Postural Disharmony Causing Myofacial Pain: A Case Report and Review of Literature of the Treatment

B R Rajanikanth; Kavitha Prasad; Sujatha S Reddy; Divya Gupta; N Rakesh; V Shwetha; T Pavan Kumar

doi:10.1007/s12663-019-01281-2

Postural Disharmony Causing Myofacial Pain: A Case Report and Review of Literature of the Treatment

J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2022 Dec;21(4):1-4. doi: 10.1007/s12663-019-01281-2. Epub 2019 Sep 13.

Authors

B R Rajanikanth¹, Kavitha Prasad¹, Sujatha S Reddy², Divya Gupta², N Rakesh², V Shwetha², T Pavan Kumar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
² Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, India.

Abstract

Myofacial pain, a chronic painful condition of muscle origin, has numerous precipitating factors, if undiagnosed or left untreated could lead to compromised function and poor quality of life. In this case report, a female patient giving a history of 10 years of pain in the head and neck region was eventually diagnosed with myofacial pain secondary to bowing posture. The patient was successfully treated with combination of treatment modalities (TENS therapy, exercises, occlusal splint, etc.), which resulted in relief from chronic pain and improvement in quality of life.

Keywords: Case report; Myofacial pain; Occlusal splint; Postural disharmony; TENS.

Publication types

Case Reports