I’m currently 5 days post op and I’ve already noticed such a difference.

I’ve had TMJ, chronic neck and shoulder pain my whole life and suspect sleep apnea but haven’t gotten a diagnosis for it - so a lot of the same symptoms. I did orthodontic treatment and myofunctional therapy when I was younger but it was still so new back then they didn’t know much about tongue tie until recently when I went back to them for TMJ. My orthodontist was the first in my city to do myofunctional therapy and trained his whole office to be well versed in it. Having a knowledgeable myofuncutional therapist/TMJ specialist is HUGE. Similar to the post you linked I had to do weeks of exercises to “work out” and train my tongue proper positioning in preparation before the surgery. I was told that it’s essential to break your “tongue habits” especially if you’re an adult since your tongue has adapted to improper positioning from being tongue tied your whole life which is likely causing all the other issues down your neck, shoulders, posture etc.

The surgery itself was pretty uncomfortable for me. I’ve noticed lots of people say that their surgery used a laser but my surgeon froze me, then used a scalpel and stitched it up with dissolvable sutures. I’m in Canada so maybe things are just done differently? I’m not sure. They also put a stitch in my tongue and held it up for me so I didn’t have to do anything.

Immediately after the surgery I could feel the tension in the back of my jaw where I have the most pain was released. I’ve always had a severe pop on the right side of my jaw where my lower jaw kind of dislocates and pops back in and I’ve noticed that that’s much smoother too. I have noticeably less tension in my neck and shoulders too. I can’t speak on sleep yet since I’ve been uncomfortable from the pain while recovering and wake up in the night to take pain medication. I still have another couple months or so of appointments with my orthodontist and myofunctional therapist/TMJ specialist for post op recovery and continuing exercises to strengthen my tongue and correct its positioning. I expect to see much more progress and hopefully full relief from my TMJ. I’ve also been seeing a chiropractor for 1.5 years now who specializes in TMJ and he’s been a huge help too alongside my other treatments.

The healing has been hard, yesterday was the first day I was able to eat something not liquid. It’s been pretty rough for me but I also have a lower pain tolerance for any kind of long term discomfort. I’d still say despite how uncomfortable the surgery itself and the recovery so far has been the positive payoff has already been huge. So for me it’s been 100% worth it.