Breathing Techniques for Childhood Asthma In part 1 of Breathing Techniques for Childhood Asthma we discussed what normal breathing should look like, how asthma develops in children and what can trigger an asthma attack. Welcome to part 2: Symptoms in Children Coughing! Often this is the only symptom. It will start right after the child has been walking, laughing, running […]
Read more ›Breathing Techniques for Childhood Asthma Part 1 Breathing techniques for childhood asthma can help with mild to severe conditions. Asthma is the leading chronic disease in children. Currently, there are over 5.1 million children under the age of 18 who have asthma. That is one out of every 12 children. There is no cure for asthma but with the right […]
Read more ›How to Correct Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders How to correct Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders by re-educating facial and oral muscles with simple exercises. Patients often want to know, “does swallowing and tongue placement during rest really matter”? The answer is absolutely! Right from birth, the tongue plays a major role in feeding, speech development and facial and cranial growth. Correct tongue placement naturally […]
Read more ›How Shallow Breathing Affects the Body How shallow breathing affects the whole body and for many, this type of breathing is becoming a habit that needs to be addressed. Have you ever watched a new born baby breathe? They naturally breath through the nose, filling the lungs. You can see the belly expend and the chest rise as they inhale […]
Read more ›Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) is a condition that was first recorded at Stanford University. Similar to obstructive sleep apnea, the soft tissue of the throat relaxes, reducing the size of the airway which momentarily cuts off breathing. The body senses that it’s not getting the required oxygen and will react by “arousing” the body. These disturbances […]
Read more ›Buteyko Breathing or Breath Re-education Buteyko Breathing or breath re-education was developed by a Soviet doctor named Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko. The Buteyko method emphasizes the importance of nasal breathing. Healthy breathing should be natural, silent and through the nose. Yes, the nose was designed and put on your face for a reason. As a dental hygienist and oral myofunction therapist, one […]
Read more ›Can Myofunctional Therapy Be Done Remotely? Can Myofunctional Therapy be done remotely during COVID? The answer is “yes”! Many therapists are using teleconferencing, ZOOM or FaceTime to give their patients an alternative way to attend therapy. Here are some tips to setting up tactile therapies: Make sure that your patient understands the platform; Zoom, Skype etc. and the tech part […]
Read more ›Functional Frenuloplasty for a Tongue-Tie Functional Frenuloplasty for a tongue-tie for a full recovery. What is a tongue-tie and why it should be treated? Tongue-tie or Ankloglossia, although often not diagnosed, is a condition present at birth. It’s when the band of tissue, called the lingual frenum, is either too thick or too short, restricting the range of motion and […]
Read more ›Myofunctional Therapy for Children Myofunctional Therapy for children because the first steps are the most important. Imagine building a skyscraper on an unstable foundation or starting a garden without first preparing the soil. A bad start seriously affects the later work. But if it’s a good, solid start everything that follows is natural and easy. The same holds true for oral […]
Read more ›Benefits of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) The benefits of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) are many faceted. If you are among the millions who suffer from sleep apnea, bruxism, TMJ, malocclusion or any number of disorders and are looking for treatment, you may have stumbled across the term Myofunctional Therapy. The broad goals of OMT are to modify behaviors, stop parafunctional […]
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