Preferred medical products. (TMJ Home Care Kit).This kit combines 4 modalities Modalities The factors and circumstances that cause a patient's symptoms to improve or worsen, including weather, time of day, effects of food, and similar factors. to provide relief from pain and dysfunction related to "closed lock" and other temporomandibular joint temporomandibular joint n. See mandibular joint. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) The jaw joint formed by the mandible (lower jaw bone) moving against the temporal (temple and side) bone of the skull. symptoms. The Soother provides heat and cold therapy, the Aqualizer is a liquid splint splint, rigid or semiflexible device for the immobilization of displaced or fractured parts of the body. Most commonly employed for fractures of bones, a splint may be a first-aid measure that allows the patient to be moved without displacing the injured part, or it for joint unloading and balancing, and the mobilizer provides exercise for the temporomandibular joint. Circle 101 on Reader Service Card or visit www.apta.org/adinfo [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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