Re: NTI failure continued

On May 30, 2:38 pm, The Webby <tmjiatroepide...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello jerm,

I was away from my desk while your discussion developed. If I have
missed this information, I apologize.

You wrote,"...other than my opening being so tight..." Can you be more
specific about that?

And, how long has all of this been going on?

well it started back in november, i had already been having what is
probably transformed migraine, when for whatever reason,
i had opened my mouth while my mandible was jutted to the side and
heard a pop, like my jaw breaking loose.
after that my jaw got sore and tigtht over the next few days. i then
started gettting all the clenching and spasms in the next couple
weeks. i then saw Dr. Boyd who made me an appliance, but it caused me
too much pain in my joints overnight, and seemed to cause a stabbing
headache in my jaw. so i stopped wearing the NTI, and from that point
on, saw the socalled tmj experts at UCLa, who examined me and couldnt
reproduce any local pain, only a very tight opening that they were
able to stretch open enough that they only recommended pt and pretty
much funneled me to their psyche department. i then saw a couple more
dentists including a
Dr. Schames who is also from the white memoral tmj clinic i believe,
anyways he couldnt see any real problem or tenderness, so he tried to
convince me i had apnea that was causing my clenching, even though my
joint was starting to pop and make crackling and grating afterwards.
so after the last few months of trying to figure out who to believe,
meanwhile my jaw is still cracking and everything was in spasm, i
decide to give the NTI another go, since none of the bottles of pills
neurolgists have giving have accomplished anything, ive been wearing
it for 2 weeks now, and it seems to be helping, although my jaw is
still feeling very uncomfortable on the side that i know ive injured,
and it is making less noise as well. I made another appointment with
DrBoydn next week to hopefully continue with this NTI, seeing as how
nothing else has even made one bit of difference, much less has
anybody even believed my pain, with the exception of another "TMJ
Expert" who used a JVA on me, and said he could get me out of pain for
a flat fee of $5000.00

Webby

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jerm <blown...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 29, 9:57 am, Dartos <tuthjoc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
whats really strange to me, is that all these guys in white coats
that ive seen, have all flat out told me they didnt see any problem
when examining me, other than my opening being so tight and the
symptoms that i claim and they just blow off. Do these physical exams
even carry any weight in determining if there is a real problem?

To me, it says the structures are within normal limits. That's good.

However, it doesn't address the nerve and muscle *activity* or the
severity there-of. That is where the NTI comes in. A 'tall' NTI
may need to be lowered so it doesn't prop your mouth open as wide.
If your teeth are badly worn, the opposite could be true.
You may benefit from a small lower NTI that you can wear during the
day for a few weeks to really break the clenching cycles.

Other admonitions that are probably repetitive are:

Don't chew gum.
Don't keep moving your jaw around to see if it still pops/grates.
If you find yourself clenching in the day time, relax those muscles
and separate the teeth.
Avoid tough, chewy foods for a while.

If you sprain an ankle, you don't keep jogging every morning. You
ice it down, wrap it, and take it easy.

Your TMJ is a traumatized anatomic structure that needs some R&R
to get better.

JMO,
D

Thanks Alot for this advice Dartos, much appeciated!..........the NTI
is definetely helping

.

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