TMJ Pain Eased by Chiropractic After Auto Collision

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly common condition reported by many people after a auto collision, and it can be difficult for some health practitioners to diagnose the source of the issue. Complicating the matter, many times you won't develop TMJ pain until many weeks or months after a crash.

Dr. Szilagyi has helped many people with jaw pain after an injury, and the scientific literature explains what triggers these types of problems. During a auto injury, the tissues in your spine are oftentimes stretched or torn, causing ligament, muscle, or nerve injury. This can clearly cause pain in the neck and back, but since your central nervous system is one functioning unit, irritation of the nerves can cause issues in other parts of your body.

For example, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause prickling or pins and needles in the arm or hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injured area, like your head and jaw. Headaches after car crash are very common because of neck injury, and the jaw works the same way. Dr. Szilagyi sees this very commonly in our Harleysville office.

Research Supports Chiropractic Adjustments Lessens TMJ Pain After Car Crash

Research indicates that the root of many jaw or TMJ symptoms starts in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck injury can resolve the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The secret to resolving these symptoms is simple: Dr. Szilagyi will work to restore your spine back to health, decreasing the inflammatory reaction, treating the injured areas, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Szilagyi finds that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we restore your spine to its healthy state.

If you live in Harleysville and you've been hurt in a car crash, Dr. Szilagyi can help. We've been working with auto injury patients for many years and we can most likely help you, too. Give our office a call today at (215) 256-4345 for an appointment or consultation.

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