Smyrna, GA TMJ Pain and Auto Injury

Smyrna, GA TMJ Treatment by Dr. WeinbergJaw pain is a fairly typical condition reported by many people after a car crash, and it can be challenging for some physicians to identify the cause of the problem. Complicating the issue, oftentimes you won't experience TMJ pain until many weeks or months after a crash.

Dr. Weinberg has treated many men and women with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific literature explains what causes these types of symptoms. During a crash, the tissues in your neck are oftentimes stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve damage. This can obviously cause pain in the neck and back, but since your central nervous system is one functioning unit, inflammation of the nerves can cause issues in other parts of your body.

For instance, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause tingling 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 a collision are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Dr. Weinberg sees this very commonly in our Smyrna, GA office.

Studies have shown that the source of many jaw or TMJ symptoms begins in the cervical spine and that treatment of the underlying neck problem can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The trick to resolving these symptoms is simple: Dr. Weinberg will work to return your spine back to health, reducing the inflammation, treating the injured tissues, and removing the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Weinberg finds that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we restore your spine to its healthy condition.

If you reside in Smyrna, GA and you've been hurt in a crash, Dr. Weinberg can help. We've been working with auto injury patients since 1984, and we can most likely help you, too. Give our office a call today at (678) 214-4445 for an appointment.

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Brantingham JW, Cassa TK, Bonnefin D, Pribicevic M, Robb A, et al. Manipulative and multimodal therapy for upper extremity and temporomandibular disorders: a system review. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2013;36(3):143-201.

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