I HATE confrontation..help

I need to speak up to a chiropractor...shes been great so far in helping adjusting my jaw to be realigned. I clench at night, so last year it became misaligned with horrible symptoms, vertigo, fatigue... she began also doing adjustments to my back and neck. Im not sure Id be getting that done with a cranio -doc, if they realigned me. They use a splint type tool, like a guard. But the chiropractor was closer to me and a bit less money so went there.
The other day I had severe back pain from the tool they use on back. Lasted nearly two days. Thats never occurred. I would like to halt back treatments..I want mainly jaw focus. My back is aligned im sure, more than when I began last year. I dont think its vital to my jaw treatments to also do neck and back, but I feel they will say I should still do it. I get all nervous when disagreements begin. How can I be up front ?

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TexChik · F

The only thing that is going to help your jaw is a TMJ splint. Chiropractors can only treat the muscle symptoms with heat , cold, or stim. You clench and grind every night at about 2500 psi, and it will only get worse (symptoms) until you get a nightguard / splint from someone that knows what they are doing . Doesnt have to be a specialist to treat tmj. The splint prevents you from pinching your discs in your jaw joints and creates an ideal plane of occlusion for your lower jaw to move along. That will relieve the muscle stiffness and vertigo. Trust me. Been there

Carissimi · F

I’m impressed with your knowledge. @TexChik

Coralmist · 41-45, F

@TexChik Yes a splint is optimal but it was more money than chiropractor..it was hundreds just for one visit alone. She has been gently shifting jaw back into place with a tool that moves the bone minusculey each time, so vertigo h as s decreased over time. But I feel they will say Back should still get treatment, when im pretty sure it wouldnt be with the treatment specialists you refer to. Its just tge jaw focus.

TexChik · F

@Coralmist
Every night when you sleep you clench and grind and reinjure the joint and cause the muscle tightness. The chiropractor cant do a thing about that. You are going to spend the money anyway, spend it on what works