28/05/2024
I was fortunate to spend the weekend in the company of so many brilliant minds at the first ever MyoFocus Functional Health Symposium. Over two days, a variety of health professionals came together to champion an interdisciplinary approach to sleep, airway and oral health.
What was particularly remarkable, in a room full of ENTs, integrative medical practitioners, orthodontists, dentists, chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists, speech pathologists, IBCLCs, naturopaths, sleep scientists (just to name a few), was the way each profession was able to demonstrate their role in this area of healthcare, while at the same time, gain invaluable insight into the roles other healthcare providers offered, with the common desire to lead with patient-based care. There was also a huge emphasis on our ability (and responsibility) to detect and manage these problems in babies and children, with much attention given to the benefit of craniofacial bodywork, as well as optimal feeding, breathing and sleep in the early intervention of things like poor mouth, jaw and facial development, dental issues, airway restriction and mouth breathing, enlarged tonsils and adenoids, poor sleep, snoring and sleep apnea.
The organisers of this event, Dr. Dan and Dr. Donny from set out to build bridges between the many professions working in these areas of healthcare and in my opinion, did precisely that 💪
I can’t forget to acknowledge the real MVPs of the weekend - my husband, mother in-law and kids! Dragging the whole family to Melbourne so mum could put on her professional hat for a moment is no simple feat, but I was so grateful and appreciative for the opportunity. Thanks fam 🥰
