Trismus, also known as lockjaw, is caused by trauma or injury to the mastication (chewing) muscles. You need your mastication muscles for chewing your food and opening your mouth. Without it, it would ...

Lockjaw (trismus) is a painful condition that limits your ability to open your mouth all the way. It occurs when the muscles you use to chew spasm, meaning they can’t relax completely. The term ...

That tight feeling in your jaw during intense workouts isn’t just a sign of concentration or effort, it’s actually creating a cascade of muscular tension that’s limiting your strength, endurance, and ...

Where your lower jaw meets your skull, in front of your ear, you’ll find your TMJ, or temporomandibular joint. Problems with this joint or the surrounding muscles can result in temporomandibular ...

Chewing gum may enlarge your masseter muscles, which are the muscles near your ears. But it would take years of chewing gum for around 6-8 hours a day to make a visible difference. To actually change ...

As people age, the shape of their face begins to change. As fat builds up in the neck, the skin begins to sag and the jaw muscles begin to shrink. This may cause your jawline to become less defined.

Human anatomy still has a few surprises in store for us: researchers at the University of Basel have discovered a previously overlooked section of our jaw muscles and described this layer in detail ...