Clairpointe Family Chiropractic

  What Is TMJ? TMJ stands for the temporomandibular joint. It’s an important joint formed by your skull and your jaw bone and involves the muscles needed for chewing.    Your TMJ acts like a sliding hinge and connects your jawbone to your skull. It is responsible for opening and closing your mouth, allowing the jaw to move smoothly up and down and side to side, and enabling you to talk, chew, and yawn.   Symptoms Signs and symptoms of TMJ disorders may include: Pain or tenderness of your jaw Pain in one or both of the temporomandibular joints Aching pain in and around your ear Difficulty chewing or pain while chewing Aching facial pain Locking of the joint makes it difficult to open or close your mouth. TMJ disorders can also cause a clicking sound or grating sensation when you open your mouth or chew. But if there's no pain or limitation of movement associated with your jaw clicking, you probably don't need treatment for a TMJ disorder. Can Chiropractic Help? C...

  Welcome to Clairpointe's new blog! We look forward to sharing information about the benefits of chiropractic care, symptoms chiropractic care can help with, Pharmaceutical-grade supplements, and more with our readers. We hope that our blog will be a place where people will come to learn how chiropractic care can help reduce pain, enhance your and your family's health, and learn natural ways to heal. Our blog will also have articles on topics such as sciatica, whiplash, plantar fasciitis, TMJ, migraine and headache relief, sports injuries, joint pain, and many more.  As we continue to build our blog, we’ll also create content related to upcoming events at Clairpointe so our readers will always have access to timely information. We invite you to subscribe to our blog, bookmark us, and/or sign up for our quarterly newsletter, which will list all of the blog topics we cover. We look forward to teaching you about the benefits of chiropractic care and hope you learn something new ...