TMJ/TMD
Difficulty Swallowing and Neck Problems: Understanding Cervicogenic Dysphagia
Ross Hauser, MD Difficulty swallowing can change a person’s entire day. Meals become stressful. Tablets seem harder to get down. Foods that once felt easy to eat are replaced by softer foods, and concern about choking can make eating with others uncomfortable. When swallowing problems occur alongside neck pain, headaches, […]
Ernest syndrome, TMJ disorders, and Eagle syndrome are different
Ross Hauser, MD Pain near the angle of the jaw, below the ear, or in the throat can remain difficult to explain even after dental treatment, ear examinations, and treatment for temporomandibular disorders. For some patients, the painful structure may be outside the temporomandibular joint itself. Ernest syndrome describes a […]
TMJ and Tinnitus: Should we explore the ligament chain from the cervical spine through the neck to the jaw to the ear?
Ross Hauser, MD; Danielle Matias, PA-C; Demi Foster, APRN For most of the patients that we see with problems linked to the cervical spine, we rarely see a patient who suffers from the symptoms of one diagnosis. Such is the case with people with tinnitus and TMJ and TMJ and […]
Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy for TMJ
Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN In this article, we discuss research on the clinical benefits of Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP). PRP treatment takes your blood, like going for a blood test, and re-introduces the concentrated blood platelets from your blood into areas of chronic joint […]
Stem Cell Therapy injections for TMJ Research
Ross Hauser, MD, Danielle Matias, PA-C, Demi Foster, APRN While we do offer stem cell therapy for some of our patients, this is not a treatment we often utilize as a first-line treatment. The documented results of the success of simple dextrose Prolotherapy for TMJ have shown us that this […]
TMJ: The other symptoms: Neck pain, muscle spasms, myofascial pain, breathing problems, digestive disorders and dizziness
Ross Hauser, MD In many patients who come to our center, we see primary problems related to neck pain and cervical instability. One of the symptoms of these problems is temporomandibular pain disorders. We also see a lot of people with primary problems with the temporomandibular joint. One of the […]