One set of exercises involves doing this six times, and you should do one set six times a day. Drop your lower jaw completely, and then close your mouth again. Keeping your tongue on the roof of your mouth, place one finger on your TMJ point and another on your chin (or you can do both TMJs at the same time). A variation of this exercise is to place one finger on each TMJ point as you drop your lower jaw halfway and then close it again. You should feel mild resistance but no pain.
Put your pointer finger on your chin, drop your lower jaw halfway and then close it. Place your tongue on the roof of your mouth and one of your fingers in front of your ear where your TMJ is located. Then allow your teeth to come apart while you relax your jaw muscles. Rest your tongue gently on the top of your mouth and behind your upper front teeth. For those that don’t, contact your dental specialist for guidance. Some of these jaw exercises for TMJ have frequency recommendations. In some cases, surgical treatments may be required, however, typically, the discomfort and pain associated with TMJ disorders are temporary and can be relieved with non-invasive therapies, including doing TMJ exercises. Temporomandibular joint and muscle (TMJ) disorders are a group of conditions that cause dysfunction and pain in the jaw joint, as well as the muscles that control jaw movement.
