Sound familiar?

• A patient reports headaches, jaw pain, or limited mouth opening — and you're not sure where to start.

• You refer out or deflect because TMJ feels outside your scope — but you know it shouldn't.

• Your evaluation is inconsistent. Your documentation is vague. Your outcomes are hit or miss.

• You've looked for a course, but most options are too long, too expensive, or too academic to be useful in a busy clinic.

You're not missing the skill. You're missing a system.

Introducing: Unlocking the Secrets of the TMJ

This 4-hour on-demand course gives you a complete, evidence-informed framework for evaluating, classifying, and treating TMJ-related conditions — organized into 12 focused lessons you can apply immediately in clinical practice. No fluff. Just a practical system built for real physical therapists.

A 12-Lesson Framework for Confident TMJ Care

• Lesson 1 – Introduction: Why TMJ patients are common yet frequently underserved, and how to reframe TMJ as part of orthopedic practice

• Lesson 2 – The Method: The core clinical method that drives every exam finding and treatment decision in this course

• Lesson 3 – Anatomy: The clinically relevant anatomy that actually matters — without the overload

• Lesson 4 – Key Terminology: Standardized language for documentation, communication, and confident clinical reasoning

• Lesson 5 – Etiology Part 1: Macrotrauma, microtrauma, whiplash, posture, and how mechanism of injury shapes treatment

• Lesson 6 – Etiology Part 2: Hypermobility and clenching — how to identify and address them

• Lesson 7 – Etiology Part 3: Hypertonicity and repetitive chewing — why behavior often drives symptoms more than structure

• Lesson 8 – Symptom Phenotype: Classifying nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic presentations — and why it matters for treatment

• Lesson 9 – Pathology: Disc displacement, myogenic vs. arthrogenic involvement, cervicogenic factors, prognosis, and precautions

• Lesson 10 – Movement System: Mobility: Identifying mobility limitations and designing appropriate hands-on care

• Lesson 11 – Movement System: Motor Control: Retraining jaw movement patterns and integrating cervical and postural influences

• Lesson 12 – Wrap-Up: Bringing the full system together for confident, consistent, real-world implementation