TMJ massage can be wonderful and eliminate all of the pain that a temporomandibular joint dysfunction patient is having. In fact, almost 90% of the pain in these patients comes from stressed muscles. The muscles are attempting to protect the jaw joint and reposition the whole jaw to avoid pain. However, because this is a constant activity, the muscle's work never ends and the muscles begin to have problems. At first the healthy muscle goes into spasm while holding the jaw in a protected position. The muscle then becomes inflamed and tightens.

          TMJ massage can help a muscle that has overly tightened. A tight muscle squeeze the arteries and veins going into and out of the muscles. Blood can not get into a tight muscle so there is a build up of waste products inside the muscle. This causes more TMJ pain and more tightening which causes more pain and more tightening. It is terrible.

          TMJ massage relaxes the muscles and allows nourishing blood to get into the hurting jaw muscles. This allows the healing process to begin. However, IT DOES NOT WORK AS THE ONLY THERAPY! If the bad jaw joint continues to be a problem, when the patient goes home, the muscle will again overwork holding the joint out of pain and the muscle pain returns again.

          Dr. Padolsky was trained to do TMJ massage and understands how important it can be. Because of the enormous costs of running a dental office, he can not personally provide this service but totally believes that it accelerates the treatment of his temporomandibular joint dysfunction patients. If you would like to schedule a consultation with our TMJ Dentist, Dr. Padolsky, call 404-874-7428 for your appointment.