TMJ Exercises #1 --- Jaw Pain Help --- Teeth Grinding 

Please do not EVER delete this. A lot of us who wrote comments here are in other countries. Incredible gentle manner, soft guidance, excellent form when explaining. Thank you.

Did anyone that was suffering from TMJ also feel daily headaches? Especially after waking up?

I love the way you do the exercises with us instead of just telling us how many reps, etc. It's so nice not having to stop and start the video after each one. Thank you so much!

The immediate relief I felt in my jaw brought tears to my eyes. It unlocked all the tension in my neck, shoulders, and around my ears. It even cleared up my sinuses. Incredible

OMG!! I can't believe it 3 days ago I had a click in my left side of my jaw. I got really worried and didn't want to open my mouth. Doing these exercises have stopped this clicking in less than 2 days. This guy is a genius. Use this like button as an appreciation button

I've had TMJ for about 10 consecutive years, and not a single treatment/exercise video has EVER helped me, not a single one, so i just adapted to suffering with a jaw problem continually getting worse.This is the ONLY video that I felt actually work. I watched it first two days ago, and my jaw had felt a lot less clenched, and then two days later I tried the exercises again. I felt and heard the pop that had straightened my jaw out and i yelled "Holy shit" immediately after in disbelief, then looked at a bathroom to see my bottom teeth were actually properly aligned with the top. The left side of my jaw had been clenched for 10+ years. That mixed with a 2-year relationship going down the drain this past 2 weeks threw me into a major depression. This video actually feels like it was a life changing fresh start with all the bad luck I've been having lately. I cannot emphasize how thankful I am for this video. The rolling eyes to the opposite side of the cheek my tongue was pressed against was what finally did it for me, on the third day of using this video's exercises.

I found these videos in 2020 when I was going through a miserable time with my TMJ, I did these everyday for 3 months and it was like I was a new person, all of my symptoms went away… Unfortunately some symptoms came back recently and I started doing these again, I’m on day 4 and happy to say it’s working like a miracle again. Thank you so much again for these videos, I feel like they save my life 🙏

Please never delete this! I can’t tell you how much it helped me. I have horrible bruxism at night which lead to jaw pain, headaches, biting my tongue and sleep apnea. After doing this I literally had the best sleep in weeks (4 days and counting)

Please don’t ever delete this video, it’s soooo helpful. Thank you dearly!!

Anyone else get severe ear aches from tmj? It’s awful! Plus the tension in your neck and the headaches.

After having 8 teeth out as a result of cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy, I've had a horrible aching jaw. Thank you so much for these exercises. The pain has gone, and I'm smiling again!

I'm from the Philippines. Having ear pain for months disrupted my work until the diagnosis came right. TMJ is the culprit. Your video just gave me the relief the next day I tried your exercises. Thank you, Dr. Adam. You are a blessing!

When he said 'feel the pain', man, I felt that.

For the past two years I have had pain in my jaw that makes it difficult to eat at times. Once a year it randomly lets off for a month or so, but the rest of the time it hurts all day, every day. Lately it's been hurting me to smile and it's even been keeping me up at night, much worse than it's ever been. Yesterday, in desperation (before booking a dentist appointment for it), I hopped on youtube to try to learn about what was happening. I found your video. I did your exercises. I have now been 100% pain-free since I first did them 3 days ago- this, to me, is a kind of miracle. I've not had control over this pain for over two years. I had assumed I would feel that pain for the rest of my life. I have never found ANYTHING that helps. I can not thank you enough for posting this video. You have no idea what you've done for my quality of life by helping me to get rid of this persistent, increasingly-debilitating pain :) I'll be doing these exercises every day from now on!

I’m from Italy! Reading all these comments gives me hope that one day my jaw issues will get better. I grind my teeth at night and I’ve been using a mouth guard for 3 years now. My tinnitus is over the top - and I’m only 29. After this video I feel less tense, but I hope this sensation will last ❤

Self care over health care!! Yes!!! This has helped me tremendously. Listening to your body and taking time for yourself is so important. We often don’t look for help until we are just miserable. Thank you!!

