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# Practical, non-invasive solutions Comprehensive TMJ recovery guide In-depth muscle & fascia insights Taking Control of TMJ: Your Total Wellness Program for Recovering from Temporomandibular Joint Pain, Whiplash, Fibromyalgia, and Related Disorders

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> 📘 Take control of your pain—because your wellness deserves a smarter, kinder approach!

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## Key Features

- • **Empower Your Recovery:** Unlock expert-backed strategies to conquer TMJ, whiplash, and fibromyalgia without surgery or heavy meds.
- • **Trusted & Highly Rated:** 4.4-star average from 146 reviews, ranked #16 in TMJ specialty books—join a community of informed healers.
- • **Budget-Friendly Healing:** Avoid costly medical interventions with affordable, proven techniques you can do at home.
- • **Science Meets Simplicity:** Clear diagrams and explanations demystify complex muscle and fascia interactions for lasting relief.
- • **Holistic Wellness Program:** Integrates stretching, hot compresses, and natural remedies for a total jaw and head pain solution.

## Overview

Taking Control of TMJ is a well-reviewed, practical wellness program book by Dr. Robert Uppgaard that offers non-invasive, affordable strategies to relieve temporomandibular joint pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia, and related disorders. It combines scientific explanations with actionable exercises and natural remedies, empowering readers to manage symptoms effectively and avoid unnecessary medical procedures.

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Review: Informative, empowering and effective - I caught my clenching and/or bruxing early. However I'd chipped a rear molar in my sleep. Both of my rear molar were extremely temperature and pressure sensitive to the point that eating, drinking and tooth brushing were pure misery. I suffered from a constant sick headache. Bright lights and moderately loud sounds made it feel much worse. If I happened to accidently graze a rear-upper molar with a lower one, the pain just about sent me through the roof. I seriously had visions of having both of those teeth pulled as they hurt almost as much as a bona fide toothache. Sadly this book told of desperate people who had done exactly that under similar circumstances. But their tooth remained because they never treated the cause of it. Since I found it highly unlikely that I developed abscesses in both upper-rear molars simultaneously, TMJ seemed a likely culprit. Hence I found this book: This book explains the causes of your suffering so that it's not so frightening, and it give you options so that you don't additionally feel like a powerless victim at the mercy of the overpriced and cash-crazed American medical system that seems obsessed with drugging you or cutting you. Sadly such approaches have made things far worse for TMJ sufferers, and even more sadly, they may have been entirely unnecessary for many such sufferers. While there are many alternative. noninvasive and VASTLY less expensive strategies in this book, for me hot compresses provided short-term quick tangible relief when pressed against jaw joint and muscles. In conjunction with these muscle balms such as arnica gel, its attached homeopathic pellets as well as Tiger balm provided partial temporary analgesic relief on my cheek, jaw, temple and forehead muscles so I could at least get to sleep. Just be careful not to get the stuff in your eyes. This was all fine and good for treating the symptoms of my TMJ, but it wasn't enough. I wanted the cure. For me at least, I didn't discover the REAL cure until several miserable days later which is as follows: In conjunction with the aforementioned hot compresses, it consisted of my best friend telling me about Dr. Oz's suggestion of using a wine cork vertically between the front upper and lower teeth so that the massester muscles can relax into a stretch. It really was that simple. While your masseter (jaw) muscle are stretching you can lie down, sit up, walk, drive, read, watch TV or whatever. And if your significant other ever told you to "put a cork in it," well then...there's that too. I imagine if you do an advanced Google search such as: "Dr. Oz" and "wine cork" and TMJ, that should find it quick. Be aware that like during any stretch of a spasmed muscle, masseter muscles with TMJ are particularly stiff and might even be a trifle sore thus requiring more than just a single effort, or a brief one for that matter. Keep in mind that during the first part of the stretch, your referred pain (in my case my upper-rear teeth) hurt more for a few dozen seconds. But being accustomed to that from yoga I stuck with it. You need to let go, relax and breath into the stretch. It hurt like blazes at first, but it let go bit by bit until miraculously it disappeared altogether. What was at least as remarkable though, was that during the stretch the adjacent forehead, temple and scalp muscles muscles (the cause of your peripheral headaches and eye pain, by the way) abruptly let go and relaxed from trying to compensate for the misalignment of the masseters. As a result, the peripheral headaches and eye strain pain vanished immediately. Bonnie Prudden's book explains why this is so. It's really a helpful book so that you have the overall understanding of why your eyes and head hurts too during TMJ. Since then if I've an occasional twinge due to stress, I nightly resume wearing the brand name mouth guard called "The Doctor's Night Guard" well, ah... nightly, just in case I'm bruxing. And during the day I resume the cork stretching, and that does the trick. The last time I had to do so the tooth sensitivity (minor to moderate that time) was gone in less than 24 hours including time asleep. In addition, if you're suffering from TMJ, someone I know also swears by her chiropractor's use of an ultrasonic muscle massage. I personally never tried that because I never needed to, but if my suggestions do not work for you, then that might be an option as well. Otherwise do like I did and research your options before you let anyone do anything to you that very well may be irreversible.
Review: An Absolute must for TMJD Sufferers. - After suffering for at least 13 years with constant vertigo and phantom ear problems, I found the answer behind the symptoms. I had indepth testing of my ears and brain. No tumors and not even hearing loss even though my hearing was muffled. I was diagnosed with TMJD about 13 years ago but when I was told I had TMJD all that was said was I have a jaw disorder. I took it upon myself to read blogs of other TMJD sufferers and low and behold, there it was, the demand that people with this disorder must read this amazing book. It pin points trigger points and muscles and what they cause if they are in disstress. It gives exercises to help too. I love how it shows diagrams of muscles and explains the details of fascia and the workings of it all. It was short book packed with answers to long sot after questions of pain and medical issues that cannot be solved or founded. The author is a doctor who does not want surgery and pain killers and tries to help in the most common sensical way. Great book and I feel empowered and educated. It is nice to understand the workings of the amazing machine called our bodies but even more so when there is a problem. God Bless you Dr. Uppgaard for this wonderful book and those of you who suffer. There is hope!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #759,078 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #18 in Craniomandibular & Temporomandibular #420 in Musculoskeletal Diseases (Books) #2,005 in Healing |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (147) |
| Dimensions  | 5.75 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1572241268 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1572241268 |
| Item Weight  | 12 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 200 pages |
| Publication date  | January 1, 1999 |
| Publisher  | New Harbinger Publications |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Informative, empowering and effective
*by M***Y on July 23, 2007*

