Hi,
A week or two ago hubby told me that he had jaw pain.

It turns out that likely his ocd-type habits caused the jaw to get tired: Eating pomegranates (he chews the seeds and swallows all of the seed materials), pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and other nuts. I told him to take a break from those foods and he is feeling better now.


So, like a moron, two or three days ago I asked him how he felt and demonstrated for him something by moving my jaw in a way that stressed it. I injured something.
Now I cannot yawn. I cannot open my mouth very wide. This effects laughing and yelling too. And certain foods. I have to eat by barely opening my mouth. Oww.

I never thought that I would miss being able to open my mouth wide in a nice big yawn.


Mari

Oh, please go to ER or an Urgent Care Facility !!!

I'm so sorry, i had the opposite with EPS - yawns that shook my whole body, and frequent. and trouble swallowing. so i can sorta relate.

but this sounds very disturbing - it is impeding your movement terribly... please get help !

( gosh, it's funny, we are giving each other the same advice... rofl )

anyway i'm serious about the jaw. if it doesn't feel better within 24 hours at least, go in.

((( Mari )))

~ waves ~ from Orlando, FL

This happened to me when I had my "hidden" dying nerve in a back tooth.
The dentist had damaged the pulp by accident when he filled it last. It festered for a long time (I did not feel it) and drained into that sinus. I had several sinus infections, but no swelling in the tooth or gum itself.

One day the muscles on that side spasmed up and dislocated my jaw.
X-rays showed almost a 1/4 inch deviation.
I went to a specialist in TMJ and he evaluated the whole thing and put me on
muscle relaxants. After two weeks I could open my mouth (it was locked shut 3/4 of the way).

Muscle spasms can do this --yours might be due to other reasons.
Eventually I had the tooth root canaled and crowned. It took a LONG time isolating the cause.

oh this sounds awful....
I agree with mrs. doubtfire about seeing someone asap...it does sound like tmj....hope you can see someone soon.
bizi

YIKES....get checked out asap...until then eat soft foods and/or soup.

I have TMJ and when it pop's out of it's socket, it's painful and not much I can do except rest my jaw, eat what I mentioned and sometimes muscle relaxants help.

Good Luck, Hugs, Nikko

See someone is sure right.

Donna

hey, it's been a few days since your injury Mari.

how are you doing now with that?



~ waves ~

I'm doing better -- still careful about opening my mouth wide to brush teeth or yawn. But I can open it wider now than I could a day or two ago.

The last time I went through something similar with my jaw, I went to physical therapy for about 2-3 weeks. Then a hurricane came and interrupted life here for a good month or two and I never got back. I remember that the therapist sent me a Christmas card that year.


Mari

Mari

good to know you are doing better. yes do be careful!

that is hilarious about the pt and the hurricane (was that Andrew?) and ... the Christmas card from your therapist!!!

~ waves ~

It was Wilma in 2005.