. Give our office a call today at (330) 758-4446 for an appointment or consultation.

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