"Your TMJ disorder is pulling on the muscles on the side of your face and wearing on your jaw. That’s what’s caused your jaw to move to one side and become lopsided.”

As Doctor Samuels held a mirror to my face from an angle I had not seen before, I shuddered inside when I saw my disfigured face looking back at me.

“How could this have gotten so bad?” I thought.

The current treatments I was using, such as splints, mouth guards, Botox injections, and pain killers gave me nothing but partial and temporary relief. Feeling more depressed and hopeless than ever, I looked over to my husband and our two kids standing outside as Doctor Samuels sat down with an earnest look on his face.

"There must be something else you can do,” I pleaded at him. I just couldn’t spend the rest of my life with an asymmetric face, constant jaw pain, a lack of sleep, chronic snoring, hearing loss, ear ringing, and hissing sounds to boot.

Yet that was exactly what I was facing.

This was just 18 months ago... when jaw pain, ear ringing, and searing neck pain were my daily reality. Doctor Samuels warned me of what was to come: “Your facial asymmetry may become worse and more apparent,” he said. “That jaw popping will continue to get louder and you may even find your jaw locking on occasion and needing medical help to free up again. And let’s not forget tinnitus and the intense face, head, and neck pain that TMJ causes.” It had been 14 years since I’d been diagnosed. I was now only 35.

I was living life large. My career was headed toward the fast track; my love life was in full swing; and I had just purchased my first house. Life was hectic, and I loved it!

Then it started: the occasional teeth grinding and one-off loud pop when I widely opened my mouth. Then it became regular. And loud.

And by ‘loud’ I mean that a person five feet away could hear it. I quickly learned to not open my mouth all the way.

Why?

Because twice it almost dislocated when I yawned, which really scared the life out of me. And then I developed the sensation of clicking, popping, and scraping whenever I moved my mouth. It was especially disturbing when I was eating – and it provided a constant reminder to me that things were gradually getting worse.

Then I started to experience headaches a few times a week. More annoying than debilitating, they soon changed from simple stress headaches to something much, much worse.

Before I knew, I experienced eye pain in addition to a constant throbbing in my head, ringing in my ears, pressure behind my eyes, and even some blurring. Scared, I headed to my doctor's office. After a few tests, he confirmed that I suffered from cluster headaches verging on migraines. Relieved it wasn't anything more serious, I began treating my symptoms.

Then came a new set of symptoms: problems swallowing, clogged and stuffy ears, a sore neck and a backache, pain in my cheek muscles and shoulders, clenching, worsening sounds in my ears, and I had awful migraines and severe teeth grinding at night (which was so strong I broke several teeth over the years). A few more trips to the doctor and a few more tests, but still no diagnosis. I was sick and getting sicker.

I personally found this terrifying. I love music, I love talking with friends, I enjoy movies; I needed my hearing. I was scared out of my mind that I was going deaf. It began with earaches. And then ringing in the ears.

But it progressed to a kind of ‘thickening’ of my ears alongside loud rin,ging especially at night and in the early morning. All this slow buildup of pain and misery wore away at me, my health, my happiness, and my life.

It wasn't until a routine visit to my dentist when I told him about my recent medical problems (including the sounds in my ears and an annoying clicking and soreness in my jaw) that he suggested I be tested for TMJ Syndrome. Since nothing else had panned out, I agreed, and within a week I was sitting in a specialist's office with a firm TMJ diagnosis in hand.

Thankful to finally know what was causing my symptoms – and my increasing pain – I felt sure that relief would soon be on its way. It wasn't.

I remember so clearly how frightening it all was back then. I visited TMJ forums and what I read scared the life out of me. Many, many people had suffered from TMJ for decades. I learned from their comments that there was plenty more misery to come. Worst of all were the people who said their vision was becoming distorted. I was already scared that my hearing was going. To lose my sight too was beyond thinking.

It wrecked my career. I could no longer concentrate due to the intense pain in my face. It destroyed my friendships as I was isolated in the house, not wanting to see anyone as I was always grumpy from a lack of sleep. And it was driving a wedge between myself and my husband Jim, as our relationship was straining under the stress of sleepless nights… it sucked all the fun and intimacy out of our relationship.

Jim wanted to go to gatherings or take a trip, but I couldn’t go with him most of the time.

I remember on our 12th wedding anniversary, we planned to go to an old famous five-star restaurant downtown. On the night in question, I was overwhelmed with the pain in my neck, back, and shoulders, and across my jaw and the constant loud noise in my ears had really started taking its toll.

I found chewing impossible. All the popping and clicking in my jaw was driving me mad and was intensely embarrassing. Sometimes, just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, the pain in my face would keep me awake all night. And then, suddenly, tinnitus and jaw pain cranked up ten-fold. No one knew why.

