Research looking at acupuncture helping people who suffer from jaw pain.
Woman with jaw pain
Jaw/face pain comes with many names and forms; bruxism, TMJ , teeth grinding etc.. For anybody that has suffered from it , it is not pleasant. In this research they looked at Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) , a general term for a whole bunch of facial pain disorders. They compared acupuncture to sham acupuncture. The acupuncture worked better to relieve pain and improve physical and emotional functioning, and the changes lasted longer too. I did my thesis in my Master’s in Pain Management on jaw pain. It is one of the conditions that I have the most success in treating in the clinic.