Hi,
I'm Dr.
Kim.
I help you heal chronic pain.
If you've been living with TMJ pain,
Listen up.
You need to understand this isn't just a jaw problem.
Your TMJ is a hugely important joint that is part of your survival system.
When it hurts or locks,
It's not random.
It's your body showing you that you've reached the last layer of defense.
The jaw is one of the final areas your system is holding onto to keep you safe.
Take a slow breath.
Feel the weight of your lower jaw.
This pain or tightness in your jaw joint,
Just in front of your ears,
Isn't a flaw.
It's an emergency signal.
A message from your nervous system that something needs to change.
When we experience acute stress,
The body's priority is immediate survival.
The brain reroutes blood and energy towards the muscles needed for action.
Your legs,
Your arms,
Your heart,
Your breath quickens,
Digestion slows or stops.
Reproductive and repair systems go offline because there's no point in digesting or reproducing if your life is in danger.
But the jaw stays on.
Now in chronic stress,
The threat is no longer short-lived.
It's constant.
The body tries to adapt,
But this ongoing activation starts to drain your energy reserves.
Systems that aren't vital for immediate survival,
Digestion,
Reproduction,
Creativity,
Rest,
Remain suppressed.
Muscles that were meant to switch on and off stay partially activated all the time,
Leading to chronic pain.
Yet the jaw keeps working.
It's one of the last areas to give up.
Holding tension long after the rest of the body has gone numb,
Frozen or fatigued.
Even when your shoulders drop,
You have spinal pain,
Your energy collapses,
The jaw continues to work because from a biological standpoint,
The jaw is essential to survive.
You need it to bite,
Chew,
Eat and speak to defend yourself,
Call for help or even express emotion that could keep you safe.
You can't afford to lose that function when your system believes you're under threat.
That's why jaw tension,
Clenching and TMJ pain often appear late in the stress cycle.
It's a true sign that your system has been holding on for far too long,
That the deeper reserves of survival energy are nearly spent and your body is crying out for restoration.
This is why you never get chronic TMJ pain that appears first.
It often shows up after months or years of ongoing stress,
When your system has already burned through its other defences.
Maybe your digestion slowed,
Your sleep became poor,
Your breath grew shallow and you started dealing with chronic pain and illness in your body.
The jaw is always the final soldier standing.
The place your body says,
If I can just hold on here,
Maybe we'll survive.
So if you have jaw pain,
It means your system is trying to warn you,
You've been under pressure for too long,
You're running on emergency energy and now the last part of your body that still feels in control,
The jaw,
Is starting to crack under the strain.
This is not something to ignore or manage with quick fixes,
It is a wake-up call,
A message that you've reached your threshold and your body can't keep compensating for your stress any longer.
When I have an online client present with TMJ pain,
I know there is a lot more to their story than just jaw pain and I also know there will be a lot of work ahead to completely rewire their nervous system,
But the journey is always,
Always worth it.
Healing begins when you listen,
When you stop overriding and start unwinding.
The jaw can't release through force or willpower.
As a chiropractor,
I know that a one-off TMJ adjustment may provide temporary relief but will never fix the deeper problem.
Your body needs safety,
It needs re-education,
It needs your nervous system to know it's finally allowed to rest.
When you start working on unwinding trapped emotions and stress through somatic release and nervous system regulation,
Something profound happens.
The body starts to trust again and that trust ripples through everything.
Your digestion,
Your sleep,
Your emotional resilience,
Your sense of peace and finally your jaw.
If you're resonating with this track,
I've created a jaw and face release somatic meditation that guides you through a process of softening this final layer of defense.
When you're ready to go deeper,
My nervous system healing courses teach you how to unwind chronic fight,
Flight and freeze patterns from the inside out,
The root cause behind your persistent pain and tension.
Please note that everyone is different,
You may need personalized help from me if you have a complex case.
Your jaw pain isn't random,
It's your body asking for a new way of living,
One where safety,
Expression and rest are finally allowed.
Thank you for listening and for your kind donations.
I hope you learned something new today.
Have a wonderful day or night and I will see you tomorrow.
