Tingling in Face After Doing Exercises to Loosen Muscles Up — TMJ Related?

[markdubby]

Hi all,

I had an acoustic incident with headphones 2 months ago with some residual tinnitus and TTTS in my right ear. While the tinnitus is not very high and I was making progress with the TTTS and sensitivity, I've developed an annoying tingling in my face, on the same right side.

I realised my jaw is really tight and posture is is quite bad (forward neck), so I was doing some exercises to try and loosen things up, after which the tingling followed.

Can this be a symptom of TMD? I feel that my jaw is out of alignment. I also had some pain when chewing on that side but no reaction to sound I think (I am being quite careful when I can).

I read that TTTS can potentially irritate the trigeminal nerve, leading to inflammation, but if this is TMJ related, can fixing my jaw and posture prevent this?

Thanks!

 

[markdubby]

Also just to add, the day the face tingling started I had tingling all over my right arm and leg which I read can be a consequence of TMD. It seems that the lines are quite blurred between ASD which can cause similar symtpoms and TMJ, but am wondering if there is a mutual relationship between ASD symptoms and bad back/neck posture and a possible way of mutually improving both.

 

[ShaunR]

Also just to add, the day the face tingling started I had tingling all over my right arm and leg which I read can be a consequence of TMD. It seems that the lines are quite blurred between ASD which can cause similar symtpoms and TMJ, but am wondering if there is a mutual relationship between ASD symptoms and bad back/neck posture and a possible way of mutually improving both.

How are you doing now? I have a lot of these symptoms. The line is very blurry between ASD, ETD and Trigeminal Neuralgia.

I've had symptoms for over a year... whilst they've improved I'm still not better.

Shaun.

 

[markdubby]

Hey Shaun!

I'm doing better! I read this very informative paper by Norena:

An Integrative Model Accounting for the Symptom Cluster Triggered After an Acoustic Shock

And watched this interview by Westcott :



And things are going much better as I'm learning to relax around sound and not obsess over the symptoms (I think I have a classic case of TTTS). I am also doing some physical therapy for my back and neck, more exercise and got a splint for my jaw as I was holding a lot of tension in my mouth. This can have a cascade effect with the nerves being entangled and all.

Spending less time on here definitely helps as well

 

[ShaunR]

Hey Shaun!

I'm doing better! I read this very informative paper by Norena:

An Integrative Model Accounting for the Symptom Cluster Triggered After an Acoustic Shock

And watched this interview by Westcott :



And things are going much better as I'm learning to relax around sound and not obsess over the symptoms (I think I have a classic case of TTTS). I am also doing some physical therapy for my back and neck, more exercise and got a splint for my jaw as I was holding a lot of tension in my mouth. This can have a cascade effect with the nerves being entangled and all.

Spending less time on here definitely helps as well

Very glad to hear it

Totally agree with the relaxing round sound... I had a great weekend after been neutral to sound etc... Back to work and stress and the pains back, yuck.

Hope you make a full recovery!
Shaun