Posted by Myriam Dyck on September 9, 2001 :
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Glad to hear there are lots of others, but scary to hear how bad it is for some. For me, lots of crunching, sometimes locks up and hurts so have trouble eating, and tenseness. One of the main things that helps is chiropractor, I see a really good one and that loosens it up back to "normal" after a day or two. Other thing that helps to release the muscle tension is vitamins (general) and Calcium/Magnesium in larger doses when it's bad (in 2:1 ration of C/M, good one is Jamieson). For me, my jaw has to move frontwards 1/2" to make front teeth meet to bite through things, and back again to make back teeth meet to chew, so lots of strain on muscle - part of prevention is avoiding gum, corn on the cob, steak, etc anything that's hard on jaw muscles gives me a few bad days later. My chiro doesn't suggest any remedy for the crepitis (crackling in joint) though, just says it's there - anyone know of any good natural remedies for relieving crepitis? I'm just not into taking drugs to handle things, so look for natural means.