How To Stop Clenching My Jaw | Bruxism Relief | Relax Jaw Tension
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2024
- Jaw clenching also called bruxism is common and can be a cause of TMJ dysfunction, neck pain, neck tension, and tension headaches. In this video, Dr. O'Guin gives three techniques to relax jaw tension.
This dude's posture is world class
I wish I had posture ...
He is copying the spine on his left 00:10
It's like he does this for a job n stuff
I was grinding my teeth, clenching all day and night. I strictly followed your instructions and performed this routine daily for a month or so and I have been cured for around 5 months now. Thank you so much!
Summary of the video:
1. Rotate the tongue and touch the upper palate(upper jaw) with a bit of force
2. Same as above position and try to open and close the mouth
3. Practice meditation/breathing exercises to reduce stress
In 63 and I've clenched my teeth since I was about 17 y/o. I've had 4 TMJ surgeries (both sides twice) The second surgery a graft of cartilage from my hip was transplanted to replace the meniscus' on both sides. I'm so grateful my Dr refused to use what was popular, which was Teflon. Teflon later was proven to be extremely detrimental in many ways.
I wish I'd found the info you shared years ago! My teeth are now paying the price by cracking and my gums are receding. I have a night guard, 1 of many over the yrs. I hate it!
I felt refief right after practicing along with you. Thank you so much! 🙏💜🙏
Wow.....thank you! Yes, mine is linked to stress. I also clench at night, which I can get a mouth guard for, but didn't know ideas to stop during the day.
I can feel the immediate difference, i clench my teeth when im annoyed, anxious, bored, and worried. My jaw and teeth dont feel so sore.
It took me 5 minutes of doing what you said to realize how long ive been clenching my teeth. Thank you.
I'm crying, thank you very much. Thanks to anxiety I always have my jaw clenched and have constant headaches but I cannot help it, is automatic, I just don't realize when I do it and even forgot how is supposed to be the neutral posture for the jaw, I always feel pressure at the sides of my head.
Thank you kindly for putting this video on. Most helpful!
Thank you so much! How kind of you to share this way!
I just got a wisdom tooth removal of four extractions and I noticed that I've been waking up crunching my jaw which is in turn caused some tension and some pain. I am high anxiety person, and I'm not medicated for it. Having someone confident in their knowledge and with the qualifications that you have gives me the comfort and relief that there is a way to deal with my clenching.
Thanks again
Thanks so much Dr. Jeffrey!
It's SO hard! I can feel my jaw trying to fight me! Im just going to have to make a conscious effort to make this my new habit!
The best video on things to help that I've seen! Thank you
Thank you for this Jeffrey! Somehow this is the first time I’m hearing these useful strategies!
Awesome advice, the best out there for bruxism!
Very helpful video! Thank you so much for sharing these tricks.
Very practical and simple advice. Thanks.
Thank you so much! My jaw was so painful because my jaw muscles are so stressed, I had this since elementary and I'm 24 now, and it was getting worse, I felt instant relief.
Glad it helped!
Thank you, doctor!
Thanks alot, the world is a better place with pple trying to help eachother. God bless you
Thanks, Doc. Just what I needed to learn.
gotta get deep into these things for ur own health, gotta see a doc soon
Thank you Dr. I’m going to try this tonight. 😊
This video was super helpful! Thank you :)
A million Thanks to you, Dr O'Guin. I realize now I suffer from bruxism since I lost two upper molars to that. Anywho, I am really happy I found your video. I aim to practice your techniques. I am stressing out from being stressed out, lol. Thanx again. What a nice name O'Guin is!
Thank you!! So so helpful
Thank you for providing information to us! ❤
Great video. I am sitting here with an ice pack on my left jaw. Sometimes level 10 pain. I don't have TMJ but I know I do clench, espec at night so that's prob what brought it on. At one point my ear canal was swollen almost shut. The exercises in this video are gentle and not aggressive at all so they do not stir up the pain once I get it settled down. I altenate different OTC medications too. Any drs I call, the appts are weeks/months away so I have no choice but to self-treat. Good luck to anyone suffering from this as it is extremely painful.
