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

TMJ Pain Eased by Chiropractic After Car Accident in Alexandria

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

Dr. Wagner has helped many individuals with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific research explains what triggers these types of symptoms. During a auto injury, the tissues in your spine are commonly stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve damage. 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 pain in other parts of your body.

For instance, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause prickling 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. Wagner sees this very frequently in our Alexandria office.

Research Supports Chiropractic Treatment Helps TMJ Pain After Car Crash

Research indicates that the root of many jaw or TMJ problems starts in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The secret to dealing with these symptoms is simple: Dr. Wagner will work to restore your spinal column back to health, relieving the inflammation, treating the injured tissues, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

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

If you live in Alexandria and you've been injured in a car crash, Dr. Wagner can help. We've been treating auto injury patients for many years and we can most likely help you, too. Give our office a call today at (859) 448-0056 for an appointment or consultation.

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