TREATMENT:

The goal of treatment is to relieve pain, improve function, and maintain a pain free condition. 

Traditional medicine does an excellent job with acute pain, but performs poorly with chronic pain. There is no definite treatment protocol for chronic pain and try multiple treatment/management modalities depends on the conditions: pain pills, stronger pain pills, long lasting pain pills, preventive pain pills, injections, physical therapy, surgical intervention, psychiatric evaluation/counseling etc. 

Alternative treatment modalities can be: periodic chiropractic therapy, craniosacral therapy, biofeedback, relaxation technique, behavioral assessment to cope with anxiety and distress, a healthy life style, good nutrition, sufficient sleep, acupuncture and acupressure, ice, adequate fluid, exercise etc.   

Common dental-treatment modalities are: various intraoral orthotic (splint), functional jaw orthopedic appliance, NTI-tss, anterior repositioning appliance, orthodontic teeth and jaw correction, and comprehensive dental work, TMJ surgery, etc.  There are also some recommended "self-care" treatment options:  resting the jaw, relaxing the jaw muscles, doing jaw exercises, keeping the teeth apart and refraining it from clenching, keeping the head neck and back up-straight to maintain a good jaw posture, eating soft food, applying ice and heat, exercising the jaw in order to restore a normal range of movement, etc. 

Often times, even after attempting all these treatment procedures you may end up with disappointment, and the goal then becomes "management" instead of treatment: force life style changes that were previously enjoyed, allow to go to work, walk around, clean the house, do outdoor activities, and ending up to "learning to live with it".   

At TMJ Head & Neck Pain Center, Dr. Kim developed a comprehensive but simple assessment and treatment protocol  based on thousands hours of continuing education, hands-on courses, extended knowledge and clinical experience in general dentistry, basic medicine, toxicology, neuromuscular dentistry, orthodontics,  holistic dentistry, dental sleep medicine, nutritional supplements, allopathic medicine, and oriental medicine.  He utilizes this protocol to his  patients  over 95% of the time with great success.  

The key for this successful treatment outcome is The Resultant Force Vector Technique.  This technique is so powerful and effective that, chronic headaches and neck pain improve in a short period of time after treatment begins without medication or painful procedures.  The relationship between the Teeth/TMJ and abnormal muscle tension, pain, and body function is frequently ignored by the medical establishment because they cannot over-ride the influence of the teeth/TMJ on the muscle pain.  The RFV Technique identifies this relationship, and is able to correct abnormal relationships between the muscles and teeth. ,

Dr. Kim was fortunate enough to learn this exceptional technique and is proud of giving a "new life" to thousands of patients who have been suffering from intractable pain and dysfunction for many years.  If you are under a long-term pain management plan and do not know what your prognosis will be, it may be worthy for you to have a second opinion by Dr. Kim