Chiropractic Care Can Ease Jaw Pain Related to TMJ After Auto Injury

TMJ Pain Relief with Chiropractic Treatment After Car Crash in Asheville

Jaw pain is a fairly common problem experienced by people after a auto injury, and it can be confusing for some physicians to find the source of the problem. Complicating the matter, many times you won't experience TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after the original injury.

Dr. Myers has treated many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific literature explains what triggers these types of problems. During a car accident, the tissues in your spine are oftentimes stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve injury. This can obviously cause pain in the neck and back, but since your nervous system is one functioning unit, inflammation of the nerves can cause problems in other parts of your body.

For example, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause tingling or numbness in the arm and hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injury, like your head and jaw. Headaches after auto accident are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Dr. Myers sees this very often in our Asheville office.

Research Proves Chiropractic Care Lessens TMJ Pain After Auto Accident

Research shows that the source of many jaw or TMJ problems begins in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can resolve the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The trick to resolving these symptoms is simple: Dr. Myers will work to return your spinal column back to health, decreasing the inflammation, treating the injured areas, and lessening the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Myers has found that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we restore your spine to its healthy state.

If you reside in Asheville and you've been injured in a crash, Dr. Myers can help. We've been treating auto injury patients for many years and we can most likely help you, too. Give our office a call today at (828) 676-0963 for an appointment or consultation.

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