Dear Adam, I was/am struggling with TMJ disorder for about three years. I searched everywhere for a solution, but the pain never left me. I found your video one day, and it completely changed my life! I wish you and your family the best. Thanks for your generosity to share your invaluable knowledge with us. I will be forever indebted to you.

I’ve been doing these exercises for months on a daily basis, it was so painful at the beginning, now I do them with such ease. I use to be aware of my jaw 24/7 because I couldn’t find a comfortable spot for it, now I barely think about it. I am forever grateful for you!

I appreciate the way Dr. Fields takes the time to do the exercises rather than just show. I makes me hang in for the whole session. Thank you.

Bless you! Bless you! Bless you! My TMJ has been getting worse these last few months, and today I finally broke down and posted a plea for wisdom/guidance on my Facebook from any friends in dentistry or those with TMJ. A friend linked this video and said that your exercises have completely changed the way she feels and how she self-heals. I definitely felt some severe pain doing these exercises (even without putting much pressure) and that's proof that I am working the exact areas that need help. My friend said I need to be patient with myself, but to do one every day. You are helping so many people with these videos. I am your newest virtual patient and I could not be more grateful for you.

This has been happening for almost two months now and im literally crying because its so frustrating that every time i open my mouth it tenses and and cracks

I love how you're like pumped workout guy during the meditation. "Your Whole body is relaxing keep going" "really feel the burn of that inner peace"

Thank you! Chronic pain suffering for 8 years and until I found your videos id realied on modern medicine, it was how i was brought up. Nothing worked. Your words self care not just health care has changed the way i look at pain. My spinal cord issues may never be fixed however you have given me and my family a better quality of life. Again thank you isn't enough for what you have done just know youve changed my life mentally and physically for ever. Now im up at 3am doing your exercises instead of medicine.

I have been suffering from TMJ for years. I sleep with a mouthguard (most nights...) and also a CPAP machine. What a combo. Some recent dental work on a molar, with a root canal and a new crown, left me with a change in my bite. This has exacerbated my TMJ over the past few weeks with excruciating pain, making it difficult to bite down to eat on my left side. After some Googling, I came across your RU-vid channel yesterday morning. Yesterday I did your TMJ #3 and this morning I did TMJ #1. Wow! My jaw feels sooo much better. Relaxed, do I even dare say.... Thank you!!

Ok so I want to share my successtory here. What I had: more than 10 years of neck pain, back pain, nerve numbness all over my body, jaw pain, ear pain, headaches, an uneven looking face, never could keep my head straight, had bad sleep, ... I also have bruxism since I was a child. I couldn't keep my arms in the air for more than 10 seconds, I had bad posture etc... Nobody was able to tell me where I should start to fix all that. Physical therapy sessions only helped a bit. But I decided to do my research and be my own physical therapist, because I knew something was causing an imbalance in my body. Last week I found that imbalance, even if it was there already the whole time in front of me: my jaw. I saw this video and did all those exercises, and they helped quite a lot. I did so many chin tucks and it really helped a LOT for my neck. But a few days ago I found the number one thing that fixed everything: releasing the pterygoid muscles in my mouth. A few times a day, I palpate and squeeze the pterygoids for a minute. I only do it on the side where I lacked mobility in my jaw. It's crazy, my teeth/jaw are now aligned correctly, I feel the stress coming of the jaw and I feel it through whole my body. It's really weird because for the first time in many years I keep my head and teeth straight, which feels weird. I feel more balanced, flexible and I have good posture now. Just by doing one simple muscle release.

This is by far the best jaw stretch/exercise video I've found online.

This is amazing. Almost instant relief...this must be shared. I didn't even sleep with my mouth guard last night. I'm super grateful to have found this

Thank you Doctor,this is a beautiful way of giving back to community. There are times when a patient is so confused with issues n explaining to a doctor is an ordeal,but videos like these give a reference to understand the problem n work on it. So so appreciate.