According to Doctor Samuels, “I was now one of the 5% to 10% of Americans suffering from severe TMJ, face distortion, and tinnitus triggered by TMJ disorder that at the time had no real cure.

Before, all these symptoms had been debilitating. Now they were overwhelming. I could barely sleep at all with the constant ringing in my ears and pain in my upper back and neck. I was so tired that my eyes became permanently bloodshot, and I had dark bags underneath them from the heavy, never-ending facial pain.

For a while I could dampen the pain with painkillers and jaw muscle relaxants... but now nothing I tried could block out the relentless heavy facial aches and asymmetric face.

Depression set in. I became so angry and short-fused that I was constantly snapping at my husband Jim for nothing. He was just trying to help.

Years passed without any solution in sight, and I became obsessed with the subjects of holistic health and nutrition. I wanted to know everything there was to know about how to heal TMJ and tinnitus and prevent it permanently – I've been absolutely consumed by this quest. So I started studying – and hard! I bought every book on facial and jaw pain, teeth grinding, nerve damage, sinus issues, hearing loss, tinnitus, mouth and muscle therapies, oriental medicine, detoxing, dieting, and nutrition that I could get my hands on.

I spent hours at the library swallowing stacks of books, journals, and magazines about TMJ, tinnitus, bruxism, and nutrition and reading every word. I have literally read hundreds of medicine books from cover to cover. My library quickly grew to over 327 health and nutrition books, and I read every word almost to the point of memorizing them.

But I didn't just read. I interviewed countless other TMJ sufferers and endlessly picked the brains of every doctor, chiropractor, dentist, neurologist, osteopath, herbalist, homeopath and naturopath who was kind enough to lend me minutes of their time and fragments of their expertise and knowledge, but I did not find a solid solution to my TMJ and tinnitus.

He worked at the General Hospital in Boston, ranked in the top 10 in the USA for TMJ treatment. I hoped for a way out of this waking nightmare of noise, pain, and disability.

The doctor cleared his throat…

“There is something we can do,” he said.

My head jerked towards him excitedly.

“We can try jaw surgery,” he said.

We can get you booked in right now.

I had tried surgery before and only ended up with more popping and clicking in my jaw.

Even I was surprised at my reaction. I used to be so easy-going.

I’d smile at everyone I met – until this condition got me in its unrelenting grip. But that’s how low TMJ pain and tinnitus had dragged me down.

At that moment, I felt hope itself draining from my body. My shoulders sank and my head bowed as the heavy realization set in. I was going to be stuck in this painful, debilitating condition for the rest of my life. The words came slipping out of my mouth to my husband.

I was angry at the doctors, the dentists, the chiropractors, and the therapists who had no answer for me, not even a reason as to why this was happening. For 14 years, they had done practically nothing to help. But most of all, I was angry at myself for being so helpless.

All I wanted was to get back to my old self again. My old face. No pain. No loud pops when opening my mouth wide. No ear ringing. But I couldn’t. I didn’t know how.

I’d done that a million times due to my progressing TMJ and tinnitus.

You see, I always wanted to travel to Asia.

And as I was drowning my sorrow while surfing the Internet, an ad popped up for a cheap last-minute flight to Hong Kong, leaving the next day. Before I could think about the pain, irritation from tinnitus, and embarrassment of flying across the world with my ‘new asymmetric face,’ I bought the ticket and began packing.

I thought it couldn’t be more painful than staying in my house.

After tossing and turning for about 12 hours, as tired as I had ever been in my life and tortured with ear ringing and jaw pain, I checked in and then got out of the hotel and sat down at the first restaurant I could find.

Then something bizarre happened.

An old Chinese woman came over to me and, without saying a word, poured me a cup of Chinese tea.

Then, before I could order, she looked at me with empathy.

And then asked with slightly broken yet clear English: “TMJ?” “Yes!” I replied with the most surprised expression on my tired, painful face.

“How did you know?” I asked her.

She smiled and said, “Your jaw. I see. You wait, OK?” and disappeared into a tiny room next to the kitchen.

Well, I was shocked, but what else could I do other than drink my tea and wait for her return?

Before I knew it, the old lady came back with a yellowish, worn out notebook and handed it to me: “You read this and you do this, OK?”

Before I could ask "why" and "what," she gently placed the palm of her hand on my shoulder and said, "You be healthy, OK?" I thanked her and ordered some soup. Then I quickly opened the notebook. It had all sorts of illustrations of human heads, human jaws, facial expressions, arrows surrounding them, neck movements, postures and so on. Each illustration was accompanied by instructions in Cantonese.

She said that her husband (who was at the time 95 years old) had once suffered from TMJ disorders. He also had a dislocated jaw and noise in his ears, and the exercises in the notebook had been copied from an ancient remedy book given to him by a Chinese monk on a road trip 31 years ago.

