Thrive Health & Lactation

03/08/2025

🚨 New Book Alert for Health Professionals 🚨

If you work with children and care about airway health, the way we breathe is the game-changer you’ve been waiting for.

Written by Roger Price, a leading voice in respiratory physiology, this groundbreaking book exposes the hidden crisis of dysfunctional breathing in kids — and how it’s often misdiagnosed, mistreated, or completely missed.

✅ Understand the root causes behind chronic mouth breathing, swollen tonsils, and poor sleep.
✅ Learn why airway health is foundational to growth, behaviour, immunity, and learning
✅ Get insights backed by 70 years of real-world experience, science, and clinical observation

💬 “We’re not living longer, we’re dying longer — because we’ve forgotten how to breathe.”

Pre-order now and be part of the movement to restore functional breathing from the very beginning of life.

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For Australia:

https://buy.stripe.com/28E14mayo3lP5kceVWe3e00

For USA:

https://buy.stripe.com/14AfZg21SbSl3c4dRSe3e01



https://youtu.be/xQx6kK0m-Dw?si=cqqWkaTJXJa_llnG

— with Roger Price.

"THE BOOK THAT WILL MAKE YOU RETHINK EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT HEALTH"Do you really know how to breathe?Spoiler: most of us don’t — and it’s slowly destroyin...

03/08/2025

Why your kids need specialist Myo assessment from an experienced specialist paed feeding therapist, an advanced level not in any therapists uni degree but requiring years of extra education and supervised training.

https://www.mdpi.com/2694-2526/46/1/3

With credit to Mary Billings, Linda D'Onofrio, Kristie Gatto and Robyn Walsh.

30/07/2025

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10/07/2025

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09/07/2025

Health is not often genetically determined… 8%
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08/07/2025

VACANCY Last minute cancellation spots: This Thurs 10th and/or Fri 11th July! 🌟 NDIS funding applies.

Thrive Health Intensive Therapies AKA ‘School Holiday’ NDIS & Connected Learning Program in the Port Macquarie region:
Wed 9th to Frid 11th July
9am–12pm or 9am–3pm.
Choose one day or multiple!

Our unique, neuroaffirming program supports children across:
✔️ Emotional regulation
✔️ Fine & gross motor development
✔️ Speech, oral motor, and communication
✔️ School readiness & confidence
✔️ Sensory integration & reflexes
✔️ Focus, resilience, and social skills
✔️ Recovery support before/after ENT, ties, or allergy interventions
✔️ Regulation and self-awareness
✔️ Receive new or BYO your speech/OT/EC goals

Set on 1.5 acres of bespoke designed nature play space, our day includes:
🌳 Tree climbing, gardening, water play
🧠 Reflex integration & movement-based learning
🐔 Animal-assisted social-emotional learning
🔥 Campfire storytelling, art, food prep, sensory zones
💬 Integrated OT, speech, and mindset coaching

Whether your child joins us for one day or all, we create an experience tailored to their needs, goals, and rhythm—with support from experienced therapists in a safe, inclusive space.

📍 Fully equipped indoor classroom/cabin
Outdoor permaculture food forest & gardening
📆 Wednesday 9 – Friday 11 July
🕘 9am–12pm or 9am–3pm
🧾 NDIS Provider
📧 Email us now at admin@thrivehealth.au to secure your spot—spaces won’t last!

08/07/2025

Kids do well when they CAN!!! ALL behaviour is a communication.

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🧠💤 ADHD or Just Exhausted?
“Behavioural therapy for ADHD won’t work if sleep-disordered breathing is ignored.”

Before we rush to diagnose, medicate, or implement therapy—ask this:

Is your child actually getting quality sleep?

Children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) can show the same signs as ADHD:
🚨 Inattention
🚨 Hyperactivity
🚨 Impulsivity
🚨 Emotional dysregulation

But here’s the catch—if the brain is starved of oxygen every night due to SDB, no amount of therapy can fix what sleep is supposed to heal.