I literally cried when I did the muscle massage thing. Jesus.

I've been dealing with tmj for almost 15 years. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for you, sir. It didn't get rid of the pain completely the first time I tried it, but it cut the pain out pretty substantially. Thank you thank you thank you.

I began these exercises experiencing considerable jaw pain, but as I continued with them, I was pleasantly surprised to observe the pain vanishing. These exercises are now set to be a part of my daily maintenance routine. Thank you immensely, doctor.

Love it!!!!!! Love how it's follow-along, that's always what I am looking for but rarely find when it's physical therapy stuff. Thank you!

One and half year ago, I felt the pain in my jaw for the first time, and I started to hear weird sounds whenever I open my mouth, at the first it was simple pain that i can handle it. And when i told my family and nobody understood me and i did not find the answer in the internet (acctually I didn't bother myself to search more), I ignored the problme, for a really long time. And I thought of that maybe I'm the only one who is feeling this kind of pain, I even thought of that I might be illusion the pain. And after few months it started to get worse and weirder, it was really painfull and hard to handle it, I was frustrated of myself and it was annoying that I have to think about my jaw 24/7, whenever I open my mouth to talk, eat, brush my teeth, I've to think about it before sleeping because I knew it's gonna hurt me alot next morning, and all I was thinking about that i dont wanna wake up and go through it again and agian. But this time too i ignored it thinking that i have so much important thing to worry about and I didn't want to ask for anyone help. BUT you know what !!! I'm the most important thing, I'm my first priority and I'm the one who is going to live with me forever, its really me, I & myself. And i finally decide to go to see the dentest after a year and half. Two weeks ago I went to the dentist and I told her about my problme so she gave me a Medicine, and she told me that alot of people felt much better after taking it, and I took it for 10 days. but I didn't feel any diffrence. But thanks god when I went to the clinic that day the nurse told me that she had this problem before and she did an exercises called TMJ exercices and now she is much better, I was really happy hearing that someone else had this problem before and they got better, adding to that it was my first time someone told me that they had the same pain. SO I earned alot of positive energy. Now I have been doing this exersices for 2 days and I think I really feel better. The reason behinde my long comment (that maybe most of the viewers will not read it till the end) is that i really felt lonly for a year and half that maybe I'm the only one who is going through this, but after spending hours reading this video comments and feeling emotional that there is many who is going through this and not only me, I felt that sharing my experince and spread the positive energy that i got from everyone is my responsibility. Anyway, I'm really thankfull for doctor Adam for making these great videos. ❤ I beleive we all can get better. Don't worry everyone, everything is going to be okay. And it's okay you can feel whatever you want, it's okay. ❤ I can do it, you can do it, we can do it. Good night or have a vey nice day. + OMG why my comment is that long !!? 😭😭 this is problly the longest comment I've ever wrote in my 17 years old life. LOL

im 16 and ive struggled with teeth grinding since I was a little toddler. I never notice how tight my jaw was. I was in such a shitty mood and i was so fed up with my mood and myself. Its 3 am i should be asleep, I was at the end of my rope my jaw JUST hurt a *bit* (or so I thought) so i did a quick google search. I did these exercises and i feel SO MUCH BETTER. I was doing them and i almost started crying because of how good and freeing this felt. THANK YOU! no one my age emphasizes or even talks about self care unless it is doing your make up or wearing a face mask. I will be doing this. THANKS

You are an ANGEL! I am lucky to finally find someone who really does offer great and effective tips on RU-vid. You helped me release the tension I had in my jaw in minutes! So simple to follow. I can't thank you enough 👏🏻 Please do not remove this video. Subscribed and following you from Morocco 🇲🇦

Thank you so much for your videos doctor! You have helped so many of us around the world and I don't have enough words to express my gratitude. I have been feeling pressure in my ears for 2 months and only discovered your channel last week. These exercises coupled with intraoral massage have worked wonders!

