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Monday, January 26, 2009
Pulling the Trigger on Pain
The most common type of pain associated with temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) is myofascial pain. This kind of pain is caused by a trigger point, which is an irritable spot in your muscle that is painful to the touch. Trigger points are located either in your muscles or in the junction of the muscle and fascia (connective tissue).
Since nerves often pass through many muscles, the pain you feel from trigger points may be far from the muscle that it originates. This is called “referred pain.” If you suffer from TMD, you probably have these trigger points in the muscles inside of your mouth.
Trigger points are the reason you may feel TMD pain in your neck, back, shoulders and even as far as your arms and hands.
Treating the individual symptoms will only provide temporary relief. In order for the pain to fully subside, you should contact a neuromuscular dentist and fix the root of the problem, TMD, to alleviate your pain indefinitely.
If you are suffering from myofascial pain and you live in the San Antonio area, please contact neuromuscular dentist Dr. Brian Hale today to set up your consultation.
Since nerves often pass through many muscles, the pain you feel from trigger points may be far from the muscle that it originates. This is called “referred pain.” If you suffer from TMD, you probably have these trigger points in the muscles inside of your mouth.
Trigger points are the reason you may feel TMD pain in your neck, back, shoulders and even as far as your arms and hands.
Treating the individual symptoms will only provide temporary relief. In order for the pain to fully subside, you should contact a neuromuscular dentist and fix the root of the problem, TMD, to alleviate your pain indefinitely.
If you are suffering from myofascial pain and you live in the San Antonio area, please contact neuromuscular dentist Dr. Brian Hale today to set up your consultation.
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