{"id":100,"date":"2011-09-23T15:35:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T15:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.drbobbycarmen.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2011-09-23T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T15:35:24","slug":"tmj-therapy-from-dr-carmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/tmj-therapy-from-dr-carmen\/","title":{"rendered":"TMJ Therapy from Dr. Carmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"orthotic appliance\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/orthotic-appliance-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/orthotic-appliance-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/orthotic-appliance-1024x713.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>You\u2019ve probably heard of <strong>TMJ<\/strong>, but do you know what it is? Many believe <strong>TMJ <\/strong>is a painful condition that involves jaw clicking or jaw pain. And while that\u2019s not far from the mark, <strong>TMJ<\/strong> actually stands for nothing more innocuous than <strong>temporomandibular joint<\/strong>, which is the joint connecting both sides of your jaw to the bottom of your skull.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/tmj-therapy.html\">TMJ dysfunction<\/a> is the term we actually use to talk about that painful yet common condition involving jaw, shoulder, neck, and back pain, among other symptoms. And because it\u2019s much more common than you might think, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/meet-the-dentist.html\">Dr. Carmen<\/a> checks for <strong>TMJ dysfunction<\/strong> in every patient who comes in for a visit, because no one should have to live with unnecessary pain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relief from Painful Symptoms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the primary ways <strong>Dr. Carmen<\/strong> can help you treat <strong>TMJ dysfunction<\/strong> is with a physiologic bite appliance, the goal of which is to correct a misaligned bite\u2014one of the primary causes behind <strong>TMJ dysfunction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But an oral appliance isn\u2019t the only way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/\">our Norman office <\/a>can help. Because stress is another leading cause of painful symptoms, learning how you can alleviate it can dramatically affect your daily life. We\u2019ll teach you some helpful relaxation techniques to keep in mind and show you how even paying attention to your posture can make a significant difference.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more?\u00a0 Contact our<strong> Norman<\/strong> office to schedule your next check-up. <strong>Dr. Carmen<\/strong> will thoroughly inspect your smile for <strong>TMJ dysfunction<\/strong>, in addition to gum disease, tooth decay, and oral cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/contact.html\">Call us today<\/a>! Relief is just around the corner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably heard of TMJ, but do you know what it is? Many believe TMJ is a painful condition that involves jaw clicking or jaw pain. And while that\u2019s not far from the mark, TMJ actually stands for nothing more innocuous than temporomandibular joint, which is the joint connecting both sides of your jaw to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[6,54,68,67],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-dentistry","tag-dr-carmen","tag-general-dentistry-norman","tag-tmj-dysfunction","tag-tmj-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drbobbycarmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}