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Head & Jaw Pain Relief in Miami

Headaches, neck stiffness, or jaw tension that overlap and blur together? This 2-minute quiz helps you sort the pattern and find the right starting point.

Headaches & Migraines · Neck Pain · TMJ / Jaw Pain

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Connected Muscle System

Why Headaches, Neck Pain, and Jaw Tension Are Often Linked

Anatomical diagram showing cervical-to-jaw muscular chain including temporalis, masseter, SCM, upper trapezius, and suboccipital muscles

Most people with head or jaw pain assume the problem is where it hurts, the temples, the back of the skull, the hinge of the jaw. You take something for the headache, stretch your neck, maybe wear a night guard, and the cycle restarts by the next afternoon or the next morning. The pattern is frustrating because the temporalis, the muscle you clench your jaw with, fans right across your temple where headaches form, and neck tension feeds into the same loop. That overlap is why so many South Florida clients tell us they have been chasing headaches, neck stiffness, and jaw pain as separate problems without lasting change.

There is a reason the pain keeps cycling. Your jaw, temple, and neck muscles share nerve pathways that converge at the top of your spine. When neck muscles stay tight from long screen hours or clenching through I-95 traffic, those shared pathways amplify tension from one area into the others, which is exactly why headaches and migraines, neck pain, and TMJ and jaw tension so often show up together. TheraMax targets the shared pathway rather than chasing the spot that hurts.

Many clients feel the headache cycle break within several TheraMax robotic therapy visits. You finish workdays clear-headed, stop clenching through commutes, and wake up without a stiff neck feeding your next headache.

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Head & Jaw Conditions in Miami

Person experiencing headache and migraine pain in Miami

Headaches & Migraines

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Throbbing head pain and temple pressure that builds during screen-heavy workdays or tense commutes. Often starts with tightness at the base of the skull before spreading to the temples and behind the eyes.

Common Triggers

Screen-heavy desk work · Commute and traffic stress

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Person experiencing neck pain in Miami

Neck Pain

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Neck stiffness and sharp turning pain that follow long hours at a desk or behind the wheel on the Dolphin Expressway. The stiffness often locks in after sustained posture and worsens by evening.

Common Triggers

Desk and screen posture · Driving sustained posture

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Person experiencing TMJ jaw pain in Miami

TMJ / Jaw Pain

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Jaw tightness, clicking, and temple pain that spike during stressful days and worsen after clenching through long meetings. Many clients wake with a sore jaw after grinding overnight without realizing it.

Common Triggers

Stress-driven clenching · Overnight grinding

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Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to your questions about TheraMax

I get headaches that start with neck tightness. Is that a headache problem or a neck problem?

It is usually both. When the suboccipitals and upper trapezius at the base of your skull stay tight, they compress structures that refer pain upward into the temples and behind the eyes. This pattern is called a cervicogenic headache, and it blurs the line between a headache problem and a neck problem. If your headaches consistently start with neck stiffness, the neck tension is likely fueling the head pain, and TheraMax addresses the cervical chain connecting both.

My jaw clicks and my temples hurt. Could jaw tension be causing my headaches?

Yes. The masseter and temporalis muscles that control your jaw attach directly to the temple region of your skull, and when TMJ tension keeps them overloaded the strain radiates into the temples and can trigger headaches. Clicking or popping at the jaw joint is a sign the muscles around the joint are pulling unevenly. Many clients who address the jaw tension find their temple headaches reduce at the same time, because the muscular source is shared.

I clench my teeth during sleep and wake up with a sore jaw and stiff neck. What should I focus on?

Nocturnal clenching loads the masseter and temporalis while you sleep, and that tension does not stop at the jaw. The muscles of the jaw and neck share a common chain through the SCM and suboccipitals, so clenching often produces both jaw soreness and neck stiffness by morning. Addressing just the jaw or just the neck usually provides partial relief because the other half of the chain stays tight. TheraMax works both the jaw stabilizers and the cervical support muscles in the same session so neither side continues pulling on the other.

My neck is stiff after driving and I get a pressure headache by evening. Are those two separate issues?

They are almost certainly connected. Sustained posture on a long I-95 commute keeps the cervical extensors and upper trapezius under constant load, and by evening that accumulated neck tension refers upward through the suboccipitals into the pressure-type headache you feel at your temples or forehead. The pattern is predictable: the longer the drive, the worse the evening headache. Addressing the cervical muscles that accumulate tension during posture-heavy tasks is key to breaking that daily cycle.

I have pain that moves between my jaw, ear, and temple throughout the day. What condition does that sound like?

Migrating pain across the jaw, ear, and temple is a classic TMJ referral pattern. The masseter and temporalis muscles have broad attachment points across the side of the skull, and when they stay tight the pain can shift throughout the day depending on which fibers are under the most load at any given moment. Chewing, talking, and even resting your chin on your hand can change which part of the muscle is most strained. The ear involvement is common because the TMJ joint sits directly in front of the ear canal, and tension in the surrounding muscles can produce a sense of fullness or aching in the ear area.

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