Yet another great thing about the internet

[yendi]

No matter what minor or odd ailment you have, there's someone else out there who shares it.

(Yeah, I've been prone to under-chin cramps ever since I was about sixteen. It's not fun.)

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[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

OMG, it's the WORST PAIN EVER. I also suffer.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

I get those too! Usually when I'm yawning and trying not to. How ridiculous is it to get a cramp from yawning?

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

*former LMT lifts her hand*

The muscles under your chin and around your throat and jaw are often subject to spasm and overwork, and almost everyone who has them touched finds them tender. I am not at all surprised at your problem.

Alas, they're all very near nerve bundles and your windpipe, so most LMTs avoid them (and should) unless they're specially trained.

[gingicat]

Huh. It sounds like TMJ, but in a completely different part of the head/neck area.

[yendi]

That's how almost all of mine come on, too.

[yendi]

The worst part is that it always seems to happen at work (or at school, originally), in some place where I can't simple scream in pain if I don't want 80 people looking at me.

Actually, no. The worst part is the pain. But the other thing sucks, too.

[yud.livejournal.com]

I had a really painful one of those when I was a teenager. Since then whenever I feel one starting I push on it with my thumb and that seems to stop it from cramping all the way.

I recently discovered that my wife's snow allergy is actually a known medical condition: cold urticaria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_cold_urticaria).

[yendi]

You know, it never even occurred to me to ask an LMT about it (even though it was clearly a muscle that was cramping). It happens rarely enough that I don't think it's worth seeking out a specialist, but man, is it not fun when it happens.

[yendi]

I hadn't realized that TMJ triggered muscle cramps; I always thought it was acute pain in the jaw/ear/face.

[yendi]

Yeah, pushing on it also works for me, but in mid-yawn, I often catch it too late.

That's incredible about the snow allergy - it seems like one of those conditions that shouldn't exist, but clearly does.

[gingicat]

It always feels like muscle cramping to me; it's not so much painful as "not being able to go there", like a pair of pliers on the wrong setting.

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

*nods* Your instinct is right. It is muscle cramping (for the most part).

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Nah, getting it "fixed" is probably more trouble than it's worth. Your best bet is prevention/being mindful of conditions that create it. And probably Naproxen/some NSAID if it lasts too long. :)

[rain-herself.livejournal.com]

I get nose cramps.

[mermaidnchains.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only one, too. Glad to know Im not a lonely sufferer.

[slitterst.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Those cramps hurt like a... something that hurts a lot.

(ok, so my analogy circuits are offline today.)

[mycroftca.livejournal.com]

Mine got better when I started to drink lots more water, and very little soda.

Just sayin'.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

one of my gf's suffers from cold urticaria.

And I get those same cramps, occasionally.