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Originally posted by Nina
Every morning I wake up in pain from clenching my jaw while I sleep. I think it's the area in my body where I keep all of my stress.
I've been doing some research and read that it could be as high as 1 in 4 adults who have this problem at some point in their lives.
I was just wondering if anyone of you had the same problem and what you've done about it?
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I've been doing the grinding thing and clenching thing for years, Nina...until it got so bad, I couldn't lower my right arm. Then, I went to a chiropractor (I'll never do THAT again) and he hurt me worse than when I started.
I needed to get my teeth cleaned.....when the dentist examined my teeth....first one to ever ask me this...he said he knew I was clenching and grinding my teeth because of how the surface of my teeth looked.....
He diagnosed me with TMJ - which is Tempormandibularjoint disorder.....and now I wear a nightguard.
Within a few weeks, the pain was gone and my arm was fully functional.
http://www.tmj.org/basics.asp