TMJ doesn’t always show up as jaw pain. One of the most overlooked signs is posture. Forward head posture, rounded shoulders, and neck tension can all be the body’s way of compensating for a dysfunctional bite and overworked jaw muscles. When the head shifts forward, the jaw and airway are affected, which can lead to clenching, fatigue, headaches, and chronic tension that patients don’t connect back to TMJ. Sometimes the first clue isn’t in the jaw at all. It’s in how someone stands and carries

TMJ Disorder affects tens of millions of people… and many of them? They don’t even know it! Clicking on the jaw joints is caused by a disc displacement. So as your jaw slides forward and back when you open and close your mouth, that disc pops in and out as well. Most of the time, this clicking is benign. It doesn’t come with pain. It doesn’t get worse. And over time your body adapts and all is well. But honestly, that’s what people told me, so I ignored it. And 2 years later my jaw was locked cl