Osteoarthritis of the Equine TMJ
horse cannot naturally lower its head and eat off the ground. And horses can injure themselves with panic reactions.
In a panicpull attempt to escape a head caught between gate and post situation my Thoroughbredcross youngster sprained his TMJ says Judy Todd a physiotherapist in Abbotsford BC. He had difficulty opening his mouth wide enough for an apple and there were some impressive clunking sounds coming from one TMJ. As a physiotherapist regularly treating human TMJ dysfunction I elected to apply some adapted treatment techniques including heatice liniments trigger point release and joint glides which I approached from the outside of his TMJ. There was no way I was going to lay my thumb down on his back molars as I would for a human! Within a couple of weeks he was functioning normally accepting the bit and expressing no concern with his annual teeth floating.
مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.
This is different to that of humans where intraarticular TMJ disease is only one subclassification of myofascial pain pain caused by muscle tension fatigue or spasm. The reason for this is that we simply do not know if horses get headaches etc. from tight muscles in their heads or other problems.
The temporomandibular joint in humans connects the lower jaw or mandible to the temporal bone at the side of the head. You can feel the joint by placing your fingers just in front of your ears and opening and closing your mouth. You feel the joint move smoothly up and down and that allows us to talk chew and yawn. Muscles control the joints position and movement.
أسعار السيارات في الآونة الأخيرة شهدت تقلبات ملحوظة، حيث تأثرت بارتفاع وانخفاض الدولار، مما انعكس على تكلفة علامات تجارية مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، ومرسيدس. و BMW هذا الارتباط بين سعر الصرف وسوق السيارات يحدد قدرة المستهلكين على اقتناء المركبات.
The challenge is that
there is no one clinical sign specific to TMD. Many of the discomfort signs horses display can often be attributed to other diseases which need to be ruled out before focusing on the TMJ.