TMJ therapy in Coquitlam.

Walk west along Pinetree Way then south on Glen Drive, about seven minutes, to the office tower at 3007 Glen Drive, suite 204 on the second floor. Paid underground parking is in the building, and the Coquitlam Centre lot across the street offers free three-hour parking.

Yes. Jaw pain that starts after a crash is covered under ICBC's pre-approved physiotherapy, and no referral is needed. Bring your claim number to the first visit and we direct bill. Extended health plans are direct-billed up to your plan limit for non-ICBC cases.

Only if you want that. Intraoral work, done gently with a gloved finger inside the mouth, is optional and consent-based. Plenty of people get results from outside-the-mouth jaw and neck treatment and a home program, and you can say no to intraoral work at any point.

Sometimes. A physiotherapist treats how the jaw moves and calms the muscles and joint down. A dentist checks your bite and makes a night guard if you grind your teeth. We do not make night guards or change the bite, so when grinding is a factor we work alongside your dentist.

Mild jaw tension from stress or a short bout of clenching often settles in 4 to 6 visits. Jaw pain that started after a car crash, or clicking and catching that has been going on for months, usually needs 8 or more sessions paired with a home program. Your physiotherapist gives you a realistic range once the first assessment is done.

The first visit runs roughly 45 to 60 minutes. Your physiotherapist checks how far and how smoothly the jaw opens, tests the muscles around the joint, and screens the neck, since jaw and neck pain often travel together after a crash. Treatment starts the same day.

Yes. The muscles that close the jaw run up into the temple, so clenching and grinding commonly refer pain there and can feel like a tension headache. At Coquitlam we assess the jaw, temple muscles, and upper neck together rather than treating the headache in isolation.

TMJ physiotherapists at Coquitlam are registered with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC and have completed post-graduate training in jaw and orofacial physiotherapy, covering intraoral assessment technique, orofacial muscle testing, and jaw-specific manual therapy that a general physiotherapy degree does not include on its own.