Eliminate Jaw Pain: A Case in Germany

by Fred Gallo PhD

Another case that comes to mind is that of a woman who was suffering a great deal of physical pain. I met her when I recently presented training for professional therapists in Heidelberg, Germany. At the close of the morning of the first day, one of the participants approached me to apologize that she would not be able to attend the remainder of the training since she was suffering from severe pain in her jaw that made it impossible for her to concentrate. Given her description, I assumed that she was suffering from joint dysfunction called tempromandibular TMJ, which can result in rather excruciating pain. She indicated that she was receiving treatment from a dentist and that he was going to give her a splint to wear at night.

I asked her if she would like me to apply my methods to possibly relieve the pain, to which she was skeptical but quite agreeable. So I took her though a treatment that involved tapping on specific acupuncture points on the back of her hand and under a collarbone. Given persistent treatment for approximately ten minutes, she reported that the pain was gone. I then reviewed the treatment with her and recommended that she practice it whenever pain returned, which she did with diligence. On the morning of the second day, she indicated that the pain had not returned. She remained throughout the three-day training and returned for the second section of the training a couple months later. At that time she reported that she did not have to repeat the treatments and that her jaw pain was cured. She said that her dentist was amazed.