I read a paper that concluded that 22 percent of tinnitus is caused by TMJ. These exercised helped reduce my TMJ pain, tinnitus and headaches. Thank you! 🙂

These exercises has given me relief already after just doing them one time. TMJ pain had me feeling like I was going crazy! Thank you so much for this!

This was the first TMJ pain exercises video I found and tried--and I don't need any other. I've followed this video several times already. It's helped so much! Thank you!

I would totally come see you if I lived near your office. I have been using this video on occasion for years. It's time I checked out the others, but this one has definitely helped me. Thanks for making these and keeping them up on your channel, it's greatly appreciated.

This is absolutely exhausting and painful if you have tmj pain lol

Omg, my jaw and tongue were trembling in these exercises. I can't believe how weak and tight they are. I'm going to try to do these exercises on a daily basis!

I LOVE this video series. I hurt my jaw six months ago and even after it healed I could barely touch it without it flaring up. I've been doing two of these videos a day and made significant progress. I also have anxiety related to my injury because it gave me tinnitus and the relaxation is much needed. But I'm getting better every day in every way, even on my challenging days :-) Thanks doc. You are a hero sir.

I never knew what I feel is TMJ until i visited a new dentist earlier today. I’ve been having this pain couple months ago and it keeps coming back daily, lately. Thanks to my very helpful dentist and thanks doc Adam for generously sharing this useful and easy to follow exercises. May your tribe increase! God bless you!

Two minutes into the video and I already am better. Thanks doc. God bless you man

I’ve been suffering from horrible TMJ tension daily for the past 10 months and thought there was no hope. I was accepting of the idea that I’d have this forever. This one video relaxed me and my TMJ more than I could have ever imagined. THANK YOU. Please never delete this video….I plan on doing this daily.

I’m so glad I stumbled across your videos. I have been in agony all day and night with a severe migraine and jaw pain. I’ve done a couple of your videos tonight and already feel better. You are a God send. So gentle and compassionate. Your videos are now part of my daily routine. Blessings from Australia . Thank you Dr Adam! 😁💫🙌🏻

Please never delete this, it’s saved me so many years of pain

the fbi agent watching me probaly is like tff goin on

OH MY GOD my jaw has been in such immense pain for the last 4 days that I could hardly sleep or eat, I’ve been icing my face constantly. With the shelter in place order right now I am not able to leave my home or find a chiropractor to visit and this just gave me the best pain relief I’ve had yet. I’ve literally been trying to take ibuprofen and ice for DAYS and this solved my pain in 11 minutes. This is going to be my new daily routine.

Thank you so much!!! I struggle with clenching and seem to never get a break. Your video helped me feel so much relief, I didn’t realized how stressed my muscles were till these exercises.

I can’t thank you enough for this. It’s hands down the best and most helpful information on this subject. I can’t believe the difference even one run through of this made. I’m excited to see what daily practice brings. Thank you again 💜

Good lord. Almost cured in one video -THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for sharing this. Reading all the comments makes me feel less alone during this strange period of my life where tension is always present. Seeing the videos with exercises reminds me there is hope for my body and all bodies to be at peace and relax again.

I feel better than in years. Absolutely wonderful video. Thank you so much!

Wow I can't believe the pain was gone within a minute. 😭 I didn't even do the exercise that long. I'm going to keep doing this to maintain a good condition for my jaw. Thank you so much for your help, you're so precious.

I didn’t do these exercises cus I was in any pain. I did them cus my jaw was completely different on both sides of my face. After just the first day my face already looks better. I’ve struggled with my insecurity about my appearance, and I can happily say it’s slowly disappearing. Thank you Doctor.

It's 2:12am right now and here I am working with this..... I was soo annoyed and was crying. Thank you so much I'm much better now!👍👍

This REALLY helped me out through a recent TMJ spell. Thank you so much for uploading this!

I watch and follow the exercises shown in the video everyday; it never fails to relax me after a long day :) Thank you Dr. Adam Fields!

