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Re: Anyone developed a "TMJ disorder" from playing the clarinet

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-01-09 05:03

Interesting topic. My TMJ pain wasn't *caused* by playing the clarinet, but it was interfering. I developed pain in my jaw a couple of years ago that seemed not to be going away, and not for the first time. I had had a couple of extended bouts in earlier years. I consulted my dentist, who sent me to an endodontist. The diagnosis, after no dental abnormalities could be found, was TMJ pain, although it seemed very much a default diagnosis because no other explanation could be found.

Soon after, I mentioned all of this to my chiropractor. Apparently, treating TMJ pain is a standard chiropractic technique. Within two visits the pain was gone and hasn't come back since.

Karl

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