Jaw Treatment Options

 

Mobilization Therapy

 

Continuous Passive Motion (CPM)

The standard for orthopedic surgeries, CPM therapy is the most extensive therapy option to treat joint patients to overcome trismus, improve joint function, recover from surgery, and prevent adhesions.

 

Benefits of CPM:

  • Maximizes jaw range-of-motion
  • Nourishes joint tissues
  • Prevents post-surgical adhesions, stiffness and scar tissue for maximum ROM
  • Reduces post-surgical and chronic joint pain
  • Improves jaw function and chewing cycle
  • The standard in orthopedic surgery rehab

 

We offers two CPM devices. The Pacer vertical jaw ROM CPM and the Lateral FMA Translator CPM.

 

Passive Motion

 

Benefits of Passive Motion:

  • Prevents radition-induced trismus
  • Maximizes jaw range-of-motion
  • Nourishes joint tissues
  • Reduces joint pain
  • Improves jaw and muscle function

 

The OraStretch Press and the TheraBite Jaw Rehabiliation System provides passive motion to the joint, as does the CPM devices.

 

Static Progressive Stretching

 

Benefits of Passive Motion:

  • Permanently elongates tissues without tearing or trauma
  • Conservative treatment for severe trismus
  • Nonsurgical adhesion release
  • Increases jaw range-of-motion
  • Most expedient therapy to increase opening and range in restricted patients.
  • Relaxes and stretches muscles
  • Minimal discomfort

 

Static progressive stretching can be performed by Pacer CPM device to assist patients with severe trismus to overcome and elongate tightened tissues for increases range-of-motion.

 

Range-of-Motion Measurement

 

 

Comfort and Recovery Therapies

 

Cold\Heat Therapies

 

Hot/Cold Gel Packs

 

Cold-Compression System

  • Reduces swelling
  • Alleviates muscle spasms
  • Stabilizes injured tissues
  • Soothes and reduces pain for 4-6 hours
  • Lasts 15 times longer than ice
  • Augments pain relievers
  • Easy heat relief with hot water
  • Safer, smarter, and more convenient than ice

 

Liquid Diet Feeding

 

Zip-N-Squeeze Feeding and Liquid Pouches:

 

  • Improves nutrition and hydration