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health advisory Diet Diet 2007-11-11 21:06:01

When jogging my jaw gets really achy and uncomfortable feeling, it then moves to my head and my whole face hurts. What can i do to prevent this? I would really like to keep jogging to lead a healthy life but this ache is stopping me from doing so.

Answer:

You could possibly have TMJ (Tempo Mandibular Joint). It's when you clench your teeth together. It can make the jaw muscles REALLY sore and most people who have it are not conscious of the fact that they are clenching.

Go to your dentist and ask for a guard.

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Maybe you unconsciously grind your teeth as you run. Sometimes chewing gum helps. But it might also make your jaw hurt more.

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are you grining your teeth 2gether

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Not to scare you, but an aching jaw is one of the symptoms of having a heart attack. However, you normally also display other symptoms like difficultly breathing and chest pain. I would go for a check up and talk to the doc about this.

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try to relax your muscles, a lot of people's upper body gets tense when they run. If you wear sun glasses sometimes these can press against your temples and cause facial pain.

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are you overweight? that would have a lot to do with it. i would very highly suggest a chiropractor specializing in the blaire technique. it can help your jaw, face, anything. your backbone might be out of alignment, which affects everything else, and could be causing your jaw and face to hurt. the blaire technique does wonders for this!!!!

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Are you subconsciencely clenching your teeth as you jog?

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must of the time that would come stress or you have a lot on your mind

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CHAR STAR HAS A GREAT IDEA!

But 200 bucks is a lot to pay if you don't happen to have dental insurance (like me!)

I just went to wall mart and got a 20 dollar sports guard. you get them hot and bite into them for a perfect fit.

also ...it could be a sinus thing...all my teeth ache when I run

and the dentist said it was my sinus.. so good luck ! it sounds like you have some options!

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