Pain Relief Device for Bruxism TMJ Headache Migraine Caused by Tight Jaw Muscles Use it to Passively Stretch

This is a simple concept of stretching to work out the muscle cramps, spasms and kinks…but consistently and measurably. I’m in my mid-50’s and have had bruxism all my life. In my teens and 20’s I would experience lockjaw that lasted at most a week. I started using a mouth guard since then and stopped getting lockjaw until this most recent experience even though I was wearing my mouth guard. My jaw muscles locked up right after Thanksgiving and it improved slowly a bit but wouldn’t get completely better as the weeks and months rolled by. I visited a dentist, acupuncturist and a chiropractor to make sure it wasn’t something else going on and to see if they can treat it. Thankfully it wasn’t anything too serious other than my weakened muscles and more stress in my life. But none of these treatments made any lasting impact. In February, I finally found this nifty little device on Amazon and decided to give it a try even though it seemed way over priced, as I was getting pretty desperate. I received it on February 21 and started using it daily. I didn’t notice any difference for the first week or so. The instructions say to stop using it and seek professional advice if you don’t see improvement after several days. But I had already consulted with all the professionals so I felt good to continue. After about two weeks of daily use according to the instructions, I started to notice some improvement. It would get better for a few days and then if I had more stress and clenched during sleep it would regress a bit. So it was a two steps forward one step back process for me. But I kept at it and stretched 30-40 second every two hours per instructions. I noticed that it’s important to heed their warning not to over stretch to the point of pain. I got desperate and pushed myself in the beginning but noticed it made my muscles cramp up more. I started out at the lower end of the mid size one and it took me a little over three weeks to move onto the largest one. Today is March 24 and I’m almost pain free and my jaws are now completely open with no pain. The only time I have pain now is when I first awake and if I clenched my teeth overnight it will hurt until I get some stretches in. Yesterday was my first time I woke up without any pain since this first started! I learned that building up the muscles in your shoulders, neck and chest is also important so I do core strengthening, upper body workouts daily. I work on zoom every day so make sure I watch my posture and stretch my neck, shoulder and head muscles during and after work. I use resistance bands to give my neck and upper body a good stretch and strengthen them. I take calcium and turmeric daily as well to help my jaw and neck joints. There’s also important muscles, lymphatic valves and nerves on the sides of the neck that has been weak for me all my life and gets worse with age. So I use massage oil or lotion on the sides of my neck to upper chest/shoulders and give it a good rub/massage. It can be painful and very sensitive like when you do lymphatic massage but it‘s been very helpful to do. After using this consistently and seeing the improvements, I would say it’s well worth the money, considering I paid over $700 for the specialists over this. I plan to keep this as part of my whole body stretch routine from now on together with the massages and strengthening. Read more

Tips: - Make sure to hold it in the correct direction. Your hand should be on the side with the thinnest wall with the "g" in the correct orientation. The arch should be facing your mouth. - Instructions say to hold the object and not bite down on it. I agree. Hold it with your fingers, open your mouth and tilt the product into your mouth. This gives a nice stretch without any tooth pressure. Biting down is not good for your jaw. - Look up massages for TMJ. My PT said even heating up the muscles and then stretching the jaw might be even more effective. I haven’t had jaw pain in a while, only some clicks when yawning sometimes. I’ve been working on tongue placement to support my jaw at rest, which I think has helped. My mouth opening though has been so sadly limited for over 2 years so I finally went to a PT. She told me to work on my posture - back straight, chin in! She taught me how to do massage both the muscle at the jaw and higher up at the temples. And she told me to put something in my mouth to stretch the soft tissue in the joint, and to increase the size of the object little by little..she didn’t know about this product. It’s exactly what I need. Just after about 2 days I can literally see the increase in opening! $80 well spent! It's expensive but I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the design. Made in USA in clean rooms, the little case, the very small increments, the scale.. Can use FSA funds. Worth it. I hope to eat a burger one day without it being a total disaster. Update: 4 days in, I went from the small to the medium size! Product improvement idea: Add measurement ranges on each piece. Read more

First of all, this product works great. I’m still mad at it though, for two reasons. One, it should be in the $30-$40 price range and even then would still have huge profit margins. This is ridiculously expensive. It does work though and between this and an electric heat mask I wrap around my jaw it is keeping my jaw tightness in check and in turn limiting migraines. They need a size bigger though. As soon as I got it, I’m already at the tip of the biggest size and that is with my jaw very tight. I have to use my finger between the top side and my teeth to get more of a stretch. Not ideal. So yeah it does help a lot with tmj. Doesn’t make it any less painful to pay this much for it, especially when I have to jerry rig it to a bigger size. Read more

Seems to be okay, only downfall the ripples don’t help your teeth stay. I have to hold it without my teeth slipping off it 🙃 Read more

Within two times of using it, the clicking of my jaw is gone. Amazing! If you have TMJ, you need to buy this. I’m on the smallest size and I can’t wait for my severe TMJ goes away. Read more

Ultimately you could open your mouth for a stretch and count to 30 several times a day and get the same results. This device works great to see progress through measurements or have a physical device to see as a reminder. Good idea, good product. Possibly overpriced. Do what works for you! You can reach goals through consistent stretching either way. Read more