Pain Relief Device for ​Bruxism TMJ Headache Migraine Caused by Tight Jaw Muscles. Use it to Passively Stretch and ​R​elax Your Jaw Muscles. We Call it Yoga for The Jaw

This is a simple concept of stretching to work out the muscle cramps, spasms and kinks…but consistently and measurably. I’m in my mid-50’s and have had bruxism all my life. In my teens and 20’s I would experience lockjaw that lasted at most a week. I started using a mouth guard since then and stopped getting lockjaw until this most recent experience even though I was wearing my mouth guard. My jaw muscles locked up right after Thanksgiving and it improved slowly a bit but wouldn’t get completely better as the weeks and months rolled by. I visited a dentist, acupuncturist and a chiropractor to make sure it wasn’t something else going on and to see if they can treat it. Thankfully it wasn’t anything too serious other than my weakened muscles and more stress in my life. But none of these treatments made any lasting impact.In February, I finally found this nifty little device on Amazon and decided to give it a try even though it seemed way over priced, as I was getting pretty desperate. I received it on February 21 and started using it daily. I didn’t notice any difference for the first week or so. The instructions say to stop using it and seek professional advice if you don’t see improvement after several days. But I had already consulted with all the professionals so I felt good to continue. After about two weeks of daily use according to the instructions, I started to notice some improvement. It would get better for a few days and then if I had more stress and clenched during sleep it would regress a bit. So it was a two steps forward one step back process for me. But I kept at it and stretched 30-40 second every two hours per instructions. I noticed that it’s important to heed their warning not to over stretch to the point of pain. I got desperate and pushed myself in the beginning but noticed it made my muscles cramp up more. I started out at the lower end of the mid size one and it took me a little over three weeks to move onto the largest one. Today is March 24 and I’m almost pain free and my jaws are now completely open with no pain. The only time I have pain now is when I first awake and if I clenched my teeth overnight it will hurt until I get some stretches in. Yesterday was my first time I woke up without any pain since this first started! I learned that building up the muscles in your shoulders, neck and chest is also important so I do core strengthening, upper body workouts daily. I work on zoom every day so make sure I watch my posture and stretch my neck, shoulder and head muscles during and after work. I use resistance bands to give my neck and upper body a good stretch and strengthen them. I take calcium and turmeric daily as well to help my jaw and neck joints. There’s also important muscles, lymphatic valves and nerves on the sides of the neck that has been weak for me all my life and gets worse with age. So I use massage oil or lotion on the sides of my neck to upper chest/shoulders and give it a good rub/massage. It can be painful and very sensitive like when you do lymphatic massage but it‘s been very helpful to do. After using this consistently and seeing the improvements, I would say it’s well worth the money, considering I paid over $700 for the specialists over this. I plan to keep this as part of my whole body stretch routine from now on together with the massages and strengthening.

This is the first time I have ever written a review but if there is anyone out there suffering in the way that I was, I'd never forgive myself for not attempting to point them in the direction to relief. So here it goes:For the past couple of years, I've been getting ocular migraines more and more frequently. They last for days and are. Absolutely. Debilitating. I have not been officially diagnosed with TMJ but have an irrational fear of the dentist and stupidly have avoided going back for years even though the last time I went, they suspected TMJ.I have not even used this product consistently in the way they recommend (5-6 times a day) - I intended to, but just kept forgetting about it...until today...I felt those beginning signs of the migraine setting in: a strained feeling of pain in my neck that creeps up to my jaw and slowly spreads around my eye - which will then turn into debilitating pressure behind my eye - sending me to my room to lay in my bed, drawing every shade, turning off every light, and wrapping my head with a face mask to block any possible chance of light invading my throbbing eye.So back to today - it begins, those dreaded beginning stages of pain, and I curse myself for not having consistently used the expensive little pieces of plastic like I promised myself I would...to at least justify spending cash like that. Why am I like this??!!? Out of desperation though, I popped the medium sized one in (that little one must be for someone with severe tmj issues - I can't imagine not being able to comfortably open my mouth that wide - how would you even eat??) not even with hope for the impending migraine but with promises to myself to keep up with it enough to try and prevent the next one from occuring...BUT!! within seconds, RELIEF!! Stopped that migraine dead in it's tracks!! I couldn't believe it! I held it in place for a little over the recommended 30 seconds, probably closer to a minute, for fear that once I removed it the pain would come back...nope!! An hour later, I felt the beginning of the ocular pain starting to circle around my eye - not bad, but just that little beginning bit that prompts me to cancel all my plans for the day. Dang! Too good to be true, I thought, but went ahead and popped the medium one back in and held it for 30 seconds, boom, gone!So, all in all, I have not used the product as instructed (though I have all the intentions of doing so after today's miracle), I have avoided medical help with this issue (also not recommended by manufacturer), and I only have this one experience of today to draw upon. I don't at all recommend doing as I have, medical advice should come from doctors not Amazon reviewers, but I can't just sit here in amazement and not share my experience because like I said before - if anyone is suffering like I have (wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy) I'd never forgive myself for not saying something that might make it stop. This might just be the thing that helps you too. I truly hope that for you.

I’m so glad I trusted the reviews and decided to purchase this ! I haven’t been able to open my mouth more than 1 finger & been having extreme pain & tightness from TMJ. I’ve only been using it for 3 days and already see the results and able to stretch my mouth wider. The only thing I don’t like is that the case they give u for it won’t stay closed so it’s useless.

Case broke after one day lol. Wouldn’t close. Kind of wild at that price point.

I have lots to complain about on this product. It’s a cheap piece of plastic and you (nor I) am ever going to be okay with spending so much on something that could be 3D printed for next to nothing. To add insult to injury, the case is trash. It won’t stay closed, don’t even try - just throw it away.BUT IT WORKS!!! I’ve bought every gizmo and devise for treating TMJ and this obscenely overpriced piece of plastic is the one thing that turned the tide of pain.I’m still mad that it costs so much for what likely costs pennies to produce but, the obscene mark-up will be worth it for you. Just think of it as paying all the $ for lasting relief rather than a tiny piece of plastic.I hate to admit this to myself it if I lost it (which is likely because again, it’s a tiny piece of plastic without a case) I’d repurchase it again. It’s worth the money because the money is worth the pain relief.

For the price, just use your hands or one of those cheap stress balls. The shape where it hooks onto your teeth makes me feel like it's going to break my teeth one day.