Crazy medical question
Has anyone heard of someone's teeth hurting after a bike ride? Not sure if its a nutrition thing or a stress thing, but my wife has been getting these horrible mouth aches after she rides to the point she actually breaks down. This is very concerning and would love some direction.
Her current nutrition is Infinit which she has always taken when training for an IM. For the last couple of years she switched it up and was taking Herbal Life. She went back to Infinit for the caloric intake, but after every ride her mouth is killing her. We thought it was her gritting her teeth, but she has stopped that. She has had a lot of stress at work and I am wondering if that is playing a part. Thanks for any input anyone may have.
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My first guess would be stress related. Tyler Hamilton was famous for grinding his teeth off significantly during the TdF.
My wife has a job that is fairly high stress on a regular basis and our dentist pointed it out to her on a visit years ago. It's always monitored and she hasn't taken further steps as her teeth seem to have stabilized. Sort of funny comment from our dentist is that he knows when the economy is starting into a downturn as all the local executives start grinding their teeth at night :)
I'd have your dentist take a look and see if they can offer advice. It's typically teeth, muscles, jaws and everything related.
Tom
@Tom Glynn, Thanks for the feed back on this. I told my wife that she should go to the dentist and she is making an appt today. Again thanks.
I've had my jaw hurt after particularly stressful rides (ex, a big group ride with bad bike handlers), but not specifically my teeth. That's a new one. Yes, dentist first to see if there's anything medically wrong.
@Scott Alexander sorry it took so late to get back to you. I have family in town and you know how that is. She did go to the dentist as well as the chiropractor and a MT. All said it was stress. So she needs to dial it down a bunch at work and we are working on that . Thanks so much for all the input.