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Ankylosing Spondylitis Associated With (TMJD) Craniomandibular Disorder
THIS IS AN INTERESTING ABSTRACT ON TREATMENT OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS AND TMD TREATMENT COMBINED
I have a patient who we treated many years ago with neuromuscular dentistry who had ankylosing Spondylitis as did his father. We started with a diagnostic work-up that included EMG and MKG and use of ULF TENS to relax trigeminally innervated muscles and created a dianostic orthotic. The patient finished his case orthodntically and has been stable for close to 20 years. The Ankylosing spondylitis resolved (Was this because of neuromuscular dental treatment or an incidental occurence?)
The patient firmly believes the neuromuscular dentistry "saved him" He later married and we… Read Full Post
New Article ties Joint hypermobility syndrome to migraines. This has long been known to be a factor in TMJ disorders and associated headaches.
Studies have shown that hypermobility syndrome is associated with chronic headache disorders. This new study shows that 75% of study group with the syndrome had migraines compared to only 43% of controls.
Patients with Chronic Daily Headaches, Migraines, Tension-type headaches, myofascial pain and associated headaches, atypical migaine, classic migraine almost always are headaches related to the masticatory system, the trigeminal nerve and TMJ disorders(TMD). These problems are often best addressed by the use of a diagnostic neuromuscular orthotic that has been shown in various studies to give some improvement in close to 100% of patients. Almost all studies of orthotics (of all… Read Full Post
