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How Does Stress Affect Your TMJ Disorder_

Are you experiencing excruciating pain in your jaw or other parts of your face when you open your mouth for chewing, yawning, or speaking? Is it sometimes difficult to open and close your jaw? Are your jaw muscles tight? Do you wake up with a sore jaw? Do you notice that your teeth are worn down, and you grind your teeth during the day?

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How Does Stress Affect Your TMJ Disorder_

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  1. How Does Stress Affect Your TMJ Disorder? By, Dominic Robinson

  2. How Does Stress Affect Your TMJ Disorder? Are you experiencing excruciating pain in your jaw or other parts of your face when you open your mouth for chewing, yawning, or speaking? Is it sometimes difficult to open and close your jaw? Are your jaw muscles tight? Do you wake up with a sore jaw? Do you notice that your teeth are worn down, and you grind your teeth during the day? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might be experiencing the effects of untreated TMJ disorder. TMJ disease stands for temporomandibular joint disease. Sometimes it is a problem you can solve with home care, but sometimes chronic pain in the jaw joints requires professional treatment. One common question that people often ask about TMJ disorder is, "How does stress affect TMJ disorder?"

  3. What causes TMJ disorder? For many patients with temporomandibular disorders, the problem comes and goes, manifesting as flare-ups that gradually subside over the course of several days. Stress can have a big impact on your pain. When you're under a lot of stress, you unconsciously clench your jaw all day long or grind your teeth while you sleep. These movements can strain and put pressure on your jaw, which can eventually cause it to move out of alignment. Too much tension in the jaw can even lead to lockjaw, a condition in which a muscle spasm prevents the mouth from opening wide. Suburban TMJ and Sleep Center can provide solutions for TMJ problems. Contact us if you are looking for TMJ pain treatment in Illinois.

  4. Connection of Stress and TMJ It is relatively easy to understand why stress can cause TMJ. TMJ is caused by physical stress on the jaw joints due to bruxism. Bruxism is the medical term for teeth grinding. When you are stressed, you tighten your muscles, which means your jaw. Like other muscles, the muscles become sore when your jaw is clenched for a long time or repeatedly. Then you start to feel pain. In addition to headaches and neck and shoulder pain, TMJ pain can make opening and closing the jaw difficult. People with chronic bruxism and myofascial pain disorder can begin to wear down their teeth, causing an uneven bite, which is a great opportunity for the jaw joint to slip out of place. The result is another type of TMJ disorder, an intra-articular condition. You may experience jaw joint discomfort because your jaw muscles are often contracted. In addition, you will begin to hear clicking and popping sounds as you open and close your mouth.

  5. If you are looking for the best TMJ doctor, visit our Suburban TMJ and Sleep Center. We have the best TMJ joint pain treatment options in Naperville, IL.

  6. Thank you! Address: 1309 Macom Dr #107, Naperville, IL 60564, USA Contact details: (630) 491-4420 Email ID:frontdesk@suburbantmjcenter.com

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