Jaw Joint Pain Treatment in Uijeongbu, Korea

Pain, clicking or limited opening of the jaw joint, often linked to clenching, grinding and stress.

In short: Pain, clicking or limited opening of the jaw joint, often linked to clenching, grinding and stress.

What is Jaw Joint Pain?

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can become painful when its ligaments are lax, the disc slips or the chewing muscles are overworked. The clinic offers prolotherapy for jaw ligaments alongside muscle treatment.

Common symptoms

• Jaw pain
• Clicking
• Limited opening
• Headache at the temples

What causes it?

• Clenching and grinding
• Stress
• Injury

How it is diagnosed at Yonsei Leaders

Examination of jaw movement and muscles.

Non-surgical treatment options

• Prolotherapy: An injection treatment that stimulates the body's own repair of weakened ligaments and tendons around the spine, limb joints and jaw.
• Trigger Point Injection: Small injections into tight, tender knots in muscle that refer pain elsewhere, used for myofascial neck, shoulder and back pain and tension headaches.
• Low-Level Laser Therapy: Low-power laser light (GP-1060L) applied to painful muscles and joints to support tissue recovery and reduce pain.

Your plan is tailored after examination; many patients combine a targeted procedure with manual therapy and exercise for longer-lasting results.

Self-care tips

• Soft diet during flare-ups
• Avoid gum chewing

Book: call 031-874-7500. Yonsei Leaders Neurosurgery Clinic, 3F Yugyeong Bldg II, 181 Hoeryong-ro, Uijeongbu, Korea, 1 minute from Balgok Station Exit 2. Open Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00, Sat 09:00–14:00. See directions and international patient help.

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