Understanding What Triggers Your TMJ Pain TMJ pain often worsens because of habits that strain the jaw without you realising ...

Jaw pain, tenderness, and aches are signs of possible problems in your temporomandibular joint (aka TMJ). Each of us has two TMJs one on each side of the jaw connecting the jawbone to the skull. These ...

Do you ever wake up in the morning with a sore jaw, throbbing head and nagging feelings of stress? And on top of that, you feel like you didn’t sleep a wink? If that sounds like you on a regular basis ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - January 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication.

Living with constant pain can wear down both body and mind. For women suffering from temporomandibular disorder (TMD)—a condition that affects the jaw joint and chewing muscles—everyday life can be a ...

Edmund Khoo, DDS, is an orthodontist and clinical associate professor at the New York University College of Dentistry. TMD is a common cause of jaw pain, which can lead to clicking sounds and ...

Tension headaches are common and may occur when a person clenches their jaw. People may clench their jaw more often if they have bruxism, which is when a person unconsciously clenches or grinds their ...

A mother who has endured decades of excruciating jaw pain and can now only open her mouth 14mm wide has said she is ...

TMJ pain may occur during pregnancy as a result of hormonal changes and additional physical and emotional stress. Facial exercises and cold or hot compresses may help relieve this pain. Share on ...

Naomi Smith, 47, from Gloucestershire, began suffering from jaw pain and teeth grinding at 18, which became "unbearable" over ...

Winnetka dentist Michael Czarkowski is using Botox, a trademarked purified botulin neurotoxin, to treat his dental patients with chronic pain linked to issues like teeth grinding and clenching.

That nagging shoulder ache that always appears on your right side. The knee that gives you trouble only on the left. The hip pain that never seems to affect both sides equally. If you’ve noticed that ...