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TMJD & TMD: Not just Jaw Pain

Woman holding her jaw in painTMJD & TMD: Not just Jaw Pain

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD) affects more than 3 million people in the US each year. Atempormandibular disorder (TMD) often causes inflammation in the jaw giving pain that is most often found in people in their 20s- 40s. While a third of the population may suffer from symptoms related to TMD, less than 10% of the population search for answers from a doctor 2 (Wright and North 2019).

Did you know that many the temporomandibular joint is located very close to the atlas bone? The atlas is the top bone in the spine that sits around the brainstem and when misaligned, prevents full communication between the brain and body aka LIFE! When the atlas is specifically and gently corrected through NUCCA (National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association), removing the pressure and restoring communication in the body, the temporomandibular joint can often function better as well.

Internationally people are experiencing the impact of NUCCA care and its positive effects for TMJ pain. A study was done with 5 people suffering from TMJ Pain of at least 9 years and after 8 weeks of NUCCA care the results showed the following:

“On a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (extreme pain), the patients reported an average pain level of 5.9 prior to receiving care. Following the adjustment, patients averaged a mere 0.9 with the worst pain being reported at 2.0 1 (NUCCA,2017).”

The testimonial below from one of our practice members also echoes the results of the study regarding NUCCA and TMJ pain:

“After coming to you for 15 months with chronic neck pain, tense muscles in my back and TMJ, I am very pleased with the progress after a consistent, persistent plan with NUCCA. I had no neck pain within weeks of treatment, no tension and my TMJ is minimal (this is unbelievable since a specialist said I have no cartilage between my jaw and skull and would have to “live with” TMJ! [pain]).”

Over the last 11 years, people from all across South Florida have trusted NUCCA in our office for their health and vitality. Come into our office today or send a loved one to see if their health struggles can be impacted by the power of NUCCA care!

References:

  1. Woodfield, Charles H. Dickholtz Sr., Marshall. Subluxation Based National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA) Care for Temporomandibular (TMJ) Pain. Journal of Philosophy, Principles & Practice of Chiropractic. 31 December 2012. Pages 75-77. Accessed online 7 December 2016.
  2. Wright, E. and North, S. (2019). Management and Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders: A Clinical Perspective. [online] NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2813497/ [Accessed 17 Jun. 2019]

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You Have Been Adjusted a Hundred Times. Why Has It Never Held?

FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED A HUNDRED TIMES AND STILL HURT

Relief that lasts four days is not a correction. It is a rental. There is a structural reason your body keeps pulling back to the place that hurts, and until someone measures it, nothing changes.


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Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Most people are aware of the pain-reducing advantages of this remarkable science. Here are other common benefits and specific conditions that we focus on at Friends & Family Spinal Care:

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  • Structural exam, not a guess
  • No treatment plan without a measurable cause
  • 14,000+ patients corrected

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If You Are Reading This, You Have Probably Already Tried:

  • Physical therapy that helped while you were in the room
  • Massage that lasted until you drove home
  • Injections that worked, until they did not
  • An adjustment that felt incredible Tuesday and was gone by Saturday
  • An MRI that came back clean and left you with nothing
  • A specialist who told you to manage it
  • Enough time and money that you have stopped adding it up

And somewhere in there, you started wondering if this is just your body now.

It is not.

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The Reason Relief Keeps Expiring

Things that hold have structure.

Every treatment you have tried worked on the symptom. The muscle that was tight. The joint that was stuck. The nerve that was screaming. And each one worked, right up until your body pulled back to the position it was in before you walked in.

Because the position never changed.

You have been treated by good people who never measured your structure, because measuring it takes an instrument almost no one owns and training almost no one has. Not their fault. It just means the actual question never got asked.

You cannot correct what nobody has measured. Everything else is maintenance.

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Your MRI Was Not Wrong. It Was Answering a Different Question.

An MRI is built to find disease. Tumors. Herniations. Ruptures. The things that need a surgeon.

When yours came back clean, it did its job perfectly. It told you that you do not have the thing it was designed to find.

But it was never built to measure how your head sits on top of your neck. By how many degrees. Or how that position interferes with the nerves running through it.

Different question. Different instruments. Different results.

What an MRI looks for

  • Disease and damage
  • Is something torn or growing
  • A surgical answer
  • Yes or no

What we measure

  • Position and alignment
  • How your head sits on your spine, in degrees
  • A structural correction
  • Why, and by how much
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The One Thing Almost No One Measures

I am Dr. Justin Brown, founder of Atlinea.

