Which is better to help tmj, craniosacral therapy or chiropractic?
I have recently been dx with tmj. I had 3 surgeries (which required my mouth to be open) and 2 root canals done. Plus I clench at night and when stressed. I had some craniosacral therapy 1 time and I could see where this would really help but it’s expensive. Can a chiropractor help tmj too?
I’m sure a lot of chiropractors (and die hard believers) will answer that chiropractic can certainly help, but that’s because they think chiropractic can help anything and everything. A similar practitioner (osteopath) has already given his two cents. To which, I have to comment. He stated that with his techniques he’s had “some good results”. To me, the word “some” means that majority of the time the results were not favorable. That is the difference between these alternative practitioners and conventional medical doctors. Alternative practitioners like chiropractors (and apparently osteopaths) will stick with their only “catch all” type of treatment, no matter what (maybe because its all they can do? Although Osteopaths in the U.S. can provide conventional medical treatments as well). But you’ll see a chiropractor continue to “adjust” patients despite the many patients who don’t improve. Eventually, one patient is bound to tell them that they feel better. And when that happens, they’ll make comments like, “I’ve seen some success with this treatment”. Compared to what!? Two success stories will make the chiropractor instantly forget about the two dozen failures. And that brings me to my last point. Chiropractors never concede a failure, because they’ll always rationalize that it just hasn’t started to work yet. Or they’ll say, “even though you can’t tell, it is working”. In other words, your feedback is only important when it validates what they’ve done.
But to answer your question, I’d see a real medical doctor that specializes in these types of disorders.
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