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November 16, 2007
I'm blaming it all on TMJ
Well, most of it, anyways. Seriously, I think that over half (probably 75%) of the health problems I've had this year have been TMJ-related. As I've worked with my physical therapist, I've been learning to differentiate the TMJ-related problems from the other ones, and now I can tell that the pain in my ears is not an ear infection - it's because my jaw muscles are too tight. The headaches I used to get so frequently? I don't get them as often now that I'm doing the stretches and exercises my physical therapist showed me. I'm still getting migraines, but it's easier to tell those from regular headaches now, so I know when to take my Relpax and when to take something else. While I'm not completely cured, I am more aware, and that's helping more than I thought it would.
Posted by oracle at November 16, 2007 9:58 PM in health / the fourth year