Articles - Facial - Myofascial - TMJ Pains en-us http://www.painsweb.com N/A http://www.painsweb.com admin@painweb.com 20 http://www.painsweb.com/articles/312/1/TMJ-/Page1.html TMJ or Temporomandibular Joint Disorder. This affects the joints in front of the ears that are hinges for your jaw. If one of these hinges becomes infected then the jaw becomes swollen and it is extremely painful. TMJ is caused by the tightness of the jaw muscles; you can get TMJ from grinding your teeth as well. Anything that causes stress to the jaw may result in TMJ. You may have trouble biting and trouble chewing because of the TMJ. profitextreme.usa@gmail.com (Sam Carson) Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.painsweb.com/articles/363/1/Facial-Pain/Page1.html Everyone faces some type of facial pain at time or another. Facial pain can be anything from a tooth ache, a sinus infection, a facial injury, TMJ or Trigeminal neuralgia. The first group the tooth ache, the sinus infection, injury and TMJ are all common facial ailments. They can be treated with either antibiotics or an over the counter medications. Trigeminal Neuralgia or TN is a facial ailment that can be described as a shooting pain in the face. profitextreme.usa@gmail.com (Sam Carson) Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.painsweb.com/articles/305/1/Myofascial-Pain-Syndrome/Page1.html Myofasical pain syndrome or MPS for short is the pain that occurs in the body’s soft tissues. The pain is described as chronic and it can affect the fascia, which is the connective tissue that covers the muscles in the body. The pain that arises from Mysofascial pain syndrome can either be found in one single muscle or it can be found in a group. profitextreme.usa@gmail.com (Sam Carson) Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0700