Thanks, Jeffrey. Very helpful information.
Very welcome
Thank you for posting ❤❤❤
Very good information. Thank you for taking the time to help 😌
By far the best advice ever
Thank you for the encouragement! Happy you like the information.
Thank you Doctor! Cheers from Germany!
You are welcome!
This was so helpful! I didn't realize how much I clenched my jaw! I'm going to practice these everyday, thanks! 😘💗
You're very welcome!
Damn 17 yrs on YT first time i saw that when previewing a profile aha! Trumps my 2011. I hope you're jaw is better noww!! Mines getting back to tension needa open it up and stretch that shii
I'm going through a really really rough time with chronic stress at the moment. And for some reasons youtube keeps recommending me videos about TMJ (for context I do follow chiropractors). Yours was the one that finally made me cave into watching cuz it applies to a broader range.
And THANK YOU. This did help right away and it is something that I've been struggling for, for a while to the point apparently TH-cam knew before I did. Great exercises and very clear instructions.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thanks a lot for useful information.
This is amazing thankyou
You explained the most clearly among the other videos I watched. Thank you doctor
Glad it was helpful!
This is so helpful !
Glad it was helpful!
After I did the second exercise, my jaw stopped clicking! I will keep doing these. Thanks so much.
You're so welcome!
Perfect timing and very helpful information!! I need to see u soon!! Dean F.
Happy it helped. We've moved to a larger location and offering more services. You can schedule online herechiropractorkirkwood.janeapp.com/#staff_member/1
@@DrJeffreyOGuinSaintLouis oh ok awesome , yeah I think u were outgrowing your space lol thx!!
This is great info if you are awake but most clenchers, like myself, clench in their sleep and aren't aware they are doing it. How do you stop -that-?
Thank you, this video was very informative
THis is very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much. My dentist had always told me to just stop doing it, which I haven't been able too, but this actually shows me HOW.
I'm going to try these techniques. Thank you 🙏💜
Thank you for this! Clear, actionable steps that anyone can do
Thank you for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you.
awesome!
This is so interesting! When I am falling asleep or half asleep, I noticed the pattern of my clenching,,,I feel as though it's a habit and not necessarily due to stress. I also have been reading that it is due to possible sleep apnea.
I have a mouthguard and oh boi I clench that stuff. I thought that was the solution. But actively not clenching, engaging the opposite muscles is what my physiotherapist recommended, just as here! Super
Very useful
Amazing. My jaw was so tight and i combined your advice with some other vodeos and my jaw just released. No more tightnes. Thank you! Awesome advice!!
Glad it helped!
bruxism is affectring my singing!!! THank you the second one makes me YAWN. My Bruxism is anxiety/stiming.
I appreciate you Dr. Thanks muchly
Thank you kindly
Can I just say, you are such a GREAT doctor! I love how you give exercised but then talk about the more integrative reasons that this could be happening, like stress and then offer how meditation and breathing can help. I LOVE this doctor so much because I think this sort of integrative approach, seeing the patient as a whole of two parts, one physical and emotional is SO important. One of the great failings of our western medical approach is not taking the psychoemotional component into consideration. We need more doctors like you..super grateful for your video and I hope other doctors that are beginning their careers are of the same mindset. Thanks again.
Thank you for the kind words.
I have severe TMJ (direct impact injury to the jaw combined with years of orthodontic work) and finally got a mouthguard. I kinda balked at the idea of getting one cause I don't grind my teeth, but I just started using it, and goodness, talk about a reality check with how my jaw is always clenched! This video has been very helpful. Going to have to start doing this daily.
