If you're suffering from frequent head pain, the common (but under-the-radar trigger) may actually be tense jaw muscles. When the hardworking masseter muscle becomes sore and strained, it can send ...

If you wake up with a headache, sore jaw muscles or achy teeth, you might be grinding your teeth at night or clenching your jaw. The condition — bruxism — is surprisingly common, experts say. Without ...

TMJ headache arises as pain spreads from the muscles surrounding the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) of the jaw to the face, cheeks, and head. It occurs due to disorders of the joint, such as ...

TMJ issues rarely begin in the jaw itself. The small stabilizing muscles under the skull and upper neck share a nerve network ...

OUR bodies deal with stress in different ways, and to the list of subconscious afflictions that arise when we are anxious — insomnia, depression, weight loss, to name a few — we can add jaw clenching, ...

September 18, 2009 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — A small intraoral dental device augments the efficacy of valproic acid (VPA; Depakote, Abbott, and others) for the treatment of migraine or ...

For 30 days, migraineurs were randomized to an FDA-approved dental device to help jaw clenching or a placebo device. Findings of a randomized-controlled trial suggest intense nocturnal jaw clenching ...

After surgery for endometriosis, which ultimately resulted in a complete hysterectomy in 2005, my migraine cycle worsened for an extended period of time, and I gradually developed unusual jaw pain ...

Medically reviewed by Brian T. Luong, DMD Key Takeaways Massaging your head and neck can help reduce pain from teeth grinding ...

Stress can manifest itself in a number of ways, but one of the most pervasive is chronic jaw clenching and teeth grinding. There are coffee break discussions exclusively dedicated to complaining about ...

Ashley Tisdale is opening up about her long, painful battle with TMJ — and how she finally found real relief. During an exclusive interview with OK!, the famed actress reflects on her "horrible" ...