I caught my clenching and/or bruxing early. However I'd chipped a rear molar in my sleep. Both of my rear molar were extremely temperature and pressure sensitive to the point that eating, drinking and tooth brushing were pure misery. I suffered from a constant sick headache. Bright lights and moderately loud sounds made it feel much worse. If I happened to accidently graze a rear-upper molar with a lower one, the pain just about sent me through the roof. I seriously had visions of having both of those teeth pulled as they hurt almost as much as a bona fide toothache. Sadly this book told of desperate people who had done exactly that under similar circumstances. But their tooth remained because they never treated the cause of it. Since I found it highly unlikely that I developed abscesses in both upper-rear molars simultaneously, TMJ seemed a likely culprit. Hence I found this book: This book explains the causes of your suffering so that it's not so frightening, and it give you options so that you don't additionally feel like a powerless victim at the mercy of the overpriced and cash-crazed American medical system that seems obsessed with drugging you or cutting you. Sadly such approaches have made things far worse for TMJ sufferers, and even more sadly, they may have been entirely unnecessary for many such sufferers. While there are many alternative. noninvasive and VASTLY less expensive strategies in this book, for me hot compresses provided short-term quick tangible relief when pressed against jaw joint and muscles. In conjunction with these muscle balms such as arnica gel, its attached homeopathic pellets as well as Tiger balm provided partial temporary analgesic relief on my cheek, jaw, temple and forehead muscles so I could at least get to sleep. Just be careful not to get the stuff in your eyes. This was all fine and good for treating the symptoms of my TMJ, but it wasn't enough. I wanted the cure. For me at least, I didn't discover the REAL cure until several miserable days later which is as follows: In conjunction with the aforementioned hot compresses, it consisted of my best friend telling me about Dr. Oz's suggestion of using a wine cork vertically between the front upper and lower teeth so that the massester muscles can relax into a stretch. It really was that simple. While your masseter (jaw) muscle are stretching you can lie down, sit up, walk, drive, read, watch TV or whatever. And if your significant other ever told you to "put a cork in it," well then...there's that too. I imagine if you do an advanced Google search such as: "Dr. Oz" and "wine cork" and TMJ, that should find it quick. Be aware that like during any stretch of a spasmed muscle, masseter muscles with TMJ are particularly stiff and might even be a trifle sore thus requiring more than just a single effort, or a brief one for that matter. Keep in mind that during the first part of the stretch, your referred pain (in my case my upper-rear teeth) hurt more for a few dozen seconds. But being accustomed to that from yoga I stuck with it. You need to let go, relax and breath into the stretch. It hurt like blazes at first, but it let go bit by bit until miraculously it disappeared altogether. What was at least as remarkable though, was that during the stretch the adjacent forehead, temple and scalp muscles muscles (the cause of your peripheral headaches and eye pain, by the way) abruptly let go and relaxed from trying to compensate for the misalignment of the masseters. As a result, the peripheral headaches and eye strain pain vanished immediately. Bonnie Prudden's book explains why this is so. It's really a helpful book so that you have the overall understanding of why your eyes and head hurts too during TMJ. Since then if I've an occasional twinge due to stress, I nightly resume wearing the brand name mouth guard called "The Doctor's Night Guard" well, ah... nightly, just in case I'm bruxing. And during the day I resume the cork stretching, and that does the trick. The last time I had to do so the tooth sensitivity (minor to moderate that time) was gone in less than 24 hours including time asleep. In addition, if you're suffering from TMJ, someone I know also swears by her chiropractor's use of an ultrasonic muscle massage. I personally never tried that because I never needed to, but if my suggestions do not work for you, then that might be an option as well. Otherwise do like I did and research your options before you let anyone do anything to you that very well may be irreversible.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Absolute must for TMJD Sufferers.
*by J***L on September 20, 2009*

