02/02/2026
Have you ever heard someone complaining about jaw pain and say, “I have TMJ”? Well they do and so do you. You reading this right now, you have TMJ. I have TMJ typing this. TMJ simply stands for “Temporomandibular Joint”. Everyone has one. The problem comes when you add the word “disorder”. So you want to have TMJ. What you don’t want is TMJ disorder. Very tiny muscles that are extremely hard to do stretches for that are responsible for this pain and inflammation. It’s not the kind of soft tissue condition you would want to try and do cupping, scraping, or use your massage gun on. A light touch and great palpating skills are required or else these muscles will fight back and tense up potentially making the condition worse.