The old lady added that, by following the exercises in the notebook for only several minutes daily, her husband became completely free from TMJ pain and tinnitus.

I ran back to the hotel with excitement and quickly faxed the notebook to a friend in Ohio who was born and raised in Hong Kong and pleaded him to translate the text in these 50-something pages into English and mail it over to me a.s.a.p.

For the next 7 days, I devoted each morning to following the instructions with the illustrations in the notebook exactly.

I invested about 3 to 5 minutes a day... and after 8 days, something miraculous happened:

For the first time in years, my jaw loosened up and I felt no pain. I looked in the mirror and the asymmetry was gone.

And guess what? The noise in my ears that was driving me crazy was gone.

I also had energy like a 12-year-old...

I ran back to the restaurant. It was approx 10 p.m. and it was still open. The mysterious woman came up to me from behind and asked in broken English:

“Now, how you feel?”

Believe me when I say…

Her name was “Chunhua.”

As we began to chat, she told me she came from a small village in southeast China.

She immediately recognized my TMJ condition because of my facial asymmetry and knew for sure that the information in the notebook that once helped her husband get rid of his TMJ would be a life saver for me.

I ate at Chunhua’s restaurant every day of my trip.

But even more importantly, I squeezed every drop of knowledge that I could possibly get out of her. And she was more than happy to share it with me.

A couple of days before I left, she made me promise, and I swore I would keep it.

She said that since so many people in the Western world suffered from TMJ and tinnitus like I did, I should go back and help them with everything I had learned.

“Go help those in need,” she made me promise!

After more than 14 years of diligent work and in-depth daily research, after experiencing several eureka moments, and after a long process of trial and error and dozens of interviews and self-experiments, who would have believed a worn out notebook from an old lady who works in a restaurant in Hong Kong would be the simple yet brilliant solution I has searched for - for so long! From all the truth and evidence, misconceptions and lies... the TMJ puzzle had finally been solved.

It took me a few more years working with three chiropractors and two dentists, who were also friends of mine from Sweden, to polish, refine, and perfect the 3-minute exercise protocol and to know exactly what worked and what didn't. Yes, after desperate trial and error, countless of useless treatments, disappointments, pain, frustration and agony, a simple 3-minute exercise system opened the door to my new and much brighter TMJ- and tinnitus-free life. I was also excited to see that my TMJ and other related symptoms had dramatically diminished. After years of suffering, I was finally free from TMJ and tinnitus!

Which doctor, chiropractor, or nutrition specialist is right for you? If the diagnosis is tricky and the source of the pain is so unknown – or impossible – to pin down, then you may as well gamble for a solution.

What was amazing to me – and it took me quite a while to realize this – was that the experts I saw didn’t actually know how to cure TMJ, not to mention my tinnitus.

To their credit, most of them didn’t pretend that they did. But it was so incredibly frustrating…

On the one hand, they were honest enough to admit the causes were varied and not properly understood. Yet, on the other hand, some of them recommend a solution. … a pricey one…

But they actually said they offered no guarantees it would work! I still remember my initial shock at the realization that...

And me?

I had no clue.

I was the rabbit in the middle being experimented on. I just had to cross my fingers and hope the outcome would be positive.

There's a standard surgical remedy for jaw and tooth pain caused by TMJ… Only sometimes and not in all cases. And if this doesn’t work for me, then what? Perhaps a nerve stimulator will help?

And how about decompression surgery?

Surgery should be considered when there is a clear structural reason for TMJ that can only be improved with surgery.

Whenever you undertake permanent, irreversible procedures such as braces, equilibration, and arthroscopic surgery, you run the risk of permanent changes being made to your mouth and jaw alignment.

Before undergoing any irreversible surgical/dental procedure, such as braces, equilibration, or surgery, I would strongly advise that you get the opinion of at least two specialists in the field to see that the procedure will bring about significant enough improvement to justify both the high expenses and permanent effects of the surgical procedure.

In addition to the irreversible results that surgical and dental procedure can cause, these procedures are also very expensive. One of my surgeries was going to cost $7000. The doctor admitted he was not certain it would even work. And most are not covered by your health insurance, not to mention the serious complications that may result from such an invasive surgical procedure.

From my extensive research, I realized that TMJ didn’t just exist in the jaw and neck area – it existed in the entire upper body.

As with most chronic health conditions, there are many causes. In other words, the jaw, the shoulders, your back, your posture, even the way you breathe all contribute to your TMJ pain.

One of the great things about these exercises is that they involve little to no effort and sweat. Not only are they easy to follow, but also they are very relaxing and they give you extreme amounts of energy.