After suffering for at least 13 years with constant vertigo and phantom ear problems, I found the answer behind the symptoms. I had indepth testing of my ears and brain. No tumors and not even hearing loss even though my hearing was muffled. I was diagnosed with TMJD about 13 years ago but when I was told I had TMJD all that was said was I have a jaw disorder. I took it upon myself to read blogs of other TMJD sufferers and low and behold, there it was, the demand that people with this disorder must read this amazing book. It pin points trigger points and muscles and what they cause if they are in disstress. It gives exercises to help too. I love how it shows diagrams of muscles and explains the details of fascia and the workings of it all. It was short book packed with answers to long sot after questions of pain and medical issues that cannot be solved or founded. The author is a doctor who does not want surgery and pain killers and tries to help in the most common sensical way. Great book and I feel empowered and educated. It is nice to understand the workings of the amazing machine called our bodies but even more so when there is a problem. God Bless you Dr. Uppgaard for this wonderful book and those of you who suffer. There is hope!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Taking Control of TMJ by Robert Uppgaard
*by K***I on March 25, 2011*

A must read for all TMJ sufferers! I had suffered for about 3 months with TMJ when I purchased this book. It made me aware of my bad habits, especially in terms of poor posture. I have been following the exercises to improve jaw functioning as well as the 20 exercise program for about 3 weeks now and feel better. Also, the Mckenzie books recommended by the author have been very useful for my neck and back. After understanding the physiology of the temporomandibular joint from Uppgaard's book, I went to a dentist who specializes in TMJ mouth guards and had a device made for my lower jaw - its completely rid me of my pain, though the clicking persists. Previously another dentist had given me a useless mouth guard for my upper jaw, but now, armed with knowledge from Uppgaard's book, I was more involved in the decision regarding the type of device that would help my condition.

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