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Overview. 1  A slipped disc in your jaw can cause painful temporomandibular joint (TMJ)-related problems, including a âpoppingâ noise that originates inside the jaw joint. 2  Friction is a massage exercise. 3  The jaw stretching exercise may relieve tension in tight jaw muscles forced out of position.
Is it coming from the ear then going to the jaw, or coming from the jaw then going to the ear?. Does your jaw lock or pop? That had been happening to me for years, until recently when it really started actually hurting. I noticed that it starts in the jaw and goes to the ear, rather than the other way around.