07/31/2025
First off I spent way too much time trying to time this reel 😩🤣
Ok so let’s get to the BS that’s been circulating about jaw pain that you’ve probably been told.
🍳 Just eat soft food until your jaw feels better.
Look, eating soft food temporarily can help during a flare-up—but if your whole treatment plan is “avoid chewing,” you’re not healing anything… you’re just babysitting the problem.
Your jaw is a joint. Joints need movement and load to stay healthy. Imagine telling someone with a sore knee to never walk again. Make it make sense.
🦷 Nightguards will fix it.
These appliances are incredibly helpful at protecting your teeth from clenching and grinding. But will it fix your jaw pain, no. The long term fix is getting to the root of the clenching/grinding.
🧘♀️ You just need to relax.
Stress gets blamed for everything.
Your jaw isn’t tight because Mercury’s in retrograde—it’s tight because of posture, habits, airway, muscle tension, or maybe a tongue that doesn’t know where it lives. Let’s not gaslight your face.
👩⚕️ Only dentists treat TMJD.
Dentists are amazing and an important part of the team—but if your treatment plan doesn’t involve someone who knows the muscles, joints, airway, and nervous system? You’re missing key pieces of the puzzle. You deserve the full picture.
🩻 Your imaging is fine, so you’re “fine”
You can have a picture-perfect MRI and still be in pain. Why? Because scans don’t show muscle tension, joint dysfunction, nerve irritation, or how your jaw actually moves.
Pain ≠ visible damage. You need an assessment of your function, not just a pretty picture.
If you’ve heard any of these before—yeah, same. And no, you’re not crazy.
Jaw pain is complicated, but it’s also treatable when you stop relying on outdated advice and start getting real support.
Your face deserves better.
Your jaw deserves answers.
And you? Deserve to eat a damn bagel without regret.
👉 Ready for actual help with your TMJ? Book an assessment 💻 admin@thetmjclinic.ca, or shoot me a message—I’ve got you.
