Neck therapy for jaw muscle pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Mouth & dental clinical trials.
This trial tests whether gentle neck therapy (manual therapy) can help reduce jaw muscle pain. If you have chronic jaw pain, you may receive neck treatment to see if it eases your discomfort.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 to 60 years old.
- You have jaw muscle pain that has lasted more than 3 months continuously or 6 months off and on.
- Your jaw pain is at least a 3 out of 10 on a pain scale.
- You do not have certain joint or disc problems in the jaw, like a displaced disc or joint degeneration.
- You don't have conditions like fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or psoriatic arthritis.
- You haven't had a recent neck or jaw injury (within the last 6 weeks), and you haven't had neck acupuncture or spinal manipulation in the last week.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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