TMJ Pain Relief with Chiropractic After Auto Accident

Jaw pain is a fairly common problem reported by people after a auto injury, and it can be hard for some doctors to find the source of the issue. Complicating the issue, very often you won't experience TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after the incident.

Drs. Matt & Annie Reyes has treated many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific research explains what produces these types of symptoms. During a auto accident, the tissues in your neck are oftentimes stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve damage. This can clearly cause pain in the neck and back, but since your nervous system is one functioning unit, inflammation of the nerves can cause pain in other parts of your body.

For instance, 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 area, like your head and jaw. Headaches after auto accident are very common because of neck injury, and the jaw works the same way. Drs. Matt & Annie Reyes sees this very frequently in our State College office.

Research Proves Chiropractic Adjustments Helps TMJ Pain After Auto Accident

Research shows that the source of many jaw or TMJ symptoms starts in the cervical spine and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The trick to dealing with these symptoms is simple: Drs. Matt & Annie Reyes will work to return your spine back to health, decreasing the inflammation, treating the injured areas, and lessening the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Drs. Matt & Annie Reyes finds that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we restore your spine to its healthy state.

If you reside in State College and you've been injured in a crash, Drs. Matt & Annie Reyes 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 (814) 308-9352 for an appointment or consultation.

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