Facial Pain & Migraine Headaches in Tewksbury, MA

Daily chronic pain anywhere in your body can wear on you, cause you to make lifestyle changes you don’t want and it can become debilitating if left untreated. Chronic facial pain and migraine headaches are no different. The muscles of the face, neck and shoulders are all interconnected and when you have inflammation that starts in one area, it can easily cause problems in other muscle and tissue areas that are close by. To make a proper diagnosis however, we need to ask the question, “Where do all the muscles of the face and neck intersect?” These muscles all funnel back to a common reference point in the mouth – your teeth.

Your teeth are the center point in the face that connects and stabilizes your skull and upper jaw to the lower jaw with all its associated muscles and ligaments. Without teeth, your brain would not know how to put your jaws together and if your brain cannot find a comfortable rest position because the teeth are in the wrong position or the jaw sizes don’t match or the jaw and face anatomy do not support proper function like breathing during the day and during sleep, this can all trigger the muscles to become unhappy which leads to inflammation. Inflammation is many times the root cause of chronic facial pain and migraine headaches. Rather than take pain killers or other medications for the rest of your life, a better management would be to figure out what is causing this inflammation that is leading to your facial pain and migraine headaches.

A woman with a headache massaging her temples

If proper position of your teeth and jaw or the anatomy of the tissues in your mouth, your throat and your tongue are the problem, then the best person to diagnose and treat this is a dental health professional that has advanced training in these jaw and tooth problems as well as airway breathing problems.

Who should I see for treatment?

Finding the cause of the pain is always the best solution and if proper position of your teeth and jaw or the anatomy of the tissues in your mouth, your throat and your tongue are the problem, then the best person to diagnose and treat this is a dental health professional that has advanced training in these jaw and tooth problems as well as airway breathing problems.

At Solace Wellness Center & MedSpa in Tewksbury, MA, Dr. James Wu has specific training in evaluating and management of these problems. He is a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and can manage surgical problems when needed, however many of these problems can be managed non-surgically by Dr. James Wu as he is a Mentor and Scientific Advisor at the Kois Center [use this hyperlink for the Kois Center in Seattle, WA, a training center Advancing Dentistry through Science.

If you or a loved one suffer from facial pain or migraine headaches and you’d like to explore your treatment options, reach out to Solace Wellness Center at 978-851-8600 or request an appointment [appointment hyperlink here]. Our providers will discuss all of the options available to enhance your holistic wellness.

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