platypodes
New Member
Eight years ago I had a surgical procedure on my jaw and have had chronic pain in the incision site (chin) since then. I’m still on the fence as to whether my pain is structural, TMS, or a combination. It’s pretty clear that my muscles are in spasm when the pain is really bad because they twitch and feel very tight. So my question is, can actual spasms be caused by TMS? The other theory is that the scar tissue is pulling on the muscles and thus making them spam. Also, substances that relax the muscles (Ativan, Flexeril) tend to make the pain decrease. In fact, I once went off Flexeril for several months and had to go back on because my pain got so much worse. I’m wondering if anyone else has any insight or experience with muscle spasms.