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For the past...I don't know, two years I guess, I've had serious problems with my jaw. It'll "pop" out of place, and then I won't be able to open my mouth at all. Or rather, when it's out of place, I can fit one finger inbetween my teeth, when everything is fine, I can fit 3.
It's not too painful when it pops out, but it's not comfortable either. It mainly happens at night because I sleep on myleft side naturally, and that's apparently the absolute worst thing I can do. I'll wake up, notice it's out of place, turn over to my right side, apply pressure to the side of my mouth, open and close my mouth a few times, and it'll pop back into place without seconds.
Not a proble, I'm used to it.
Last night, I woke up at 2:30 and it would not go back into place. Another problem is if I'm tense (I "carry" all my stress in my shoulders and neck anyway, so being tense around my jaw is pretty normal for me) it won't go back into place. Of course, each second it doesn't pop, the more frantic I get. So I started rubbing my neck and shoulders and it *hurt* to the touch.
That's not good.
By the point I was sitting up, so I laid back down and tried to pop it into place and I eventually got it.
I'm really tired of the inconvience and the pain...*sigh*
It's not too painful when it pops out, but it's not comfortable either. It mainly happens at night because I sleep on myleft side naturally, and that's apparently the absolute worst thing I can do. I'll wake up, notice it's out of place, turn over to my right side, apply pressure to the side of my mouth, open and close my mouth a few times, and it'll pop back into place without seconds.
Not a proble, I'm used to it.
Last night, I woke up at 2:30 and it would not go back into place. Another problem is if I'm tense (I "carry" all my stress in my shoulders and neck anyway, so being tense around my jaw is pretty normal for me) it won't go back into place. Of course, each second it doesn't pop, the more frantic I get. So I started rubbing my neck and shoulders and it *hurt* to the touch.
That's not good.
By the point I was sitting up, so I laid back down and tried to pop it into place and I eventually got it.
I'm really tired of the inconvience and the pain...*sigh*