MIGRAINE ONLY IMPROVES IN WOMEN PATIENTS WITH TMD (TMJ)
IF BOTH CONDITIONS ARE TREATED SIMULTANEOUSLY
Learn More About This Missing Dimension to your headache pain treatment.
Reference below. (self.migraine)
Your neurologist either knows this or SHOULD KNOW this fact but the chance of ever having this discussion is close to zero. It is known that the majority of migraine sufferers have at least one TMD symptom. TMD and Migraine are comorbid! The below article has three reference in Headache, J Clinical Pain and J Orofacial Pain supporting this incredibly important statement. I have been on this site for a long time to alert migraine sufferers of the importance of TMD treatment to restoring their quality of life. I am Past Chair of Alliance of TMD organizations. I do post links to subreddits I manage to alert patients to these facts. https://www.reddit.com/r/NeuroMuscularDent/ I created a website years ago to alert migraine and headache patients to this important information. www.IHateHeadaches.org
J Orofac Pain. 2013 Fall;27(4):325-35. doi: 10.11607/jop.1096. Treatment of comorbid migraine and temporomandibular disorders: a factorial, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. CONCLUSION: In women with TMD and migraine, migraine significantly improved ONLY when both conditions were treated.
