lock jaw? IM SCREWED!

[laxkeepermem]

i woke up this morning and one side of my jaw was locked....it was really scary! it's happened before and i cant open my mouth all the way and stuff, but it has alwas popped back after a couple seconds. well, this morning i woke up with it...and its now 7 40...and its still locked. i havent been able to eat all day, except for shakes, and i've sounded a lil weird when i talk. i have a game tomorrow, which is a counter towards our finals, and a HUGE game on saturday, which counts for state. im the keeper and i have no idea how im gonna get my mouth guard in, chin strap on, and talk to my team...ahhhhhh...

[Hobbes]

Might want to see a doctor about it, it may actually be serious. What I'm thinking is that you probably slept in an odd position for too long, so it might need to be popped back in by a doctor or trainer or something. Eh I wouldn't know about that, but I do reccomend seeing a doctor if it doesn't get better.

Feel better soon.

[octlaxmc]

i woke up this morning and one side of my jaw was locked....it was really scary! it's happened before and i cant open my mouth all the way and stuff, but it has alwas popped back after a couple seconds. well, this morning i woke up with it...and its now 7 40...and its still locked. i havent been able to eat all day, except for shakes, and i've sounded a lil weird when i talk. i have a game tomorrow, which is a counter towards our finals, and a HUGE game on saturday, which counts for state. im the keeper and i have no idea how im gonna get my mouth guard in, chin strap on, and talk to my team...ahhhhhh...
what are u talking about states and finals on saturday the season just sarted man :thinking:

[Plummer]

have someone punch you in the face

[waxon]

what are u talking about states and finals on saturday the season just sarted man :thinking:

Down here in the south where we don't get much snow, we start our seasons very early. Down in Florida, we start playoffs in about a week.

[fenwicklax89]

i woke up the day of a tourney with a stiff neck. i couldnt turn by head to the left at all. now that sucks

[Darkness1]

as i fellow keeper i would get that looked at. your the lastr line of defense and if its serious hope to G.O.D. that ur back up keep is on his A-Game

[isuckatlax]

you get lockjaw from getting rust in your blood, like if you stepped on a rusty nail or something, and you didnt have a current tetnis shot(every five years??) if thats your prob then go to a doctor that sucks, and good lucjk

[laxkeepermem]

ive been heating my jaw a lot...but it still wont open all the way. i went to a doc and he said that i had TMJ, if anyone's ever heard of it. he didnt really know what else to do, so he told me to take 4 advil 5 times a day....greaaaat. and darkness...hopefully it will get better soon b/c there is no backup...im tha only one. my defense is having a hard time understanding me, and this pretty much blooowwwss
--mary

[mustangslax2]

TMJ blows, hands down. I know a few people who have it. I think it pregressively gets worse, but over a long time. I'm sorry for you. I'm a goalie as well and I understand how this hurts the defense. It must be very demoralizing.

[unholygoalie10]

dude if the day of the game its not better just force your mouth pice in and chinstrap on and tell a d guy to talk 4 u and just focuse on stoping the ball

[Jpettit25]

I've got a slight TMD that was made progressively worse sometime last year after taking a concussion from a head on collision playing lacrosse. My jaw clicks and snaps all the time, but I've never had it lock up for more than maybe 5 minutes. I wouldn't try and play through your lock jaw, because it may be the last time you play, period. What if you take a shot to the helmet?
My advice would be to start training a girl, quickly.

[laxkeepermem]

yeah so we have this massive game tomorrow and my coach said she'd get pissed if i missed practice before gameday, so i practiced, took a shot to the helmet annnd....thankfully it was a wimpy shot. now its just really sore, but if it was a lot harder...i dont even wanna think about that. Jpettit not gonna lie, im a lil bit scared of playing, specially since i constantly talk to my defense and i know im gonna wanna yell, but since we dont have any backup yet and tomorrows so big, looks like im just gonna cut my mouthpiece and put my chinstrap on extra-tight. anyway...ill b back tomorrow and tell you guys how we do...after all this, we better freakin win. lol...