Jaw and Facial Therapies
Conservative Jaw Joint Therapy
Used to treat jaw dysfuntion and trisumus--jaw hypomobility and limited jaw opening--caused by:
- Systemic disorders like arthritis, fibromyalgia, or scleroderma
- Burn Scarring
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Radiation Therapy
- Mouth wiring
- TMJ Disorder
- General trismus
Treating trismus generally utilizes passive motion and stretching exercises of the joint to stretch out tissues, and pump healthy fluids into the joint. This often improves pain and swelling in the joint and slowly increases the range-of-motion of the joint. For more information, please see our page on conservative therapy or for jaw stretching products see our jaw motion products.
Rehabiliation following a joint surgery is extremely important to help minimize scar tissue growth, heal thejoint, and to reduce pain and swelling. There are a variety of things a patient can do to improve their recovery both from the after-effects of surgery and to best rehabilitate the joint. These include diet, hygiene, pain reduction, and the joint rehabilitation exercises. For more information on recovering from a jaw joint surgery, please visit our post-surgical care page, or for more information on our rehab and recovery products visit our products overview page.
Facial Pain and Swelling Therapy
There a a variety of treatment to deal with pain and swelling of the jaw and face from surgery, trauma, or other causes. We provide a list of available treatments on our conservative therapy info page, and we also carry a variety of heat/cold and compression products that utilize ice, heat and compression to minimze you pain and swelling.
Easier to use on small openings!