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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My physical therapist said to avoid mouth guards for my clenching. They said they often make people clench more because they are soft and kind of satisfying to bite, causing more locked jaw in the long term.

I had to practice mouth opening exercises more instead and some manual jaw pt.[/quote]

See, this makes more sense to me. I really think I need to figure out a way to counter the automatic tensing I do. Did you get a PT referral from your doctor and/or dentist? [/quote]

My plan doesn't require referrals but a physical therapist I was seeing for something different recommended a person to see who specializes in the mouth//jaw/neck/face.

I don't think many PTs will do the kind of work where they reach into your mouth and manually help you relax those muscles so you may need to call around to different offices. You could ask your primary doctor but in my experience they probably wouldn't know. I would be wary about dental solutions.

My guy moved across country so I can't help with a specific recommendation.

Recommend you ask about a "locked jaw with minimal motion" rather than "lockjaw" which is different.[/quote]

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