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Suggest Tips To Alleviate The Stiffness In Lower Jaw
Hello, i recently has oral cancer surgery aug. 25/14 where a skin graft was used on my whole left cheek. I had over 100 disolvable, sutures and staples to close the wound and was to start radiation. On Sept. 28/14 I went back to Mount Sinai to have sutures and staples removed but one stitch was abscessed hence I was not released and am still at hospital. I was warned from beginning of surgery that I may get lock jaw for a few days but mine has just started and I cannot open my left mouth more than maybe an inch. Could you please give me some tips and or exercises that I can do on my own that will alleviate this condition or will it go away on its own? Your help is very much appreciated. Thank you, K. Dempsey, Toronto ON Canada PS: I do not own a computer, I am using the one at Mount Sinai...can you still help me?
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
It may be a muscular spasm it occurs commonly after surgery you can do icecream stick exercise to correct it put bundle of icecream stick in between your upper and lower jaw and increase the stick one by one till you can increase it and hold it there as much as you can.
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