🛏️ Sleep first.
🧠 Then therapy.
❤️ That’s how we truly help these kids thrive.

📣 Parents, educators, and therapists—don’t overlook the airway. It may be the root cause hiding in plain sight.

08/07/2025

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Scientists discovered a deep-sea octopus nursery where mothers brood their eggs for over four years

At 3,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered something astonishing — a hidden octopus nursery clinging to the side of an underwater volcano. This chillingly cold, high-pressure location is home to dozens of Muusoctopus robustus mothers who have settled there not to feed — but to protect their eggs for over four years, setting a new record for the longest brooding time of any known animal.

This area, known as the Dorado Outcrop near Costa Rica, was originally believed to be inhospitable. But thermal vents gently warm the surrounding water, creating a microenvironment just warm enough to help octopus embryos develop over time. Yet the tradeoff is extreme: the mothers do not eat during the entire brooding period. They cling tightly to rock surfaces and remain motionless as their eggs slowly mature.

Scientists observed this using deep-sea submersibles equipped with robotic arms and high-resolution cameras. The same females were recorded month after month in identical positions, showing no signs of movement or feeding. Their dedication is almost alien — a full four and a half years spent nurturing their offspring in complete darkness.

The long brooding time is believed to be a survival strategy. The embryos develop slowly but hatch as fully-formed miniatures ready to survive in the deep. This eliminates the need for a vulnerable larval stage, a dangerous phase in the open ocean.

Biologists are stunned by how little we still understand about deep-sea life. This single discovery challenges assumptions about cephalopod biology, reproduction, and behavior — and reminds us how much of Earth’s biosphere remains unexplored.

It's not just about octopuses — it's about alien-like strategies for survival right here on our own planet.

07/07/2025

How Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy Can Aid in the Treatment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing - SleepWorld Magazine

https://sleepworldmagazine.com/2024/08/16/how-orofacial-myofunctional-therapy-can-aid-in-the-treatment-of-sleep-disordered-breathing/

07/07/2025

https://sleepworldmagazine.com/2024/08/16/how-orofacial-myofunctional-therapy-can-aid-in-the-treatment-of-sleep-disordered-breathing/ How Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy Can Aid in the Treatment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing - SleepWorld Magazine

There has been an increasing number of studies looking at orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) as a promising adjunctive treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).1 OMT essentially helps the patient to retrain the muscles around the face, mouth, and tongue to establish correct oral rest posture a...

02/07/2025

🌟 Extra Holiday Program Places Available – Wed 9th to Fri 11th July! 🌟

Due to high demand, we've added more spots for our Thrive Health Holiday Program in the Port Macquarie region— Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th July from 9am–12pm or 9am–3pm. Choose one day or multiple!

NDIS funding applies.

Our unique, neuroaffirming program supports children across:
✔️ Emotional regulation
✔️ Fine & gross motor development
✔️ Speech, oral motor, and communication
✔️ School readiness & confidence
✔️ Sensory integration & reflexes
✔️ Focus, resilience, and social skills
✔️ Recovery support before/after ENT, ties, or allergy interventions
✔️ Regulation and self-awareness

Set on 1.5 acres of nature play space, our day includes:
🌳 Tree climbing, gardening, water play
🧠 Reflex integration & movement-based learning
🐔 Animal-assisted social-emotional learning
🔥 Campfire storytelling, art, food prep, sensory zones
💬 Integrated OT, speech, and mindset coaching

Whether your child joins us for one day or all three, we create an experience tailored to their needs, goals, and rhythm—with support from experienced therapists in a safe, inclusive space.

📍 Fully equipped indoor cabin + outdoor food forest
📆 Wednesday 9 – Friday 11 July
🕘 9am–12pm or 9am–3pm
🧾 NDIS Provider
📧 Email us now at admin@thrivehealth.au to secure your spot—spaces won’t last!

29/06/2025

Chaitanya is a must see!