TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) Treatment Services in Burlington

Pillars of Wellness, located in Burlington, Aldershot, specializes in treating injuries and disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, such as temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ).

What is TMJ?

This term is used to describe dysfunction of the jaw muscle and bones.

Our team of practitioners will assess and evaluate your pain, discomfort, and other symptoms before creating a custom treatment plan to help you safely recover. Fortunately, TMJ is mostly temporary and often just require simple physiotherapy for treatment.

Our physiotherapists can treat this condition using different methods such as jaw exercises and/or cognitive behavioral therapy. It does not often require surgery. In fact, it is preferable that the disorder is cured without any irreversible treatments.

Physiotherapy and alternative therapy have also proven to be successful treatments for these disorders, the latter of which we also offer at Pillars of Wellness.

What can physiotherapy treatment do for TMJ patients?

Incorporating physiotherapy into your TMJ treatment can help with:

Overall pain relief, including decreased tenderness

Increased mobility of the jaw

Ease when chewing and swallowing

Reduced jaw clenching and teeth grinding

What symptoms can physiotherapy for TMJ help treat?

If you have any of the following symptoms, it may be due to a TMJ disorder. Physiotherapy can help rehabilitate all of these symptoms, which include:

5Difficulty chewing and swallowing due to soreness in the jaw
5Pain in your ear, or in the vestibular region
5Pain in either side of your face
5Difficulty moving the jaw, even while speaking
5Jaw feels “locked”, making it hard to open or close the mouth
5Tenderness and ache in your facial region

Oftentimes, one of the more physical signs of TMJ disorder is a clicking sound. This sound occurs every time the mouth is opened or closed. It can also cause an uncomfortable grinding sensation on the side of your face and around your temples with movement, or while you chew. People who have jaw pain also have the tendency to clench their jaw or grind their teeth. If you have around three of these symptoms it is quite likely that you may be suffering from TMJ disorder.

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TMJ Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation at the Clinic

At Pillars of Wellness, TMJ physiotherapy and rehabilitation is conducted individually by an experienced physiotherapist.

TMJ can be caused by a number of things, such as a trauma or injury to the jaw, diseases like arthritis, chronic teeth clenching (which erodes the disk in your temporomandibular joint), or hereditary factors.

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How ever you have developed TMJ, Pillars of Wellness can help you heal in a healthy, effective way. After an initial assessment, our team will treat and rehabilitate your TMJ with physiotherapy. Each client will receive their own custom rehabilitation and treatment plan, built according to their needs.

Through your treatment, our physiotherapist will provide exercises to help you continue your healing at home.

Why choose Pillars of Wellness?

At Pillars of Wellness, in Burlington, Ontario, we are proud to provide a truly integrated care approach that employs a variety of treatments to achieve faster recovery. Our clinic offers different services such as chiropractic care, naturopathy, counselling, speech therapy, occupational therapy, yoga therapy, acupuncture, and holistic nutrition.

With multiple diverse services and specialities in one place, you’ll get the best care possible — without having to look elsewhere. Pillars of Wellness is your one-stop-health solution, located right here in Burlington.

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Flexibility and accommodation to make your appointment viable and fit to your schedule

Highly recommended for everyone who is looking for friendly, warm and very professional help in physiotherapy. Flexibility and accommodation to make your appointment viable and fit to your schedule. Warm, new and clean environment going very well together with informative and friendly, professional personnel. My therapy clinical notes, invoices and appointment reminders were also available on line and on time. Khizar, Nancy, Thank you.

Feeling better by the day. Thank you so much!

This is the first time I give a review. I cannot say enough about this clinic. They are really amazing. Friendly, great customer service and helped me with a condition I have for years. Feeling better by the day. Thank you so much!

I was very impressed by their customer service and professionalism

I recently used Pillars of Wellness services for my injuries. I was very impressed by their customer service and professionalism. The first time I came to do my assessment, the owner, the physiotherapist and the chiropractor sat with me to help me figure out the best way to feel better and faster. I spent 6 weeks with on-going treatment using different modalities. The end result was no more pain and I was able to move again!! Thank you so much for your help. I highly recommend this clinic to anyone.

Summing it up Pillars of Wellness is a well run top notch health clinic!

Lori and Laurent Pinci who run Pillars of Wellness along with their team are very professional and efficient. They make you feel welcome with a smile and kind words every time you walk through their doors. They truly care. We have not yet had the need to experience the many other services that Pillars of Wellness offers, but if we ever did, we definitely would not hesitate to use them.

I’m feeling very supported during my recovery….

On the advice of a friend, I reached out and booked a series of appointments with their occupational therapist, Lori; physiotherapist, Abida; and their naturopath, Dr. Galantai to help with recovering from a concussion. It has been an excellent experience! They are all incredible practitioners.

This is the first time I’ve ever experienced a longer term injury and their genuine, individualized care has really lessened my stress. I’m feeling very supported during my recovery and highly recommend their clinic. I credit my continual improvement to the holistic way I’m getting treatment for my symptoms and am very grateful.

I went to different clinics I finally found one worth going to.

Friendly, caring and professionals like nothing I have seen around Aldershot//Burlington. Attentive to the needs of their patients. They take the time to listen. Beautiful and well designed clinic that is extremely well maintained. I have had two car accidents in the last year and I went to different clinics I finally found one worth going to.

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