I've broken a few teeth lately, did you have yours professionally made? TY
@@kaybyrne5312 No, and I wish my insurance made this journey easier for me. I really want a professionally made one. I have been tempted to get dental wax, which I remember getting to prevent braces from catching on the cheeks, and just press some on top of a couple molars before bed and see how that works for me.
Thank you. I break my teeth every now and then because of clenching. This is a good way to recheck and hopefully break the habit.
Thank you
Amazing. Thank you brother
My pleasure
Thank you so Much Dr that was helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you...
I am concerned my jaw is out of line (dentistry is the cause?) How do I know? Many thanks for your excellent clear and to the point video- I am now a fan!!
I got my first adjustment today and I didn't realize my jaw was chronically clenched. It was relaxed right away and now I don't know what to do with my jaw lol.
Good stuff!! Thanks for sharing
Have some whole grains like some honey bunches of oats.
@@DrJeffreyOGuinSaintLouis Thank you so much! I was recently happy to find an oral surgeon who said Botox shots into masseter muscles would stop my night clenching ($1000.00/three months). I've been night clenching with night guard since 1988. Cracked all my molars AND the crowns I had after cracking them. Currently I need three new crowns for crowns I've cracked.
It would be a godsend to find a way to stop this problem. 🙏
What did you get adjusted if you don't mind me asking? Was it focused on the jaw or head?
Your videos are great 👍
Glad you like them!
Thanks for the tip, very helpful. I suggest sophrology as a relaxation method (for those who don't know it). Very helpful and it can even help you fall asleep.
Thanks for sharing!
I started having pain in my lower left jaw and sensitivity to cold liquids on the lower left teeth. I thought for sure I had a dental problem. Went to the dentist, they x-rayed the area and the doctor did all the physical tests his training teaches; cold water, air blasting, picking poking prodding and tapping...all of that. Couldn't find anything wrong. He said his best diagnosis was "clenching". He said he actually has this problem and sometimes wakes up with pretty bad pain and I think he said he sleeps with a mouthpiece.
He asked if I had been especially stressed out, and it made me stop and realize I DID have 3 significant reasons, beyond everyday life, adding to my stress. Also, like someone below mentioned, I have frequent very aggravating dreams. Not scary, just seriously stressful...stuck in a place I cant find my way out of and trying to find things that I cant/lost...meanwhile everyone else in the dreams dont care, I'm the only one stressing.
I never had this pain before the most recent stressors, and like this doc said, it had turned in to headaches and other pain beyond the teeth and jaw. Even before finding videos (just today decided to actually search this), awareness of the clenching has helped relieve some of the pain. You dont even realize you are doing it. I cought myself clenching as I typed this. You have to think about it constantly, or there you will find yourself, teeth clenched again. Meditation doesn't work for me and I've never been able to exorcise regularly and stick to it, so awareness and jaw flexing is all I have other than OTC pain meds, which I avoid unless the pain is really bad.
I’ve been told by both my dentist and ENT that my mouth muscles are super tight. I’ll be trying these techniques starting from today. Thanks alot doctor:)
Can I have a update
Update?
U saved my life. U got a subscriber and I wanna shake ur hand sir thank you
Thanks for the sub! Very happy it has helped.
Thank you very helpful
Glad it helped
Thank you for help. The advice to use opposite muscles make sense. Nobody ever told me. 🤗👋
Happy to help!
thanks! awesome!
You bet!
These seem like good exercises. I've seen the tongue ones on other videos. I will be doing them several times a day and report back!.
Glad you like them!
Can i have a update
It’s funny you say deep breathing can trigger a stress/ anxious response, I find it does exactly that, it’s not just me! Mindfulness really helps me, watching my thoughts and emotions like fish in a pond and just letting them be. Also for jaw relaxation, massage with a crystal beauty roller is great.
I am doing what you have said and my tinnitus is almost gone!
