Mparks

Christine's advice comports with that of my RO, MO, ENT surgeon, plastic reconstructive surgeon and my prosthodontist. I find it hard to believe that all of them could be wrong, that every medical study I've read, or the OCF write up on trismus could be wrong. It simply does not get better on its own.
You will feel good to know that my prosthodontist told me that the tongue depressers were just as effective IF USED as the Therabite. It's just that the Therabite makes it so easy to use and measure progress that you are more likely to use it then continue with the discipline of the tongue depressers.
I was lucky that my speech therapist at a local hospital (not a CCC)gave me a free therabite since a generous donor had paid for some to be distributed to head and neck cancer patients and I was there at the right time. Perhaps your other doctor mentioned a prescription in the chance that your insurance may cover it.