I should have done this 20 years ago (37 now). I tense my jaw unconsciously due to unrest, and these exercises really helped me feeling a lot better in all the days activities, so thank you Adam!

Omg this helped me I'm speechless pls doctor never ever delete this!

Thank you for this. I’ve been doing the exercises everyday for 2 weeks and my jaw pain and clicking are gone. I am so so happy and relieved. Thank you a lot!

I have had TMJ since I was 19. I always come back to this video and this alone every 8-10 months or so, and each time, I get relief immediately. Thanks a lot Adam, you are a godsend!

Wow this actually works, day three and I'm feeling relief

Was having fullness in ear and tinnitus and this calmed it right down, thank you, Doctor.

I genuinely can’t believe that my jaw and ear got immediate pain relief after doing all of these. Def gonna rewatch and keep doing them. Thank you!

This really helped me. Please never delete this video. Please share some easy pain relieving techniques/exercises for someone who has been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis(fingers/ shoulder/knees). Thank you!

7 minutes in and I can open my jaw again without cracking or pain!!!! Seriously phenomenal 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 thank you so much im going to start doing them everyday

0:32 show you from the side 1:04 thumb resistance open and close 1:34 occipital lifts 2:36 tongue exercice, mouth wide open, back left right (3-4 sec) 3:44 open jaw movement, open left right 4:17 massage a little bit, put your joints (under cheekbone) 5:14 open mouth, push lower teeth and curled forward Proud posture, head over your shoulders, mouth wide open 5:55 left hand skull massage then right hand 7:24 good posture, chest is up, push jaw down (with your tongue) 8:04 massage that TMJ a little bit 8:30 open mouth exercise “hey how you doin” We need to get relax 9:38 peace, close your eyes and relax The software can change your hardware…

I had a terrible TMJ flair up and I found Dr. Fields videos and felt better in less than a week! I continue doing them several times a week to keep my jaw stretched and relaxed! Thank You Dr. Fields!!

Wow, a lot of tension from major stress just disappeared by doing these exercises! You're a good teacher and don't rush things. it's so easy to do them along with you. And I love your scripts - they're so empowering as they teach people to heal themselves, listen to their bodies, and use movement and exercise to heal pain. Dancing is my most healing exercise - but these are being added to my regular list. What a difference they made! Many thanks, you are a bright blessing, Dr. Adam.

Every time I get tmj tightness/pain and migraines I do these exercises a couple times throughout the day and it goes away. Thank you so much for posting this and keeping it up ❤️

OMG It worked after my first try! Thank you so much for creating this content. I struggled with grinding for weeks, only realised after my jaw became stiff and I got intense headache that covered my entire face. It felt like I forgot how to close my mouth properly until I tried this. You just made the life of a stressed post-graduate student a little easier.

I loved this so much. I hold a lot of tension in my jaw and neck which I often dont realize until I feel pain. All of these exercises felt amazing. Thank you!

I've had such pain over the last 72 hours, only on right side. Expected to hear that I had cavities or worse still, abscess... have to mention right here that I'm terrified of the dentist. My amazing dentist inspected every tooth, x rayed & found no cavities or evidence of abscess. Advised that TMJ issue of grinding & clenching in my sleep has returned. I've been given anti-inflam drugs & pain killers as the pain has been so awful. Now that I've done each of these exercises, I'm actually yawning... I feel a tremendous sense of 'peace' in the jaw department ;) & relief from the gnawing pain. Thank you for this awesome video - I'm going to do these exercises daily from now on

Thank you so much for this, dr. You can't believe how much it helped me.. I've been doing it everyday for the past couple of weeks and my pain is literally gone. Thank you again.

I just want to say thank you for your videos! They have helped me so much, and also not to take pain killers. Please don't stop making more and new videos. God bless you.

Just started the exercises for 2 days and can see the improvements already. Will do them daily. Thanks so much for sharing!