Thank you so much, this was really helpful to me. 2 days ago I noticed my jaw clenching, but not grinding (i was doing some typing work that time), so i thought i must be stressed or anxious. I’ve done yoga, journalling, being grateful, deep breathing, massaging my facial muscles. Meditation is something i need to work on :) my jaws also click since i was 12. it minimized when i had my braces.
Glad it helped! This usually requires some consistency. Keep up the good work.
Hello there!
I have a problem with clenching my jaw because of ptsd; it causes my head to jolt & twitch sometimes when I try to relax or sleep. I haven’t talked to anyone about it because it’s so embarrassing. Thanks for this.
I suffer with this too
Started with TMJ over the years has turned into nightmarish Menieres. I can barely hear the noises are so bad in both ears. Have been meditating to no avail. My ego refuses to let go of the terror it feels at being here. I’m about to give up
i do too.. hope everything gets better for you
@@tammylewis8556I’m just seeing this! I hope and pray things are better for you!? I’ve cracked so many teeth…I feel like I’m at the end of my rope…it is costing me so much to fix this!
However, I know that God is in control! ❤🙏🏻
Look into Stellate ganglion block for ptsd@@tammylewis8556
Hi Doc. i have been doing the jaw positions the past few days since I saw your video. WOW so far, I am feeling way less stress in mouth. I am becoming more conscience how I berth my teeth. Thank you from Texas.
Wonderful!
Ty@@DrJeffreyOGuinSaintLouis
Nice It works❤
You have saved me, I have had this since I was a teenager? 15-16 and I am now 25 and have started to intensify my clenching. Thank you so much I will work at this cause like I said 10 years is almost a character trait of teeth clenching but I am willing to Break it!
Happy to hear about your success
@benjamen same with me i did not know until now . I am 26, clenched so bad in teen years .
Did this take away nighttime bruxism for you by chance?
@@mikepaquette1245 th-cam.com/video/JFhoC4Ha428/w-d-xo.html im giving this a try tonight! hope it helps!
I've had a terrible bruxism problem for years on end...I actually do the step one often, but the problem is the moment I stop focusing on holding my mouth in a normal position the bruxism starts up automatically without me hardly realizing, it's like a mental glitch that I can't figure out...also having a lot of anger problems kind of exacerbates it. But this is good info, thanks.
consider mindfulness based stress reduction. There's a pretty good app that's free called headspace. There are many more though if you don't like that one. A therapist could help you with cognitive behavioral therapy or acceptance commitment therapy. Also, manual therapy like chiropractic or massage can help. Good luck.
I noticed it twice while watching and practicing. As soon as I released my tongue from the roof I clenched. I never notice when I begin the clench but both times just now I caught it. I'm going to continue a few more min and put my guard in. The comments are encouraging.
Thanks for the tips ! Curious if you’ve had any patients have success with iMS for Bruxium or TMJ ?
Hey Jeffrey! Just found your page today and I’m greatly interested in doing similar work. I’m not sure where to get started though and was wondering what kinda of schooling to get into. Love the content (: thanks
You want to get into rehabilitation and manual therapy? I would start by looking into chiropractic or physical therapy schools.
Thank you for this..I have been quite upset after finding out I'm grinding more and more and affecting my teeth moe even with a night guard. Blessings.
You're so welcome!
I randomly woke up with sensitive teeth a week ago. then I realised that it was my jaw clenching. I’ve been doing these various excercies for about 1 day and my teeth feel so much better. I can’t believe something as simple as jaw problems can change my life so drastically.
Thank you for sharing with us these techniques. I'd like to ask you a question related to my condition. Well, I don't know if it's bruxism anymore - I know I had it for some time, my friends were telling me I was clenching my jaw in my sleep. But now the problem is...my body's response to stress is that it makes my jaw clench even during the day. In this stressfull periode, my jaw is always so tight. I can't release it. Even when I try to keep my mouth in its normal position the tension won't dissapear and it's already so incofortable. Even when I eat. And when I open and close my jaw the sound of my right jaw bone is clearly present. I don't think that's a good sign. I'll try these techniques, see if they help. But do you think I should get a scan?
it's doubtful a scan would show anything if this is mostly muscle tension. That said, try the techniques. If they don't work, seek out a referral. Also consider manual therapies and even some form of counseling or therapy to discover anxieties.
