Chiropractic Treatment Can Ease Jaw Pain Related to TMJ After Auto Injury

Jaw pain is a fairly typical condition reported by many people after a car accident, and it can be hard for some doctors to find the cause of the problem. Complicating the matter, very often you won't develop TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after the incident.

Dr. Kasprack has treated many people with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific literature explains what produces these types of symptoms. During a auto collision, the tissues in your spine are frequently stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve injury. 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 problems in other parts of your body.

For instance, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause tingling or numbness in the arm and hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injury, like your head and jaw. Headaches after car accident are very common because of neck injury, and the jaw works the same way. Dr. Kasprack sees this very frequently in our Clarksdale, Hernando, & Olive Branch office.

Research Supports Chiropractic Adjustments Lessens TMJ Pain After Car Accident

Studies have shown that the source of many jaw or TMJ symptoms starts in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The secret to resolving these symptoms is simple: Dr. Kasprack will work to return your spinal column back to health, reducing the inflammation, treating the injured tissues, and removing the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Kasprack finds that jaw and headache issues often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy condition.

If you live in Clarksdale, Hernando, & Olive Branch and you've been injured in a car crash, Dr. Kasprack 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 (662) 890-0012 for an appointment or consultation.

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