A Holistic Healthcare Approach for TMJ relief in Lafayette, LA at The Nerve Health Institute
If you're experiencing jaw pain, clicking, headaches, or even neck and facial tension, you may be dealing with a TMJ health problem. TMJ (temporomandibular joint) dysfunction can affect your ability to eat, speak, sleep, and even concentrate.
The exact cause of TMJ disorder is often hard to determine. The pain may come from several factors. These include habits like clenching teeth, chewing gum, and biting nails.
Stress is another factor that can contribute to TMJ disorder. Furthermore, certain conditions characterized as fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and jaw trauma may also associate with TMJ-related pain. Additionally, bruxism, characterized by habitual teeth clenching or grinding, is a common contributor to this issue.
At The Nerve Health Institute in Lafayette, LA, we have natural, drug-free solutions for TMJ relief. Our wellness team doesn´t just treat symptoms, they find the root cause.
Our doctors do this without using surgery, night guards, mouth guards or quick fixes. Our goal is to help you find lasting relief from TMJ symptoms. We have gentle, non-invasive methods to help your body heal naturally in our jaw pain clinic.
We’ve seen patients not release tension and suffer with TMJ for months—or even years—without real answers from their doctors. Many doctors overlook a key factor in TMJ care. The link between your brain and nervous system plays an important role. These systems control your muscles, movement, and jaw function.
Our proven OWL method targets the brain's role in natural TMJ treatment. Our doctors use gentle, natural approaches to get your brain and jaw working together again. This way, you can start feeling better quickly with our treatment plans.
At the Nerve Health Institute, our doctors help your body let go of tension with pain relief. They reduce inflammation and help you heal from the inside out with non-surgical TMJ therapy.
TMJ refers to dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint, which connects your jawbone to your skull. This joint is one of the most used and complex joints in your body.
This mechanism engages during various everyday activities, including speaking, eating, yawning, laughing, and other movements of the mouth. When this joint is not working well, using it often—like talking, nail biting, chewing gum, clenching of teeth or yawning—can feel uncomfortable. It may even cause daily problems.
TMJ acts like a sliding hinge for facial tension relief. It connects the jawbone to the skull. When the joint becomes misaligned or the surrounding muscles become inflamed, symptoms can include:
TMJ dysfunction may also contribute to neck stiffness, shoulder tension, and even dizziness in some patients. If not treated, our physical therapists believe these symptoms can get worse.
For example, chewy food may cause chronic pain, limited jaw movement, and stress-related issues. At the Nerve Health Institute, we understand that TMJ problems can affect the whole body. We take a full-body, brain-first approach to get to the root cause of the problem and find relief—not just cover up the symptoms.
Dr. Chris Cormier DC explains:
"Doctors can find TMJ complicated—or easy to treat. We start by looking at your brain, your power source. It connects to 30 trillion cells, including all the cells in your facial muscles and jaw."
At The Nerve Health Institute, we work on reconnecting your brain to the cells in your jaw. We use our OWL Method, with muscle relaxers which is a special mix of:
The Role of the Trigeminal Nerve in TMJ
One of the key players in TMJ pain is cranial nerve V, or the trigeminal nerve. It starts at the base of the brain and controls much of your jaw’s function—muscles, chewing, and even many of your teeth.
"An MRI can show nerves, but these tools cannot detect the energy moving through them. We detect and restore that energy flow to relieve pain with holistic TMJ care."
— Dr. Chris Cormier DC
When the connection between your brain and the trigeminal nerve disrupts, you feel it in your jaw. At The Nerve Health Institute for TMJ we have also seen deeper connections. This same nerve communicates to the heart. This means TMJ issues can affect more than just your smile.
Your jaw is one of the most active and powerful muscles in the body. The TMJ is important for daily activities like chewing, speaking, and walking. Consequently, our treatment approach emphasizes the synergy of the entire body system, rather than solely focusing on the jaw. Our physical therapy looks at your whole body for imbalances or weaknesses that might cause your TMJ pain.
A weakness up here can cause weaknesses somewhere else. We look at how well you can move and how your TMJ problem relates to other body parts, like the heart or spine.
We help patients who suffer from:
We understand how frustrating it can be to feel like no one has answers. Whether your tests show nothing or a doctor prescribes medications that don’t help, you are not alone. At The Nerve Health Institute, we see beyond surface symptoms to get to the true root cause—and help your body heal naturally.
Don’t wait until symptoms get worse or start affecting other systems in your body. Many of our patients improve without drugs, surgery, or night guards with our OWL method for TMJ. We use easy, gentle techniques to get your brain and jaw back on the same page so everything feels more balanced and works better.
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