Surgery is a last resort solution, Jaw and tongue exercise, Calcium and Magnesium and Vitamin B, avoid chewy foods like red meat, bagels, caffeine and junk food

From Peter Koster :
>RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING BOOK - TMJ
>IS NOT THE
>ONLY DISORDER THAT CAUSES JOINT PAIN. ANOTHER POSSIBLE CAUSE IS RHEUMATOID
>ARTHRITIS. IF SYMPTOMS ARE MORE SEVERE IN THE MORNING AND TEND TO
>EASE SOMEWHAT
>AS THE DAY GOES ON THEN R.A. COULD BE THE PROBLEM. IF TMJ IS CONFIRMED, 90
>PERCENT OF ALL CASES RESPOND TO SIMPLE INEXPENSIVE TREATMENT AND
>SURGERY SHOULD
>BE LAST RESORT SOLUTION. IF PERSON TENDS TO CLENCH AND GRIND TEETH
>THEN A SPECIAL
>BITE PLATE THAT IS WORN AT NIGHT MIGHT HELP. PHYSICAL THERAPY IS BECOMING THE
>MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED VIABLE TREATMENT FOR TMJ. THIS MAY INVOLVE
>JAW AND TONGUE
>EXERCISES TO RETRAIN STRESSED MUSCLES, USE OF A TENS MACHINE, ULTRASOUND AND
>BIOFEEDBACK TREATMENT. 2,000 MG OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM DAILY WITH VITAMIN
>B COMPLEX (100 MG) 3 TIMES DAILY. AVOID ALL SUGAR AND WHITE FLOUR PRODUCTS,
>ALL CAFFEINE ITEMS AND FAST FOOD AND JUNK FOOD. DO NOT CHEW GUM AND
>AVOID OVERLY
>CHEWY FOODS SUCH AS RED MEAT AND BAGELS. EXPERIMENT WITH HOT AND COLD THERAPY
>WHICHEVER WORKS BEST. IF POSSIBLE SEEK HELP FROM PRACTIONERS WITH A
>UNIVERSITY
>DENTAL OR MEDICAL SCHOOL.


Don't open mouth wide:
From Frank Albinder :
>Tell her not to open her mouth so wide! When I was in elementary school
>choir, we had the "three finger rule." It's ridiculous. Stick three
>fingers in your mouth and try and sing! It's painful, even if everything's
>normal. This reminds me of the guy who goes to the doctor and tells him
>that it hurts when he sticks his arm over his head. The doctor tells him
>not to stick his arm over his head.
>
>Of course, if she has TMJ, forcing the jaw open so wide to sing will
>exacerbate the problem. I say go with common sense and when it hurts, don't
>do it!

moderate open mouth singing is good for jaw exercise:
>3. make sure food is cooked to an easily chewable state
>4. Don't stop singing. By giving in we are not exercising our jaws, just
>letting them seize up.

>TMJ is caused by clenching our teeth or grinding them when we sleep.
>Depending which way you grind will depend on which side of your jaw will be
>more affecting.
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