TMJ Blog

Stress Affects Your Health, Spirit and Your Jaw

The good news is that you can learn how to stress less.  Stressing less can result in less TMJ, jaw grinding and clenching, better sleep, reduced muscle and joint pain and overall improved health.

Best Ways To Manage TMJ Jaw Pain

Jaw problems related to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) are referred to as temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) or TMJ disorders.  The skull and the lower jaw connect at the TMJ. Jaw pain and discomfort radiating from the TMJ and surrounding jaw muscles can trigger headaches, ringing in the ears, neck pain, and painful clicking and popping in the jaw. Symptoms may not be long-lasting for some people, but for others the pain and discomfort caused by simple facial movements can be excruciating. Constant jaw clenching and teeth grinding can make the pain worse.

How to Find a TMJ Specialist

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (known as TMJ disorder or TMD) is a widespread and complex disorder that affects at least 1 out of 12 people in the United States, which equates to about 35 million people. This statistic is low since there are countless undiagnosed cases of TMJ / TMD. Women in their childbearing years make up for 90 percent of the people seeking treatment. Only 50 to 60 percent of people suffering with jaw pain actually seek treatment. Those who don’t, often develop more chronic symptoms of TMJ disorder.

TMJ Disorders: Do You Chew On One Side Of Your Mouth?

Chewing food on one side of your mouth is called habitual chewing side syndrome. One-sided chewing can be detrimental to your health leading to jaw problems including TMJ pain, TMJ headaches and TMJ ear pain. TMJ stands for temporomandibular joint. You have two of them on each side of our face. The TMJs connect the skull to the jawbone and are necessary for chewing, along with the surrounding muscles in the lower face. 

Nature’s Answer to the Best Skin Moisturizer-Jojoba

The seeds of jojoba are one of the world’s only known sustainable, eco-friendly and vegan source of liquid wax esters. The extracted oil from these seeds, is primarily made up of these liquid wax esters, is compatible with human sebum and promotes retention of skin moisture. It’s stable at high temperatures and does not easily go rancid. Today, 90 percent of jojoba seed oil is used in cosmetics because of its nourishing properties and compatibility with human skin. Note that when jojoba oil is listed on an ingredient label as one of the first ingredients, the product is an excellent source of the oil. Be wary of companies that say “made with jojoba oil” but also add cheaper oils and waxes. It’s always best to choose products made with organic jojoba oil because skin reactions typically stem from additives in conventional jojoba oil.

The TJz™ family wanted to be sure that TJz Balm™, nighttime topical pain relief OTC balm contained the best moisturizer to soothe the jaw. That's why organic jojoba oil is the number one ingredient in our product. A dermatologist who tested our product on 50 subjects, reported no adverse reactions. So many people suffer from jaw problems and there isn't a topical pain relief medication that provides effective relief, yet is gentle to the sensitive skin area around the jaw.