I had so much pain in my jaw for a couple of days now and this REALLY helped. Thank you so much

doing the knuckles exercise literally makes me cry because it hurts so much but after that i feel so much better and can notice how my jaw is more relaxed, this video is awesome thank you

These exercises are truly so very healing🤍 I love being able to put on a different one everyday and feel and take care of the countless muscles on our face and head. Adam has such a lovely aura and really knows that truly healing starts from within

Thank you very much. Your TMJ exercises videos have helped me become stronger than my pain! Very clear demonstrations and on point techniques!

You’re a life saver🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 This calmed down my TMJ and Tinnitus, bless you 🙏🏽

Thank you Dr. Field!!! Since more than 15 years I have been dealing with my TMJ problem and your exercises are the ones that have given me the most relief (I have seen so many doctors, etc.). I have been practicing with your 2 videos for a week now and I feel much better. I absolutely love your final meditation and the motivation that you give patients through your videos.

I suffer from episodes of vertigo due to TMJ that can last for weeks. These videos have helped me reduce the time that they last or keep them at bay when I remember to do these on a regular basis. I have saved all three videos to my desktop. This has been a game-changer for me, I'm so very grateful!!! Thank you,

I’ve been having debilitating jaw pain for 5 weeks now, been to GP, ENT & dentist multiple times to no relief. This has absolutely cured all my pain I’ve had, my pain wasn’t even in the tmj but the buccinator. Thank you!

I have had jaw difficulties for some time due to clenching my jaw in my sleep. My jaw discomfort got so bad and I started getting migraines in the back of my head. I found this video and started doing these exercises everyday. Within a few days my migraines disappeared and my discomfort eased. I am so grateful. Thank you so much!

My jaw has been popping out of place lately... I'm so bound up I could feel those occipital lifts in my eyes. This is great! Thank you!

I found you. I will work with you every day. For two months I have been having excruciating pain in my ear , spiking down the right cheek/ jaw side to chin & neck, and up to my right temple.I was taking pain killers, but I won’t need them any more. Your demonstrated exercises are directed specifically to my areas of pain. I could feel my tension releasing. You have empowered me to manage my pain, and love my poor muscles. Your explanations made sense, and I could follow them as I came to understand the workings of my jaw et al. Thank you. Margaret Fiher. Australia.

Wonderful effective and holistic approach. Much appreciated!

THANKS DOC SO RELAXED & FEELING MUCH BETTER.BE BLESSED

The past two days i felt that TMJ pain and i knew it because it comes every few months but been in quarantine i can’t go see my Chiropractor so this helped me immediately. Now i am ready to get to my virtual personal training session of the day and will have much more patience with my clients because my jaw is not in pain.

Dear Dr. Adam Fields, I am forever grateful with your TMJ videos. A month ago, I could barely eat, I couldn't brush my teeth as I cannot open my mouth due to a dentist work causing my lock jaw. Now, I am eating, brushing my teeth, and feeling better everyday in just a matter of 2 weeks. Huge improvement. I will continue doing the videos to better myself. You had saved me a lot of money that I don't have. God bless you tenfolds for sharing this for free.

Feeling relief already, this will become a part of my night time routine thank you and god bless!

I haven’t had an appetite for two weeks because of how much my jaw hurt & how weird my bite has felt. I followed this routine once and I already feel SO much relief. I even noticed that my hearing became less foggy! This is a lifesaver

My jaw has been so bad recently as it flares up when i’m stressed. I’ve not been able to eat without extreme discomfort, i’ve done this video once and it’s already reduced my pain! i’ll definitely be doing this!

These exercises are life changing 🤯 thank you for sharing this with us!

Your videos are a godsend, seriously! I was feeling extremely hopeless, stressed, and depressed with the strain on my mouth and jaw and your videos gave me ALL the relief. Thank you so much!!!

I've incorporated this video (along with the other TMJ and and ETD and other fantastic vids on your channel) into my morning routine for weeks now. I'm so appreciative and grateful for learning these techniques. Dealing with chronic pain can be so challenging, inaccessible and expensive, so it's great to have the tools to do this from home, especially during this pandemic. Thanks Adam, your positive attitude is very motivating!