Meditation and massage has helped me. I can somewhat control my clenching during the day but when i clench at night i wake up with a headache. Neck/back/ and jaw massage at a spa helped fix that problem for nearly a week before it slowly returned. So i try to mimic what my masseuse did to loosen up the jaw. Even scalp massages help. But the relaxation and tuning into my body was also helpful.
I started taking magnesium and that has helped. I was popping excedrin daily because my jaw would hurt and then spread to my ear and temple. I noticed it happening a lot at work. I think I’m just stressed by deadlines and having to be around people all day. The magnesium has limited my use of pain meds but I still get tight before bed which makes it hard to fall asleep. My chiropractor showed me how to massage the muscle. You can do it on the outside of your face but also by sticking your fingers inside your mouth. I usually just do the outside and press really hard like I’m getting out a knot. It hurts like hell but makes the pain go away. I’ve heard vitamin c helps as well with stress.
Magnesium can be great. Some people might do well with B vitamins as well. It sounds like you would do well with journaling, breathing and or other stress/tension management techniques.
Thank you for this video, just started doing it after watching 🙏 but I wanted to ask is there a specific time I should do these exercises? And does it only need to be once a day for these exercises or a few times a day? Because I only clench during my sleep.
great advice, thanks bro! I feel like my mouthguard made be clench worse because having something in between my teeth where there should be a space naturally causes my teeth to bite.
Happy to help!
I feel good after performing this exercise
Thanks for watching.
Thank you doctor. Can we do daily how
Many times and when
How can I stop it when sleeping?
Stress reduction strategies throughout the days. Keep in mind, it takes time (weeks or even months). Examples are meditation daily, journaling, life purpose and meaning, CBT, just to name some. Best of luck.
I’m going to try these out. I’m an extreme tooth grinder and am having to get a new mouth guard every few months because I grind through it 😬 definitely anxiety related
My jaw doesn’t hurt but I clench (mostly at night) and I have had teeth crack. I find mouth guard uncomfortable and annoying night. I’ll give these a shot
Hope this help with my double chin while I'm using those chin muscles!! 😋
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I had a dentist appointment yesterday and the dentist asked me if I clenched my teeth. I didn’t think so, but now that I am waking up in the middle of the night noticed the tightness in my jaw and I do, so it often. I have been thinking about this, and I believe I do it when I’m cold, pain, run, exercise or stressed. Now that I am aware of it, I am trying to stop. It is difficult and at this moment that I am not doing it, I do feel less pressure. I just never noticed I did that. I am trying to stop and now I am researching videos to help me with that, I am not sure why I have been doing that or when it started. If you have any helpful tips please let me know.
What is jaw adjustment and will that or a night teeth guard help for during the day? And does an over bite have anything to do with jaw clenching because the teeth are not aligned correctly?
My wisdom teeth recently came out , they sometimes touch , my mouth feels fuller , and now when I wake up I realize that I clench my jaw a little by my wisdom teeth cuz they easily touch , I don’t know how to stop
Thank you for this- I know it’ll take time, but I really hope I can nix this issue for good. I’ve been practicing this for a few weeks and have seen improvement but still am having trouble, headaches, and neck pain.
I have an open bite that I’m currently going through Invisalign treatment to correct- but I wonder if the Invisalign makes good tongue and jaw posture difficult as the plastic retainers do exacerbate my open bite when they’re in.
My plan is to keep trying to retain my tongue and posture.. to relax more, and if I still am having a lot of trouble once I’m done with Invisalign, I may try out Botox for my masseters, and I wonder what your opinion on that is