Chiropractic Effective for TMJ Pain After Car Crash

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

Haque Chiropractic Inc. has treated many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific research explains what produces these types of problems. During a car crash, the tissues in your neck are oftentimes stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve injury. 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 pain in other parts of your body.

For instance, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause tingling or pins and needles in the arm and hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injury, like your head and jaw. Headaches after auto collision are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Haque Chiropractic Inc. sees this very commonly in our Livermore office.

Research Supports Chiropractic Adjustments Lessens TMJ Pain After Auto Injury

Research shows that the source of many jaw or TMJ problems starts in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The secret to resolving these symptoms is simple: Haque Chiropractic Inc. will work to return your spine back to health, decreasing the inflammatory reaction, treating the injured areas, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Haque Chiropractic Inc. finds that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy condition.

If you reside in Livermore and you've been injured in a crash, Haque Chiropractic Inc. can help. We've been working with auto injury patients for many years and we can probably help you, too. Give our office a call today at (925) 960-1960 for an appointment or consultation.

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