TMJ Pain Relief with Chiropractic After Auto Accident

TMJ Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care After Car Crash in Depew

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly common condition reported by many people after a auto accident, and it can be challenging for some physicians to diagnose the cause of the problem. Complicating the issue, many times you won't experience TMJ pain until many weeks or months after the incident.

Dr. Palmer has helped many people with jaw pain after an injury, and the medical research explains what triggers these types of symptoms. During a car accident, the tissues in your spine are commonly stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve damage. This can obviously cause pain in the neck and back, but since your 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 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 car crash are very common because of neck injury, and the jaw works the same way. Dr. Palmer sees this very frequently in our Depew office.

Research Shows Chiropractic Care Lessens TMJ Pain After Auto Accident

Research shows that the root of many jaw or TMJ symptoms originates in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck problem can resolve the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The key to resolving these symptoms is simple: Dr. Palmer will work to return your spinal column back to health, relieving the inflammation, treating the injured areas, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Palmer has found that jaw and headache issues often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy condition.

If you reside in Depew and you've been injured in a car crash, Dr. Palmer 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 (716) 668-2225 for an appointment or consultation.

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