You can do the vast majority of these movements while sitting watching TV and even while cooking or reading. The exercises are not intense. You just need to do a little every day. And they focus on different areas:

• The jaw
• The throat
• The tongue
• The shoulders
• The neck
• The body

The beauty of these exercises isn’t just the simplicity of them. It’s that you can leave out ones that you prefer not to do. Just do the ones you like.

The jaw exercises focus on the various jaw area pains directly and help fix the asymmetry.

A number of others focus on loosening and relaxing the throat and tongue.

Between them, the exercises not only loosen and relax the throat and tongue but also loosen up your shoulders and neck – and even help open your sinuses.

Then there are body movements. These mainly target the shoulders and neck area.

Tension here is directly related to the jaw. These movements reduce tightness and stress that could also be causing your TMJ.

There are also breathing exercises:

Breathing movements not only reduce physical tension; they reduce stress. Stress causes physical tension – and physical tension leads back to emotional tension. They’re so closely linked.

All the exercises/movements are extremely easy, simple to follow and very relaxing.

The TMJ No More™ system addresses the internal problem that is causing your TMJ and related tinnitus and fixes it permanently. By tackling all TMJ contributing factors using a holistic, multi-dimensional approach, the plan ensures the permanent eradication of the TMJ internal environment. Thus you will enjoy lasting freedom from TMJ disorders and tinnitus and finally will be able to:

• Eliminate TMJ disorder, tinnitus, and teeth grinding safely and permanently without the side effects of drugs or the risks of surgery.
• Instantly eliminate all TMJ-related symptoms such as clenching, painful locked jaw and jaw snapping, sounds or pain in the ear or behind the eyes, a sense of fullness in the ears, headaches, and neck, jaw, shoulder and facial pain that may accompany your TMJ condition.
• Eliminate the tension, anxiety, agitation, and exhaustion from TMJ - in a matter of days.
• Be able to finally sleep well at night without pain.
• Feel happier, calmer, and more relaxed.
• Feel lighter, healthier, and more energetic, and look younger.
• Enjoy increased mental clarity, enthusiasm, and vitality.

• TMJ No More™ contains the PERFECT set of exercises. Simply put, to get rid of TMJ pain, reverse facial asymmetry, and stop related tinnitus, you need a complete and targeted set of exercises (most programs provide only a few), and to work long term, the exercises should focus not only on the jaw but on each section of the upper body as well.
• TMJ No More™ is customizable for your unique condition - dvery person is completely different. That's why the TMJ No More system includes guidelines on how to customize the strategies and methods. You will be taught step-by-step how to be your own 'scientist' and detect subtle factors within your own body that need attention while working with the plan to overcome your TMJ.
• TMJ No More™ is a lifetime solution that helps you to permanently prevent, not just deal with, TMJ and tinnitus. Rather than fully empowering you, most other methods offer coping strategies for TMJ symptoms and tinnitus once they occur. TMJ No More will show you a unique set of protocols and exercises that can free you from ever having another TMJ disorder and tinnitus again - if followed correctly. The program delivers LASTING results. By using the correct approach found in the program, you will never have to suffer from another related symptom in your lifetime.
• TMJ No More™ was authored by a real TMJ disorder and tinnitus sufferer.
  For more than 14 years I suffered from recurring and often severe TMJ disorders, tinnitus, and teeth grinding. This program is not full of theories written by some science geek who never suffered from TMJ. I used this system myself and still follow it as we speak. I practice what I preach. Everything you will read was written from a personal perspective with personal experience and personal research - without any technical jargon.
• TMJ No More™ is interactive: The program shows you exactly how to overcome your TMJ Disorder WHILE you follow it.
  As soon as you start following the methods in the program, you will immediately see results. With TMJ No More, you will start noticing dramatic positive results almost instantaneously as you start following the techniques in the program. And the more you advance in the program, the more you will feel empowered.
• TMJ No More™ is practical, not demanding and difficult, and it works FAST. Many TMJ programs are very demanding, difficult, and sometimes downright unrealistic. The TMJ No More system is easy to naturally incorporate into your lifestyle. You will not have to go too far out of your way to follow the instructions, nor will you have to make unreasonable commitments to outrageous and absurd regimes or schedules.
• TMJ No More™ is easy to understand and logically designed. Don't worry about not knowing much about human anatomy or medical terminology. I wrote the TMJ No More plan with the layperson in mind. It is presented in an easy-to-understand language and an easy-to-follow, logical, and organized format.
• TMJ No More™ is continually updated. I learn new things every single day from continued research, testing, and experimentation. I also get a lot of ideas as to how I can improve TMJ No More from the men and women that I counsel. I am therefore constantly refining and perfecting TMJ No More. These updates, no matter how extensive, are made available to my previous customers for free!