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Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) is exercise-based therapy for the face, mouth, lips, and tongue to help improve breathing, sleeping, chewing, swallowing, speech, jaw pain and orthodontic concerns.

02/04/2026

I see it ALL the time...
Investments in your time & finances only to help with symptoms not CAUSE.
Lets talk about the 3 below 👇:
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1. Night Guard
GOOD for protecting the teeth! Thats IT!
They don't treat TMJ, clenching & grinding, or airway concerns. You want to find out the reason WHY & not cover the symptoms. In certain cases they actually make matters worse and they are not CHEAP appliances that need to be replaced at least every 2 years.
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2. Mouth Tape
The controversial airway subject.
Its used as a TOOL not a SOLUTION.
Taping your lips shut will not turn you into a nasal breather. It does not fix the underlying habit or address the airway obstruction (if there is one). Its used as a reminder tool, thats it.
It can actually make matters worse so use it with CAUTION!
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3. Botox
It doesn't treat the root cause. It paralyzes the muscles creating relief that often fades over time & your body can actually build resistance over time. In some, it actually make pain worse.
Botox weakens the masseter muscle, which can worsen sleep apnea and airway issues.
How?
Injecting it in the masseter muscle "shirnks" it over time. If you have any sleep disordered breathing concerns, when you sleep the muscle will not be able to support holding that jaw forward and the jaw will sink further and further back exacerbating sleep disordered breathing.
AND whats attached to the jaw? THE TONGUE 👅!!!
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If you struggle with clenching, jaw tension, poor sleep, airway concerns comment "HELP" and we look to start a myofunctional assessment and see what steps to take first!

01/27/2026

How does your body work around improper tongue function?
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🔴 Mouth breathing
🔴 Tension (often in head neck area)
🔴 Poor sleep QUALITY
🔴 Swallowing patterns
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Myofunctional Therapy helps retrain our oral muscles that that our function is no longer compromised and working like it is supposed to!

01/21/2026

These are the most common I see in practice when assessing for myofunctional disorders, in both adults and children. They are not the ONLY symptoms we see there are many that you may not even realize how it is connected to your airway health!
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When we can connect the dots with oral dysfunction we support better breathing, sleep, development, digestion and much more.
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Comment IM READY to start your airway journey! :)

01/15/2026

Expansion is not just for children, adults can benefit as well.
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MARPE uses tiny screws that are anchored to the palate to widen the upper jaw, allowing for skeletal expansion in older teens and adults whose palatal suture has fused. It applies force to the bone rather then teeth improving bite problems, creating space for crowded teeth and enhancing nasal cavity volume reducing nasal resistance and improving airflow.
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When the tongue can not properly fit in the upper palate due to how high and narrow the upper arch is, expansion is the best option to allow for tongue space leading to proper tongue posture, and increased nasal cavity volume.
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Think about it!
THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH IS THE FLOOR OF YOUR NOSE. The higher your palate is the smaller the nasal cavity is.
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At the start this client came to improve their breathing, both day and night. We started with myofunctional therapy to address nasal hygiene, tongue posture, and lip seal.
After many consults on different orthodontic options choosing MARPE was the no brainer as we wanted to address airway health not perfect teeth.
This treatment is still ongoing and what you see here is 4 months worth of expansion, as you see in the "progress" photo clear retainers were added to address the spacing that is created to avoid "gaps" in teeth due to expansion.
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In just 4 months client reports:
"The difference in my breathing is phenomenal!! Night and day difference. My husband says I don't snore at all anymore. I wake up so refreshed and I'm not waking up at all overnight anymore. I am so glad I went through with this procedure, it's been life changing. I'm looking forward to seeing how much more room my tongue has when everything is finished."
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I am so excited for this client as we continue with them on their airway journey, focusing on the 4 goals of myo. It takes time but the life long health benefits is timeless.
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Special shout out to .dental & on this amazing case.
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If your nose feels constricted and you've been told "everything looks fine" lets talk!

