Let us explain.

Many experts believe that most jaw muscle pain and tightness result from misalignment of the upper and lower teeth and how they come together when a person bites down. Some doctors call this misalignment a "bad bite" or "malocclusion."

Conventional daytime treatment for sore jaw muscles ranges from medication, therapy, and even surgery for treating the symptoms of clenching and grinding.? ?Unfortunately, each of these treatments takes time and money, is not always easy, and might not give lasting power over jaw pain.?

An alternative to these treatments is passive jaw muscle stretching. Jaw muscle stretching is a simple, natural, and more effective way to find lasting relief for sore jaw muscles, and it is something you can do on your own!

To make passive jaw stretching easy?,? a doctor specializing in facial pain created ?a? gentle jaw for his ?patients to use ?at home. The instructions for home use are simple: stretch with the gentle jaw a? few times a day ?until the pain goes away.

Many people start to feel ?improvements within a few days and often report that their symptoms are largely gone after a few weeks of consistent use.? ?After the pain goes away, we encourage users to continue using the gentle jaw to stretch each day as part of a healthy passively routine.

?Once you start passive stretching your jaw muscles, you will see why we like to say the gentle jaw is like "yoga for the jaw."

What are the scientific studies that support stretching jaw muscles that are beneficial to jaw pain? Many studies are showing the benefits of stretching skeletal muscles, including the closing muscles of the jaw. Here are a few:

1. Bruxism: Is There an Indication for Muscle-Stretching Exercises? Simone Gouw, RPT, Anton de Wijer, PhD., Nico H.J. Creugers, DDS, PhD., Stanimira I. Kalaykova, DDS, Ph.D. Int J Prosthodont 2017;30:123–132. doi: 10.11607/ijp.5082

2. Efficacy of a Dynamic Jaw Opening Device Michael D. Stubblefield, MD, Laura Manfield, MD, Elyn R. Riedel, MA, Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2010;91:1278-82.

3. Viscoelastic properties of muscle-tendon units. The biomechanical effects of stretching. Dean C. Taylor, MD, CPT, MC, USA, James D. Dalton, Jr, MD, Anthony V. Seaber, and William E. Garrett, Jr, MD, Ph.D. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 3 1990

4. A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Tailored Comprehensive Care Treatment Program for Temporomandibular Disorders Dworkin et al., Journal of Orofacial Pain, Volume 16, Number 4, 2002

5. Mobilization regimens for preventing jaw hypomobility in the radiated patient: A comparison of three techniques. Daniel Buchbinder, DMD, Robert B. Currivan, DMD, Andrew J. Kaplan, DMD, Mark L. Urken, MD. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 51, Issue 8, August 1993, Pages 863-867

6. Treatment of myogenic temporomandibular disorder: a prospective randomized clinical trial comparing a mechanical stretching device with standard physical therapy exercise. Sophie Kraaijenga, Lisette van der Molen, Harm van Tinteren, Frans Hilgers, Ludi Smeele. Cranio 2014 Jul;32(3):208-16