Does it click when you yawn? Does it hurt in front of your ear when you chew? Many people take problems of the temporomandibular joint (the jaw joint, TMJ for short) to the dentist first, and few know that physiotherapists work with it too. The booking page of MozgásKlinika Újbuda has a separate service for it.

When does the clinic recommend it?

According to the description on the booking page:

  • for pain and clicking in the jaw joint;
  • during orthodontic treatment;
  • as a complementary therapy alongside dental treatment.

The description also mentions tinnitus among the complaints treated. Whether there is a link to the jaw in your case is something the examination can tell.

When do you need a specialist first?

The clinic asks this explicitly: after a traumatic injury, or with a tumour, inflammation of the joint or lockjaw, it can see you only after a consultation with an oral surgeon or a gnathologist. If any of these applies to you, go there first.

How does it work?

The first appointment is a 50-minute TMJ examination (HUF 24,990). It is not the same as the general 60-minute first assessment: in the calendar you will find it as “Állapotfelmérés: Állkapocsízületi terápia”. Later sessions are booked on the “Állkapocs manuálterápia” line; they also last 50 minutes and cost HUF 24,990. The service is listed on the services overview.

The treatment is done by hand. Because the muscles of the jaw, the neck and the shoulder work closely together, the therapist may look at these areas too during the examination.

Who can you book with?

In Újbuda two physiotherapists treat the jaw joint:

  • Bak Petra, who has completed a training course on TMJ manual therapy;
  • Mészáros Myrtill, who completed the two-year manual therapist training of Semmelweis University.

Both are introduced on the team page.

What should you bring?

If you have a report from a dentist, an orthodontist or an oral surgeon, or a bite splint, bring it along. With these the therapist sees the whole picture.

The general first appointment is described in the first-visit article, and the hands-on schools in Maitland, Mulligan, McKenzie. The role of the neck and posture is covered in the article on desk work.