TMJ Pain Relief with Chiropractic After Auto Accident

TMJ Pain Eased by Chiropractic After Car Accident in Largo

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly typical problem reported by many people after a car accident, and it can be challenging for some physicians to identify the source of the issue. Complicating the issue, many times you won't develop TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after the accident.

Largo Injury Pain Relief Center has treated many people with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific literature explains what triggers 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 clearly cause pain in the neck and back, but since your central nervous system is one functioning unit, inflammation of the nerves can cause issues in other parts of your body.

For example, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause prickling or pins and needles in the arm or hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injured area, like your head and jaw. Headaches after car crash are very common because of neck injury, and the TMJ works the same way. Largo Injury Pain Relief Center sees this very often in our Largo office.

Research Proves Chiropractic Therapy Lessens TMJ Pain After Car Crash

Research indicates that the root of many jaw or TMJ symptoms starts in the cervical spine and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can resolve the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The trick to dealing with these symptoms is simple: Largo Injury Pain Relief Center will work to restore your spine back to health, reducing the inflammation, treating the injured areas, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Largo Injury Pain Relief Center has found that jaw and headache issues often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy condition.

If you reside in Largo and you've been hurt in a car crash, Largo Injury Pain Relief Center 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 (727) 585-8888 for an appointment or consultation.

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