Thrive Health - Allied Health, Wellness, Lactation, NDIS

09/03/2026

Many parents focus on routines, sleep training or bedtime schedules when their child struggles with sleep.

But sometimes the missing piece is how a child is breathing during sleep.

Breathing patterns can have a big impact on sleep quality. When children experience airway restriction or rely on mouth breathing, their bodies may work harder to breathe during the night. This can lead to restless sleep, frequent waking, snoring, or difficulty settling.

Healthy sleep supports many important areas of development, including:

• Brain development
• Emotional regulation
• Growth and repair
• Learning and memory
• Overall wellbeing

At Thrive Health, we look at the bigger picture. Our team considers the connection between airway health, oral function, feeding and sleep to better understand what may be affecting your child’s rest.

Through a multidisciplinary approach, we may support children with oral function, breathing patterns and sleep-related concerns.

If you’re worried about your child’s sleep, breathing, or snoring, early assessment can help identify potential contributing factors.

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06/03/2026

Many parents hear the term “tongue tie”, but aren’t always sure what it means or whether it could be affecting their baby.

Tongue tie can impact more than just breastfeeding. It may influence feeding, oral development, breathing patterns, sleep and overall oral function.

Because every baby is different, proper assessment is important. At Thrive Health, our team takes a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to understanding the root cause of feeding or oral function challenges.

Our team may include:

• IBCLC Lactation Consultants
• Occupational Therapists
• Orofacial Myofunctional Therapists

Working together, we support babies and children with feeding, breathing and oral development concerns — including tongue tie assessment, preparation and rehabilitation when needed.

Early support can make a meaningful difference for both baby and parents.

If you’re concerned about your baby’s feeding, breathing or sleep, our team is here to help.

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05/03/2026

At Thrive Health, our International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) work alongside OTs and myofunctional therapists to provide specialist, baby-focused support for complex feeding and developmental needs.

We support families with:
✨ Tongue tie prehab & rehab
✨ Reflux & GI dysfunction
✨ Dysphagia, laryngomalacia & stridor
✨ Intolerances & allergies
✨ High palate, teat preference & formula matching
✨ Inducing lactation
✨ Feeding support for IVF, adoption & same-sex parents
✨ Retained neonatal reflexes & head tilt

Our multidisciplinary approach means your baby’s feeding, growth and development are supported holistically.

✅ NDIS spots now available

For more information or to book:
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03/03/2026

💙 Support That Helps You Thrive 💙

At Thrive Health, we provide personalised NDIS supports designed around your goals. Whether it’s building communication skills, improving movement and coordination, supporting feeding and nutrition, or strengthening confidence and participation — our experienced team is here to walk alongside you.

We believe in collaborative, family-centred, evidence-based care that empowers individuals to grow, learn, and thrive every day.

✨ Your goals matter. Let’s achieve them together.

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02/03/2026

Appointments are currently available for babies and children at Thrive Health 🧸💛

If you have concerns about your child’s feeding, movement, speech, emotional regulation, or overall development — or you simply want reassurance — our experienced team is here to support you.

We offer specialised support including:

• Lactation & infant feeding (including ties, intolerances & breathing concerns)

• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Pathology
• Physiotherapy
• Early Childhood Development
• Play, Nature & Trauma-informed Therapy
Funding options available:
✔ NDIS (self & plan managed)
✔ Medicare rebates for up to 5 sessions with a GP EPC referral (for OT, Speech & Physio)

Early support can make a meaningful difference in your child’s confidence, development and wellbeing.

Appointments are available now.

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Supporting little lives with care 💛

28/02/2026

REWIND • RELAX • RENEW Step away from the busy pace of life and gift yourself time to slow down, reconnect, and restore your whole self.

28/02/2026

28/02/2026

28/02/2026

What a day! Thank you to all those who came to hear distinguished guests at our Breathe event today: Dr Louis Chan, Roger L Price, Shannon, Anthony & Irene from Body IQ Health- Integrative Therapies, and to support from our wonderful Dani, Christie, Hannah, Gemma from Thrive, the mini mascots and our capno volunteer!

What a privilege to have a live capnometry example recorded in Port Macquarie! And have Roger to sign copies of his book, ‘The Way We Breathe is Killing Us’.

If you’re interested in a breathing function assessment, optimising your airway, oral function or overall health, or if your child has crowded teeth, mouth breathes or sleeps with their mouth open reach out. Email admin@ThriveHealth.au to enquire about the video recording, would like to be invited along to the next one.

Breathing Well Pty Ltd - Roger Price
MyDental Care

26/02/2026

SOLD OUT in person! To access a recording, please enquire to admin@thrivehealth.au

Port Mac peeps: if you’re free Saturday morning come along to our talk if you’re interested in the health and wellness field 🙂 We have a couple of world famous, crazy qualified guests coming to little old Port!
rogerlprice
Dr Louis Chan
madebyshannonhilk
Body IQ Health- Integrative Therapies
tmjandsleeptherapycentre
MyDental Care


https://events.humanitix.com/the-way-we-breathe-is-killing-us?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQJpZdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeNvabb0M_2wS_Q9wISpvz0BMO-dsNyOmTKGvME6DElc5L40dD2K_rgq7TLYw_aem_L4ikZ_onEquK-9NcLjoF7w

World renown health leaders Roger L Price & Dr Louis Chan + locals Roger will be signing copies of his bestselling new book ‘The Way We Breathe Is Killing Us’.

23/02/2026

I find recognizing my own attachment patterns to be very helpful, BUT the original way that attachment theory was presented has a LOT of problems.

Problems with the original attachment theory include shaming people for insecure styles, moralizing attachment styles (making some good and some bad), exaggerating the causes for insecure styles (abuse is not the only cause), and writing off the disorganized style as unchangeable without significant therapy intervention.

If we understand attachment styles as extensions of our nervous system state, we can see how they are defenses against loss of connection. As a social species, connection is essential for our safety, and our body has many wise ways of attempting to restore that once it is lost. Insecure attachment is the body's wise response to attachment rupture.

Secure attachment is a privilege because many people do not have access to any safe enough people in their lives that they could possibly be securely attached to.
Please do not blame, shame, or punish yourself for having insecure attachments! We get enough of that from our hyper-individualist culture that pretends attachment is a personal issue and not a collective one.
🌠 Trauma Geek is a community education project that is made possible by patron supporters at Patreon.com/TraumaGeek
🧬 The full collection of nervous system infographics are available to view at linktr.ee/TraumaGeek
📊 Professionals can purchase infographics for use with clients at TraumaGeek.com

23/02/2026

Tuesdays filling fast in the Nambucca Valley!

Don't miss out - join our WaitList for AHA delivered multimodality therapy.
OT
Early Childhood Development and Education
Physio
Myofunctional Therapy
Feeding Therapy
Sensory/Regulation/and much more!

Join the wait list at www.thrivehealth.au

🌱 Nambucca Valley | AHA | Tuesday availability 🌱

We currently have a limited number of TUESDAY sessions available in the Nambucca Valley with our Allied Health Assistant (AHA).

Sessions can be delivered:
🏡 In your home
🏫 At your child’s school or preschool* (subject to school approval and availability)

AHA sessions are provided under therapist guidance and can support goals across:
✨ Occupational Therapy
✨ Speech Pathology
✨ Early Childhood Development
✨ Physio
✨ Educational Development

These sessions are ideal for building foundational skills in familiar, real-world environments.

NDIS funding applies

Contact our team at admin@thrivehealth.au for more info!