Jaw Popping From Muscular Tension

[SwiftTaySwift20]

Yes, my right jaw pops since the onset of this condition. My dentist checked everything out on my 6 month visit and said I had a tremendous amount of muscle tension in the muscles. I ignore it like everything else with this condition.

Swift_TaySwift20

 

[mgardner87]

I've had the strangest things happen with my jaws over the past 15 months of BFS, popping in the jaws, clicking, aches and pains and excruciating pain at times. I don't have TMJ (was just at the dentist a few weeks ago). I have done my fair share of clenching and now wear a mouthguard at night.

God Bless, Mark

 

[MarksmanS]

I think this can be caused from tension - if you clench your teeth with tension all of the time your muscles get tired. Then when you actually use them to chew they are just tired...

 

[Angelica]

Thanks all - it was just so bizarre to not feel like I could even eat pasta last night....
Mark, my jaw pops also when I open wide. I've had mild TMJ for years (and it's exactly as you describe, so I'm surprised to hear that you don't have it) - but the jaw fatigue is something new to me. I think MarksmanS's assessment of the jaw clenching causing these things sounds right on target. I'll have to try to be aware of it so that I can stop doing it!
Thanks again,
Elisa