Series (5 part) on Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis, NLP for TMJ pain and connected issues. Article 5 of 5 re the connection between fear, trauma, and TMJ disorder.

June 6, 2023 Matthew Tweedie

Emotional factors such as anxiety, fear, anger, and trauma, all play a significant role in the causes of TMJ disorders. This is mostly due to the fact that they may cause muscular tension in the jaw, and involuntary grinding of the teeth.

The excessive clenching of the jaw muscles, and the sliding from side to side of the joint, will cause pain which may radiate to the neck, or the surrounding muscles and tissues. This often creates various symptoms which can make a TMJ disorder sometimes difficult to diagnose.

Series (5 part) on Hypnotherapy, NLP, Hypnosis, for TMJ pain and connected issues. Article 4 of 5 re TMJ headaches and neck pain.

May 23, 2023 Matthew Tweedie

When you have a headache or neck pain, you might not think that your jaw could actually be the cause. However, the temporo-mandibular joint, or TMJ, could be the reason you are suffering. The TMJ is the hinge-like joint connecting the jaw to the skull. It enables the jaw to move up and down and from side to side, so that you can laugh, talk, chew and yawn.

Series (5 part) on Hypnosis, NLP, Hypnotherapy, for TMJ pain and connected issues. Article 3 of 5 re Stress and Anxiety.

May 8, 2023 Matthew Tweedie

Because of the common link between stress and teeth grinding, it is easy to develop a TMJ disorder as a result. This may not happen immediately, but as time goes by, and the symptoms of anxiety are not relieved, the condition may continue unabated. Restless sleep, induced by stress, can cause you to unconsciously grind your teeth and clench your jaw. The constant wear and tear can put your jaw out of alignment and cause chronic neck pain, as well acute muscle strain.