TMJ Tinnitus - How to Understand and Treat TMJ Tinnitus

TMJ disease has many medical manifestations such as TMJ neck pain, TMJ ear pain and TMJ tinnitus. In fact, almost half of those suffering from TMJ dysfunction, have tinnitus as a symptom. This disorder is somewhat more difficult to diagnose as it is not really caused from the hearing loss, but more a result of your jaw being out of alignment. Once identified, however, relief can often be successfully achieved, sometimes with a few weeks of finding the TMJ tinnitus.
 
TMJ
 
TMJ, temporomandibular joint disorder, is a disorder that involves the misalignment of the jaw, is one of the lesser known causes of hearing loss. The joint is found in front of the ear, and allows us to speak, chew and smile. TMJ sufferers usually wake feeling like they never slept or at least, did not sleep well.  TMJ disorders include sinus headaches, migraine headaches,  jaw joints popping when yawning and/or eating, tingling fingers, stiff neck and shoulders, frequent dizzy spells, lower back pain, and light-headedness. 
 
Tinnitus
 
Tinnitus is often suffered by TMJ victims as a side effect. Hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and nausea was often mentioned in case histories of TMJ patients. Earlier this year, researchers reported that patients with craniocervical mandibular disorders suffered with tinnitus as a primary or secondary complaint. If tinnitus is present for no obvious reason, a questionnaire may be developed by the audiologist that will help in determining if the condition is linked to a jaw joint dysfunction. Compression of the tissues behind the jaw joint are often the cause of decreased hearing and TMJ tinnitus. 

Treatment
 
TMJ tinnitus remedies treat the tinnitus noises you are hearing, relieve the pain , treat the depression and also help you to sleep. A thorough diagnostic assessment is done prior to treatment. The cause of TMJ can be different, depending on the TMJ dysfunction patient, so careful treatment and diagnosis is important. It is recommended that two to three weeks into the course of treatments, you have chiropractic manipulation of the temporalis masseter muscles in the jaw. The course of treatments may involve taking two separate remedies , which between them treat the pain, the tinnitus, help relieve the depression, help you to get some sleep and most important of all, help you to relax those tensed muscles. Cranial osteopathy - gentle, hands-on structural adjustment, used with other treatments, is used to address TMJ, facial pain, headaches, vertigo, tinnitus, and ear infections.