01/03/2026

🎆 HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎆

Its that time of the year where most of us set goals like improving overall health, becoming more organized, or perhaps reading more (thats mine!).
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Did you know that your tongue posture can effect all those goals by:
🔴 mouth breathing
🔴 contribute to poor sleep quality
🔴 brain fog/irritability
🔴 facial and jaw development outcome
🔴 improper oral posture
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When we position the tongue in correct oral posture this helps:
🟢 nasal breathing
🟢 support facial growth
🟢 sleeping better = more energy = THRIVING
🟢 focus (able to sit and read that book!)
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If your want to sleep better, breathe with your nose, and thrive in life/overall health then this might be the first step you take.
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Comment THRIVE or send a DM and learn how Myofunctional Therapy can help you or anyone in your household. When you Breathe & Sleep you THRIVE!

06/18/2025

Nasal Breathing, Its a VIBE!
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Breathing through your nose slows down your air intake. By slowing down the breathing we stimulate the vagus nerve.
This calms and repairs our nervous system.
Not only does this calm us but by breathing less air we allow the gases of carbon dioxide and nitric oxide to accumulate in the blood, resulting in increased blood circulation and improved oxygen delivery to the body and the brain.
Ironically even though we are breathing slower and less air in we are actually supplying more oxygen to our body tissues and brain.
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06/11/2025

When it comes to your nose👃

1. Keep it Clean:
Use saline rinses or sprays (), aromatherapy inhalers (), diffusers, humidifiers etc. Avoid irritants like cigarette smoke and strong perfumes. Stay hydrated!

2. Keep it Clear:
Make sure to blow that nose! Breathing in and out through your nose and then plugging it until you feel the need to breath, then unplug and breath through the nose will also help break up that mucus so that you can actually blow your nose.

3. Keep it in Use:
By using your nose even when you are congested, it will actually help with the nasal inflammation allowing you better nasal breathing. If you STOP using your nose your body will create even more mucus and inflammation in your nasal passages to slow down the release of CO2

06/02/2025

Client Success!
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14 Session of Myofunctional Therapy over the course of 10 months.
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Tongue Tie Release was completed to help with tongue range of motion and to help tongue reach the roof of her mouth so it could stay there at rest.
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The start of her therapy was due to poor sleeping habits, drooling, snoring, constant waking up, tension in facial muscles, and mouth breathing concerns.
End of her therapy resulted improvement in all areas above + more (LOOK AT THAT BITE!)
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Our therapy may be completed but she will continue to use what she learned to ensure that her nasal breathing continues, tongue posture and lip seal remain, and that the correct swallowing pattern remains so that she can continue to breath~sleep~&thrive in life!
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You to can do this! DM me fore more information!

05/29/2025

We are getting into detail about the 4 GOALS of Myofunctional Therapy.
Each day will be dedicated to 1 of the 4 GOALS.
ITS OUR LAST DAY!
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DAY 4: CORRECT SWALLOWING PATTERN
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By the time we reach this goal we have mastered breathing through our nose (GOAL 1), keeping our lips closed (GOAL 2) and corrected the tongue posture (GOAL 3).
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When there is "low postured tongue" or a long habit of sucking on thumb, pacifier, clothing etc, most people develop what the myo world calls a "tongue thrust swallowing pattern". This is when we swallow the tongue thrusts forward between the front teeth or sideways between the back teeth.
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This thrusting pattern over time contributes to malocclusion in teeth (open bites), as well as digestive concerns due to swallowing air when eating, drinking, or swallowing your own saliva.
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Does your tongue come through your teeth (front teeth, back teeth OR both)?
Try it: Get in front of a mirror, gather as much saliva as you can, smile big and using your fingers hold your lips and cheeks in that big smile. Now, close your teeth and try swallowing. Was it difficult? Did you notice your teeth open? Did your tongue thrust forward opening up your teeth OR were you able to see it push through open "gaps" of your teeth?
If you answered YES then you could have an improper swallow pattern.
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Comment SWALLOW to complete an assessment and see how Myofunctional Therapy can help you BREATH~SLEEP~&THRIVE!

