Seeking advice for worsening TMD
So after some shoddy orthodontics leaving me with a crossbite in my teens, my jaw grew assymetrically and its been popping on both sides ever since. If I open past a couple inches i have to pop it to open all the way. over the past couple years its gotten worse with different grinding sounds, and most the time the left side wont even pop anymore, and i have to kind of rotate my jaw to get it 'over the pop'. Is this an extreme case, or do a lot of other TMJ sufferers deal with this? Literally feels like my jaws have to unhinge. Sometimes I get headaches and it feels sore in the morning, but luckily its never caused any severe pain, which is a good sign hopefully?
I'll occasionally talk to a dentist about it, mostly cause I'll have to explain it so they know why I'm doing all the weird movements, etc. but they always just refer me to someone my insurance doesn't cover. And so i've just been putting it off for years. I did also see a myofunctional therapist for a little bit, but it was to expensive to continue. their exercises helped, and I still do some, but its obviously something that would need surgery to truly fix. Anyway I'm 32, and I feel like I have to take some kind of action. So yeah, any advice would be awesome.