As a firefighter I do everything from fight grass fires, house fires, rubbish fires, car fires, anything that can catch on fire weâd be called for it. We go to medical calls, any time ambulances are called out we go to it. We do everything from heart attacks to small injuries to car wrecks.
These patients are very low in their self esteem. Management of patients with trismus: Treatment should ideally be directed towards managing the cause of trismus 8. If trismus is. caused due to muscle fibrosis / formation of immature scar tissue formation physical therapy. and use of trismus appliance could be of use.
It may become difficult to open and close, and you may have stiffness upon opening and closing. This stiffness can also be caused by an injection. If it was your lower teeth that were prepared for the crown, then the lower injection can lead to a condition called trismus. Trismus is a muscle injury as a result of the injection path of the needle. Trismus symptoms are much like TMD symptoms. It might feel like your jaw muscle has a Charley horse.