05/28/2025

We are getting into detail about the 4 GOALS of Myofunctional Therapy.
Each day will be dedicated to 1 of the 4 GOALS.
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DAY 3: PROPER TONGUE POSTURE
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This is the goal you are to most likely to read/hear about in the myofunctional therapy world. We want your tongue to rest both day & night with a light suction on the roof of your mouth.
This means, not only should the tip be resting on the roof of your mouth just behind the front teeth, but the middle and back of your tongue should be resting up on the rest of your palate.
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If not being able to nasal breath was not an indicator that you need myofunctional therapy, then where your tongue rests will be.
While your reading this take a moment to see where your tongue is hanging out. If it is sitting on the bottom of your mouth (between your lower teeth) or you are "bitting" it between your upper and lower teeth, then you need to be getting that tongue up to sit slightly suctioned on the roof of your mouth between the upper teeth.
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Try it: place your tongue tip up just behind your front teeth, plug your nose & breath through your mouth, its possible. Now completely suction your tongue up, plug your nose and try breathing through your mouth, it shouldn't be possible.
After we get you to nasal breath (GOAL 1) and keep those lips closed (GOAL 2) getting the proper tongue posture (GOAL 3) will allow you to start improving your daily function.
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Lets talk teeth & proper tongue posture. Yesterday we talked about how the constant force (or lack of force) of our lip muscles can impact the way our teeth grown in or move after orthodontic work. It's the same with your tongue. Tongue muscles are STRONG! Having it up on the roof of the mouth can help with jaw development in children (think of it as our natural expander) and help with stabilization after having braces/Invisalign as it's helping keep that nice "u-shaped" arch.
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Comment TONGUE to complete an assessment and see how Myofunctional Therapy can help you BREATH~SLEEP~&THRIVE!

05/27/2025

We are getting into detail about the 4 GOALS of Myofunctional Therapy.
Each day will be dedicated to 1 of the 4 GOALS.
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DAY 2: LIP SEAL
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Keeping your lips together at rest during the day and when you sleep, without strain or pain, is the second goal we work on in myofunctional therapy.
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When your lips are closed you need to breath through your nose (unless you have another way of breathing :P). If you can not breath through your nose (FIRST GOAL) then you are not going to be able to keep a good lip seal (SECOND GOAL).
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Not only does it help with breathing, but having a good lip seal can impact the way your teeth move. If there is a-lot of "force" daily on keeping those lips closed or lack of "force" and keeping the lips open, this will not only effect the way our teeth come in when we are younger but it will also determine relapse in your orthodontic care.
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Comment LIPS to complete an assessment and see how Myofunctional Therapy can help you BREATH~SLEEP~&THRIVE!

05/27/2025

We are getting into detail about the 4 GOALS of Myofunctional Therapy.
Each day will be dedicated to 1 of the 4 GOALS.
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DAY 1: NASAL BREATHING
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This is the MOST important goal of Myofunctional Therapy. If nasal breathing is impossible the other 3 goals are not going to fall into place.
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I want every single person that I am working with to be breathing through their nose both day and night NO MATTER WHAT.
This means that even with allergies, large tonsils & adenoids, being sick, working out, running etc. I want to help you figure out HOW to start breathing through your nose.
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If nasal breathing never becomes easier then we would work with other healthcare professionals like ENTs or Allergists to help figure out why nasal breathing is difficult. I also like to use products like aromatherapy inhalers & nasal saline sprays/rinses to ensure that the nose is clean and clear so that it is easy for you to breath out of the nose.
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Nasal hygiene is just as important as oral & personal hygiene so starting off keeping that nose clean is going to set the path for the other 3 goals.
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Comment NOSE to complete an assessment and see how Myofunctional Therapy can help you BREATH~SLEEP~&THRIVE!

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