Oralsensor??
in [Jaw Disorders]
|
From: myjawhurts on 7 Jun 2006 10:33 Does anyone use the Oralsensor, and if so has it helped reduce your bruxism and pain? I have been a TMJ sufferer for about 8 years (since college) and my pain comes and goes, but when it comes I am very miserable. I am interested in biofeedback therapy, b/c I believe I clench intensely at night and haven't been successful at getting rid of it. Anyone have any advice? I'd much appreciate it! :)
From: cgjohnson on 8 Jun 2006 21:53 i've never used an Oralsensor, but i have used similar devices. by similar, i mean a device that gives you an audible warning when you clench in your sleep. i would frequently wake-up in the morning and find the device was turned off... my sleeping-self had evidently found this beeping annoying and turned it off. this happened often. even when it didn't happen, the audible warning did NOT reduce my clenching intensity (as measured by an EMG that i wore expressly to measure what the heck was happening while i slept). i've also read a few studies on PubMed that pretty much say that biofeedback devices like this just are not effective. btw, i'm also a sufferer, last 4 years without a day of relief. i wish i had some suggestions for you but i'm also still in search of something to help. myjawhurts wrote: > Does anyone use the Oralsensor, and if so has it helped reduce your > bruxism and pain? > I have been a TMJ sufferer for about 8 years (since college) and my > pain comes and goes, but when it comes I am very miserable. > I am interested in biofeedback therapy, b/c I believe I clench > intensely at night and haven't been successful at getting rid of it. > Anyone have any advice? > I'd much appreciate it! :)
From: myjawhurts on 9 Jun 2006 10:52 THank you so much for responding. The device seems to make so much sense to me; I clench at night w/out realizing it and I need something to make me aware of it so I can reverse the patterned behavior...but I also have heard that they aren't necessarily effective. Why isn't there a solution? It can be so frustrating. I've tried to determine a pattern for my pain; there are certain days where I hardly notice my jaw (although I know I've gotten used to some of the tightness and minor clicking that happens some of the time), and then other weeks it's constant pain...I've been told it's stress but sometimes it flares up when I don't seem stressed out at all... Do you think your tmj is stress-related? Thanks for your help. Julie cgjohnson(a)gmail.com wrote: > i've never used an Oralsensor, but i have used similar devices. by > similar, i mean a device that gives you an audible warning when you > clench in your sleep. i would frequently wake-up in the morning and > find the device was turned off... my sleeping-self had evidently found > this beeping annoying and turned it off. this happened often. even when > it didn't happen, the audible warning did NOT reduce my clenching > intensity (as measured by an EMG that i wore expressly to measure what > the heck was happening while i slept). > > i've also read a few studies on PubMed that pretty much say that > biofeedback devices like this just are not effective. btw, i'm also a > sufferer, last 4 years without a day of relief. i wish i had some > suggestions for you but i'm also still in search of something to help. > > myjawhurts wrote: > > Does anyone use the Oralsensor, and if so has it helped reduce your > > bruxism and pain? > > I have been a TMJ sufferer for about 8 years (since college) and my > > pain comes and goes, but when it comes I am very miserable. > > I am interested in biofeedback therapy, b/c I believe I clench > > intensely at night and haven't been successful at getting rid of it. > > Anyone have any advice? > > I'd much appreciate it! :)
From: all4patients on 9 Jun 2006 13:01 myjawhurts wrote: > THank you so much for responding. > The device seems to make so much sense to me; I clench at night w/out > realizing it and I need something to make me aware of it so I can > reverse the patterned behavior...but I also have heard that they aren't > necessarily effective. Why isn't there a solution? It can be so > frustrating. I've tried to determine a pattern for my pain; there are > certain days where I hardly notice my jaw (although I know I've gotten > used to some of the tightness and minor clicking that happens some of > the time), and then other weeks it's constant pain...I've been told > it's stress but sometimes it flares up when I don't seem stressed out > at all... > Do you think your tmj is stress-related? > Thanks for your help. > Julie > > cgjohnson(a)gmail.com wrote: > > i've never used an Oralsensor, but i have used similar devices. by > > similar, i mean a device that gives you an audible warning when you > > clench in your sleep. i would frequently wake-up in the morning and > > find the device was turned off... my sleeping-self had evidently found > > this beeping annoying and turned it off. this happened often. even when > > it didn't happen, the audible warning did NOT reduce my clenching > > intensity (as measured by an EMG that i wore expressly to measure what > > the heck was happening while i slept). > > > > i've also read a few studies on PubMed that pretty much say that > > biofeedback devices like this just are not effective. btw, i'm also a > > sufferer, last 4 years without a day of relief. i wish i had some > > suggestions for you but i'm also still in search of something to help. > > > > myjawhurts wrote: > > > Does anyone use the Oralsensor, and if so has it helped reduce your > > > bruxism and pain? > > > I have been a TMJ sufferer for about 8 years (since college) and my > > > pain comes and goes, but when it comes I am very miserable. > > > I am interested in biofeedback therapy, b/c I believe I clench > > > intensely at night and haven't been successful at getting rid of it. > > > Anyone have any advice? > > > I'd much appreciate it! :)
|
Pages: 1 Prev: OralSensor available Next: An alternative treatment for TMJ patients |