Kim~
It does sound tension related...I had a friend once who had similar
sounding pain because of a very tense situation in her personal life.
A good doc will offer something to help ease the pain...although that
could interfere with your singing.
BUT I would also suggest you check out the following websites about
TMJ. See if any of the symptoms are familiar to you. If they are, go
to an MD right away:
http://www.tmjoint.com/faqsymp.html
http://www.headachestop.com/tmj.htm
http://www.smiledoc.com/dentist/tmj.html
http://www.sover.net/~enidrei/symptoms.html
Kristina
--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., "kimvox1" <kimvox1@y...> wrote:
> Hey all, wanted to run this past you to see if you had any ideas
> about what the heck is going on with my facial muscles.
>
> First off, let me say that I'm a soprano, and I have to fly to
> Chicago for an audition next week. Therefore, I may be a bit
> paranoid with what's going on, but I gotta tell ya, it's scary to
me.
>
> For about 5 days now I've had headaches and major jaw muscle
tension,
> primarily on my left side. It feels tense all the time, like the
> muscles are squeezing and won't let go. There's a bit of it going
on
> on the right side, but I think it's residual for my jaw not being
> able to relax properly. Yesterday and today, my left cheek has
been
> swollen.
>
> When I get in there and feel the muscle, it feels tight, like the
way
> a knot in your back might feel. Sometimes I feel a knot there,
just
> below my cheek bone or down and to the back, like around my upper
> molars.
>
> I'm able to open my mouth, but not to the point where I was able to
> just 5 days ago. It gets irritated if I do that (opening my mouth
> wide to sing a high note, yawn, etc) and tenses up even more. It's
> painful and annoying.
>
> I also had a cold/viral thing last week, with scratchy hot pain in
my
> right ear and upper throat. Not sure if that's realted, but I
thought
> I'd include it. I feel much better this week with regards to
that.
> i saw the doctor today, but they attributed my cheek swelling to
> residual sinus drainage and said to take Afrin. Sigh.
>
> I've seen my dentist, and she thinks it's from clenching my teeth.
I
> have a mouthguard, but got it on Monday, 2 days after the pain
> started. I find it hard to believe that the muscle tension would
come
> on so suddenly like this!
>
> I wake up feeling OK; it takes about 2 hours for the pain and
tension
> to start and then it gets worse as the day goes on.
> It feels like the spasms your facial muscles have after getting
your
> wisdom teeth out...except I had mine out in February!
>
> Does anyone have any insight, ideas, etc? I've had no exrays, MRIs
> etc. Just the doctor and dentist telling me squat.
>
> Please help! And I'm sorry to post my first post with a problem!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kim
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