r/TMJPain

Age 34. I just joined this group

I have been experiencing TMJ pain / locked jaw and joints clicks for past 4-5 years. So far tried chiropractor / fixing my crown if that was causing the pain / mouth guard / TMJ guard / CPAP machine / saw specialists / went to Rutgers dental school and NYU dental school for studies

Also tried Naturopathy / Ayurveda treatments
I do yoga which helps me a lot with my neck and shoulder pain

Any good recommendations from New Jersey ?
We live in Denville. Preferably looking in North jersey areas

Thank you so much 🙏 appreciate your support

hey everyone! i never use reddit unless its to search for something specific, but lately while doing my own research about tmj i came across this subreddit.

ive been dealing with chronic pain in my jaw for about 5 years now - clicking noises; not being able to eat, speak or move my face when pain is more extreme; constant shoulder pain; headaches; teeth pain; amongst others. ive visited a ton of different doctors with different speacialities and all of them ''diagnose'' me with a different thing. its been very frustrating because no doctor is able to tell me things ''for sure'' and i have started to seriously lose hope. ive been reccomended different mouth exercises that do not work, differen pain meds for crisis (since i tend to have them every month) which also sadly do not take any pain away, different creams, etc. its been very hard to keep my head up since i am young and this pain affects me not only physically but also mentally - it takes a big tool on me carrying and dealing with this daily on top of everything that comes with living a life (school, stress, family, relationships, etc.) i have started doing yoga and pilates to straigthen up my posture and see if its related to it, but so far no results. i have also had braces on and my mouth is as perfect as its ever gonna be. i really at this point, like my doctor has told me, have no idea what is causing this pain. i am not even sure if it is tmj but all my symptoms do tick the boxes for it.

despite feeling lonely, ignored and overlooked by doctors and family i do have support from my friends, which is honestly where all my hope for a brighter less painful future is coming from.

all of this to say, my hopes with this post is to get others perspectives, solutions and experiences. what do you do when your pain gets too hard to handle? if you managed to get better, what did you do? what kind of doctor do you visit? is there any ''non-traditional'' thing you do that helps? i really want to know as much as possible so please tell me about your own experiences!

ps.: english is not my first language so im sorry about any spelling mistake!

I shared the below link about the importance of the airway and TMJ to learn and educate ourselves videos like these should be mandatory with a specific training for any dentist, maxillofacial surgeon, ENT, physiotherapist, and even generalist/doctor. It would be highly beneficial for the public health wordwidely and lower the high rate of TMD worsened by unproper treatments. https://youtu.be/PVxlL\_lMces?is=LPjOK67xUyKq0wjt