While summer often brings thoughts of sunshine, vacations, and frozen treats, it can also bring something unexpected: jaw pain. If you’ve noticed more tension, clicking, or soreness in your jaw during the warmer months, you’re not alone. Many people with temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) find that their symptoms flare up during the summer. In this blog, we’ll explore the surprising reasons why heat, dehydration, and summer routines can make TMD worse, and how Lynch TMJ

How Cold Weather Affects Pain and How Physical Therapy Can Help As winter sets in and temperatures drop, many people experience an increase in pain, especially those dealing with chronic conditions like arthritis, muscle strain, or joint issues. You may have noticed that when the weather turns cold, your body feels stiffer, your muscles ache more, and old injuries seem to flare up. But why does cold weather exacerbate pain, and what can you do about it? In this blog, we’ll ex

Although it’s debatable, I believe the two hardest sports to play are golf and baseball respectively. I also believe that proper body mechanics in these sports directly correlate to both recreational activities and everyday life. “Sports science” has exploded in popularity in recent years, causing buzz words such as torque, high-intensity training, ground reaction force and proper sequencing to become common lingo among coaches in the weight room and on social media. The long

One of the most common questions we get at Lynch TMJ Health is: What kind of pillow do you recommend? And the answer is...well, it depends. Do you sleep on your side, back, or stomach? Do you toss and turn? What kind of pillow do you currently use? Do you wake up throughout the night due to neck/jaw pain? Do you wake up in the morning with neck/jaw pain? Have you ever been diagnosed with sleep apnea? The answers to these questions can help to determine whether a new pillow wo

Here at Lynch TMJ Health, we take pride in being one of the few physical therapy clinics in the area to provide specialized services for TMJ and jaw related pain/injuries. My background is more sports/orthopedic, so learning the jaw was a new experience for me. During my time at here at Lynch TMJ Health, I’ve started to relate the jaw to my time in the sports environment. A big takeaway from this time is…the jaw is just like any other joint in the body. It’s based on muscle s

Over the past few years, dry needling has become a frequently discussed topic among my patients, and a suggested treatment option...

Early in my career I was introduced to Mary Massery’s concept of, “If you can’t breathe, you can’t function” and the “Soda-Pop Can Theory”. As one of the therapists at Lynch TMJ Health, I have extensive training in both TMD and Pelvic Health. As a physical therapist, I have always been passionate about treating the whole person, rather than the diagnosis. During the course of my years practicing as a physical therapist, I have continued to grow in awareness as to how the huma

I know firsthand what it feels like to deal with years of TMJ pain. There were times when I began to lose hope that the pain would ever truly go away. Then I found Lynch TMJ Health. I personally started experiencing bilateral TMJ pain following some orthodontic work 15 years ago. It began with slight popping and clicking in the joint accompanied by pain. The pain elevated and I noticed my jaw would sublux daily and cause severe headaches. Discomfort became so acute, I spent m

As this unprecedented pandemic continues, many people are beginning to develop jaw and neck pain associated with increased stress and jaw clenching. Lynch TMJ Health is here to help. While many of us are struggling to find some sort of silver lining during the COVID-19 crisis to ease our mind, the reality is it is weighing on our bodies in more ways than we could have ever imagined. Whether it be hair loss, weight gain, sleepless nights, or increased jaw pain, this is not a s