Recovering from throat cancer surgery,

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Asked for Female, 49 Years

I believe i have trismus. Cannot open mouth more than one finger wide. jaw hurts. earache. Just told by physio to open and close mouth as exercise. Have seen a system called therabite....would this be of any assistance to me...as its supposed to stretch the muscles and scar tissue which might enable me to open my mouth enough to eat

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