Headache is a common headache for many females. Some males also get affected. This pain can represent in the following ways…unexplained pain in the head, sometimes on the shoulders, temporal region of the head, neck, ears, eyes and even radiating towards hands some times. All the specialists like ENT surgeon, orthopaedic surgeon, neurosurgeon, neurophysician, dental surgeons, have done their treatment. CT scan, MRI, various blood investigations all done. Many times the patient suffers for many years & has tried all sorts of medicines with some or no relief. Due to this long standing pain & many times inability to exactly explain it to the doctor & above all the doctors cannot find the cause; the patients start feeling it might be some sort of CANCER. This cancer phobia is a very disturbing thing; for the patient & the family.

This pain comes when the person is alone; when all the work is done & wants to relax. This pain may present in many different manners. We can say that each patient may have different presentation. The only way to diagnose this type of pain is to think about it. As it is said eyes cannot see what mind does not know.

Simple advice & awareness regarding the jaw movements & its rest position may relieve the pain. This pain may be due to the over work of the jaws. So restricting the jaw movements alone can relieve the pain & agony. Some times some appliance to guide the temporomandibular joint to rest position can give miraculous results.
location of the tmj in rest position and appliance to maintaine the joint in this stable position recovers the patient in 2-3 month