Why Your Dental Team Referred You for TMJ Support
TMJ symptoms are rarely just a “jaw problem.” Muscle tension, neck posture, nervous system stress, and chewing patterns all influence how your jaw functions and how well your dental treatment works.
📍Waltham, MA: Serving Boston and the surrounding area as New Englands #1 Resource for Integrative TMJ Care at The Flossery.
Why Physical Medicine Is Essential in TMJ Care
Approximately 70–80% of TMJ cases are primarily muscular, involving the masseter, temporalis, and pterygoid muscles that control jaw function. These muscles are directly influenced by neck position, upper-back mechanics, and posture. If cervical and postural drivers aren’t addressed, treating the jaw muscles or attempting to correct joint mechanics alone will not produce lasting change. True corrective TMJ care requires addressing the muscular and postural system together, which is why physical medicine is a non-negotiable part of effective TMJ co-care.
Benefits of Physical Medicine For TMJ Patients
We are the only facility in New England to combine our areas of speciality to provide you the most integrative and comprehensive solution to your TMJ pain.
We built our Integrative TMJ Program differently, because healthcare should respect your time, intelligence, and goals.
Physical medicine inclusion into your TMJ evaluation and treatment has many purposes and benefits:
Support your dentists TMJ or bite treatment
Reduce muscle tension pulling on the jaw joint
Improve neck and postural mechanics affecting the jaw
Help dental appliances work more comfortably and effectively
What physical medicine isn’t:
Long-term Physical Therapy or Chiropractic care
A replacement for dental treatment
A generic massage or soft tissue session
Why We Are Different
Our physical medicine care is built around clinical efficiency, not visit volume.
1. Speed To Recovery
We focus on resolving the problem, not managing it indefinitely.
2. Integrated Sessions
Each visit may include a combination of chiropractic care, corrective exercise & physical therapy, soft-tissue therapy, red light therapy, shockwave, STIM, Heat/Ice and other neuromuscular modalities all in one session.
3. Clear Plans, Clear Outcomes
Short, structured plans based on your diagnosis and individual clinical presentation - not open-ended care. Every minute in the clinic is designed to move you forward , not just check a box.
What Care Looks Like
Grounded in Research. Guided by Clinical Experience.
Most patients complete a focused 4-visit series, 1x/wk for 4wks:
Each visit is 30 minutes one on one with Dr. St Jean
Clinical soft tissue/manual therapy, joint mobilization and manipulation
Shockwave and red light (as appropriate)
STIM/Heat/Ice (as appropriate)
Functional Rehab & Physical Therapy
At-Home Sleep Support and Posture Exercises
Care is efficient by design, especially for patients traveling from outside the area. Many of our patients are traveling from different states and therefore we have crafted an expedited process to get you the outcomes you deserve with minimal time and effort.
Why Flossery Clinicians Recommend Physical Medicine
No long-term contracts. No unnecessary visits.
Real People, Real Results
We serve the Merrimack Valley and beyond for Clinical Soft Tissue Sessions in Andover, MA
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Dorchester, MA
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Andover, MA
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Somerville, MA
A low-commitment, relief-focused, clinically grounded recovery experience that feels safe, professional, and customized.
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N. Reading, MA
Insurance Used Strategically, Not as a Limitation
We use insurance in a way that supports your recovery, not our billing - while still delivering high-quality, integrated care.
Because insurance often limits how care is delivered, we use it where it makes sense, and supplement it with services that prioritize outcomes, not billing codes.
This allows us to:
Spend more time with you
Use advanced therapies when clinically appropriate
Focus on recovery, not paperwork
Our team will explain your benefits clearly and transparently so there are no surprises. In-network with: BCBS, HPHC, MGB, Aetna, Cigna, Medicare Non-Par, Uni-GIC. Out of network with: Tufts, United, Military Insurance. On average, most patients will pay for care over 3 months for a total out of pocket cost between $277.67 - $396.33/month.
Ready To Recover?
Care designed to resolve the problem, not manage it indefinitely.