Our doctors correct the alignment at the very top of your spine, and we do it with the specific precision required to return your body to the position it needs to be in to heal the way it was designed to.

That is the entire focus. Not a menu of services. One correction, measured and made properly.

Meet the Doctor

Dr. Justin Brown

DC Founder, Atlinea

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Where This Actually Starts

It is called The Comprehensive. Sixty minutes, one on one with one of our doctors, and it runs in three parts.

01. We Listen

You talk. We listen. Your whole history, everything you have tried, what it has cost you, and what you have given up because of it. Not a five minute intake. An actual conversation about your specific problem.

02. We Learn

Then we measure what nobody has measured.

  • Full structural exam
  • Functional neurological assessment
  • Muscle asymmetry test
  • StemWave tissue scan

What is working. What is not. And why.

03. We Lead

You leave knowing the root cause, why this has never held, and exactly what correcting it would take. In plain language, with your own numbers in front of you.

Sixty minutes to finally get the answer that years of appointments never gave you.

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This is what The Comprehensive actually looks like: a full structural exam, not a quick adjustment.

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If We Cannot Correct It, We Will Tell You On Day One

Here is our promise.

If our doctors do not find a structural cause that we can correct, they will tell you on day one, and we will not take you on as a patient.

No treatment plan. No package. No follow up call three days later.

You leave with the truth and a direction. Not a sales pitch.

We would rather lose the patient than sell you another rental.

What It Costs To Find Out

The Comprehensive: $45 to reserve your time

 

  • 60 minutes one on one with one of our doctors
  • Full structural exam
  • Functional neurological assessment
  • Muscle asymmetry test
  • StemWave tissue scan
  • A clear explanation of your root cause and what correction would require

Continue to imaging? The $45 is credited toward your care.

Come in and decide not to move forward? We refund the $45.
Either way? The Spine Strong Library is yours the moment you book.

Free When You Book: The Spine Strong Library
Our complete exercise system. The full library, yours to keep whether or not you ever become a patient. We send it the moment you reserve your time.

 
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People Who Stopped Renting Relief

Bonnie M.
Miami, FL · 20 years of low back pain
"After the first adjustment, my pain was gone! I am so happy! I can't say enough, I feel like a new person!"
Barbara P.
Parkland, FL · Chronic neck pain & TMJ
"I had no neck pain within weeks of treatment, no tension, and my TMJ is minimal."
Christy
Coral Springs, FL · Degenerative disc disease
"After experiencing a NUCCA adjustment, I no longer had back pain. I urge others to try NUCCA prior to any surgery!"
Erin D.
Coral Springs, FL · Chronic migraines & headaches
"I am virtually migraine and headache free... I have my life back!!!"

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What It Costs To Find Out

This is for you if:

  • You have had the same problem for months or years
  • You have tried multiple providers and nothing has held
  • Your imaging came back clean and nobody could explain it
  • You get relief that expires on a schedule
  • You want to know the cause before you commit to anything

This is not for you if:

  • You are looking for a single adjustment to get through the week
  • You have an acute injury that needs emergency care
  • You are not open to hearing that the cause may be structural
  • You want a treatment plan without a diagnosis first
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Before You Book

Is this just a chiropractor?

Our doctors correct one specific thing: the alignment at the top of your spine. That is a narrower and more measured discipline than general adjusting, and it starts with instruments rather than hands. If you have been adjusted before and it did not hold, this is the reason we start with a measurement instead of a table.

Because sixty minutes of a doctor’s time is real, and a free appointment is an appointment people do not show up for. The $45 reserves the slot. If you come in and decide not to move forward, you get it back.

Then we tell you on day one and we do not take you on as a patient. You leave with what we measured and a direction to take it.

That depends entirely on what we find, and anyone who quotes you a timeline before measuring you is guessing. You will get a specific answer at the end of your Comprehensive, based on your own numbers.

Possibly. If your Comprehensive points to a structural cause, imaging is the next step, and your $45 is credited toward it.

 

Yes. We accept most PPO plans, auto/PIP insurance for accident injuries, and FSA/HSA funds, plus patient financing and direct-pay options if you’re uninsured. Call (954) 645-7272 and we’ll verify your benefits before your first visit.

4500 N University Dr, Suite 100, Coral Springs, FL 33065 — right next to the 7-Eleven at the corner of University Dr & Wiles Rd, with parking out front. Call (954) 645-7272 with questions.

Any prior imaging you have, a list of what you have already tried, and sixty minutes without a hard stop after it.