Trismus Lock Jaw and TMJ Home Remedy




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Trismus is a more difficult TMJ symptom to diagnose accuratley. It is when you can't open your mouth very far. The opening can be anywhere from 5 mm to 32 mm usually. Trismus is a muscle Spasm that doesn't allow you mouth to open very far

It can go away as fast as it came, or it may take a month or two to "unspasm". This can also be called "Lock Jaw". But, in my office, a Locked Jaw is when the disc is displaced and binds up your jaw in a way that you cannot open it unless the disc is in place again, or slipping or translating freely which does allow opening of the jaw.

Muscle Spasms are not as dangerous as a True Lock Jaw. The Spasm should release at some point and allow normal movement of the jaw.

You can try several treatment options to treat it. If you want to try treating it yourself go to TMJ Home Remedy for tips. But generally, you need to relax the joint. That means to not chew gum, don't chew chewy foods. Warm moist heat applied to the side of the face is good,

Go to the TMJ Appliance page for the best TMJ Home Remedy treatment. Even that inexpensive guard may take several days to several weeks to unlock the muscle spasm.

BUT, you really shouldn't go longer than a week or so using Home Remedies. If the Trismus turns out to be a True Lock Jaw where the TMJ disc is dislocated preventing the jaw to open, it could lock permanently requiring only surgery to unlock it.

So, don't mess around with in longer than a week or so. Go see your local TMJ Doc for a TMJ Deprogramming Splint. Don't get an "Anotomical" Splint. Go with the Flat planed, or Anterior deprogramming Splint.

TMJ Dentists have their own philosophies of treating with different splints. If you're not getting results after one week and especially 6 weeks, go with the simple TMJ appliance that I describe on that page.

The fastest results should be from the Panky way to adjust Splints. I've talked with TMJ Dentists that have not had good luck with the Panky way, but in my office...they work almost every single time.

I'm guessing that those TMJ Dentists either had an unusual case(s) that wouldn't work or they just were not able to adjust the Panky Splint appropriatley.


Update: I have recently found, purchased and wrote up reviews on two TMJ Exercise programs. They are similar TMJ Exercises that my TMJ Physical Therapist uses to treat my TMJ patients. Click here to read reviews on TMJ Exercise products


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