Chiropractic Effective for TMJ Pain After Car Crash

Jaw or TMJ pain is a fairly typical problem reported by many people after a auto accident, and it can be challenging for some doctors to find the source of the issue. Complicating the matter, oftentimes you won't experience TMJ symptoms until many weeks or months after a crash.

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

For example, with radicular pain, irritation of a nerve can cause tingling or pins and needles in the arm or hand. Similarly, it can affect parts of your body above the injury, like your head and jaw. Headaches after auto accident are very common because of neck injury, and the jaw works the same way. Dr. Berklich sees this very often in our Alpharetta office.

Research Shows Chiropractic Treatment Helps TMJ Pain After Auto Accident

Research shows that the root of many jaw or TMJ problems begins in the neck and that treatment of the underlying neck problem can fix the secondary headaches or jaw symptoms. The trick to resolving these symptoms is simple: Dr. Berklich will work to restore your spinal column back to health, decreasing the inflammation, treating the injured tissues, and eliminating the irritation to the nerves in your spine.

Dr. Berklich has found that jaw and headache symptoms often resolve once we return your spine to its healthy condition.

If you live in Alpharetta and you've been hurt in a car crash, Dr. Berklich can help. We've been working with auto injury patients for many years and we can probably help you, too. Give our office a call today at (770) 475-2225 for an appointment or consultation.

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