National Tongue Tie Centre

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🗣️ TIE TALK | This WednesdayRed Flags vs Normal Variation - How Confident Are You in the Grey Zones?One of the hardest s...
17/03/2026

🗣️ TIE TALK | This Wednesday

Red Flags vs Normal Variation - How Confident Are You in the Grey Zones?

One of the hardest skills in tongue tie practice isn’t the treatment. It’s knowing when surgical intervention is genuinely indicated - and when functional therapy alone can move the needle.

When does restricted appearance become restricted function? When is a patient managing well enough - and what does “well enough” actually mean across different age groups and presentations? How do we hold our clinical position when patients or parents are pushing for surgery, or when a colleague sees it differently?

This Wednesday we’re opening up the conversation that sits at the heart of every assessment - across infants, children, and adults.

We’ll be discussing:

Where the genuine grey zones are in tongue tie identification across the lifespan
The role of functional therapy as a standalone intervention - not just a surgical adjunct
How different disciplines assess function differently - and why that matters
Navigating patient and parental expectation around surgical intervention
Holding a confident clinical position in an under-researched field
How the current controversy landscape is affecting clinical decision-making on the ground
This is a discussion, not a lecture. Bring your questions, your tricky cases, your clinical dilemmas - infant to adult.

📅 Wednesday 19th March ⏰ 1pm Irish Time 💻 Free | Online | Open to all professionals

Link in bio to register.

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Why it matters now:
Untreated restriction doesn’t improve with age. Compensatory patterns become more entrenched.

Addressing it in the teenage years prevents these issues carrying into adulthood.

If your teen has any of these symptoms an assessment can identify whether Tongue Tie is the underlying cause.

📍 Tongue Tie Evaluations for patients of any age are available in both our Clonmel and Naas clinics.

🔗 You can book your evaluation appointment online via our website. Link in our bio.

Part 3 of 3: Fascinating Fascia | Relieving Tension 🌀 When we release a tie, we’re working within a fascial system that ...
02/03/2026

Part 3 of 3: Fascinating Fascia | Relieving Tension 🌀

When we release a tie, we’re working within a fascial system that connects far beyond the mouth. Understanding fascial architecture, its tensegrity, its capacity to remodel, and its role in compensatory tension patterns, is what shapes how we approach bodywork, positioning, and manual therapy before and after release.
This isn’t guesswork.
It’s guided by what the science of fascia tells us about how the body holds, adapts, and responds to restriction over time.
Whether we’re working with a newborn struggling to latch, a child with disrupted sleep and jaw tension, or an adult carrying decades of compensatory patterns, fascial awareness transforms our clinical approach.
Release the restriction. Retrain the function. Relieve the tension.
That’s integrated care.
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Our latest Google review and it means everything to us. 🙏Siobhán’s baby struggled to feed from birth, with weight gain b...
26/02/2026

Our latest Google review and it means everything to us. 🙏

Siobhán’s baby struggled to feed from birth, with weight gain becoming a growing concern.
Despite multiple healthcare contacts, tongue tie was never raised. It took a conversation with a friend to bring this family to our clinic.

Assessment revealed significantly restricted tongue elevation despite normal protrusion.
Following comprehensive assessment, treatment and rehabilitation this family finally had their answer.
A tongue tie assessment is about so much more than whether a baby can stick their tongue out.

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary. But as Siobhán says, it is entirely worthwhile. 😊

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Featured in today’s Irish Medical Times.Every baby deserves optimal tongue function, regardless of how they are fed.The ...
20/02/2026

Featured in today’s Irish Medical Times.
Every baby deserves optimal tongue function, regardless of how they are fed.
The recently published RCPI/HSE Consensus Statement on Ankyloglossia represents a welcome step towards standardising care in Ireland, but its scope leaves too many infants behind. By limiting eligibility criteria to breastfed babies, it creates a two-tier system where feeding method, rather than functional impairment, determines access to assessment and treatment.
This is not aligned with international best practice in tongue tie management, where the question has never been how a baby is fed, but how well they are able to function.
Every infant with restricted tongue function deserves the right to be assessed and treated. Full stop.
Read our full response at the link in bio.
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What a privilege to welcome Anders Olmanson, founder of the REMastered Sleep, to the National Tongue Tie Centre this wee...
19/02/2026

What a privilege to welcome Anders Olmanson, founder of the REMastered Sleep, to the National Tongue Tie Centre this week.

Anders spent two days with us observing our therapy practices and how our patient population uses the REMplenish bottle as a therapeutic tool in the rehabilitation of oral function pre and post tongue tie release.
Two days of rich conversation, clinical observation, and shared learning around oral function and airway health.

Thank you, Anders, for your time, your curiosity, and your commitment to understanding how your innovation is being applied in specialist clinical practice.
It was a genuine pleasure.

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Release Restrictions, Retrain Function, Relieve Tension: three elements, one integrated approach.Fascinating Fascia: Par...
17/02/2026

Release Restrictions, Retrain Function, Relieve Tension: three elements, one integrated approach.

Fascinating Fascia: Part 2

A fortnight ago we talked about fascia and surgical release (Release Restrictions).

This Wednesday we’re exploring the other two aspects of our triad of care: Retrain Function and Relieve Tension.

Releasing a tongue tie interrupts restrictive fascial patterns, but the nervous system has been compensating, often for months or years. Those movement patterns are embedded in muscle memory and fascial tissue.

This is where Retrain Function comes in: pre and post-surgical exercises, progressive loading, neuromuscular re-education. We’re not just restoring range of motion; we’re teaching the brain new movement possibilities.

And Relieve Tension addresses the whole-body fascial compensation patterns: the cervical restrictions, shoulder girdle tension, postural adaptations that developed around the original restriction.

All three elements working together create true functional freedom.

See you Wednesday for the next part of this series.

TIE TALK | School-Aged Children & Tongue TieThis Wednesday, 1pm Irish time ⏰Think tongue tie is just a baby issue? Think...
10/02/2026

TIE TALK | School-Aged Children & Tongue Tie
This Wednesday, 1pm Irish time ⏰
Think tongue tie is just a baby issue? Think again.
We’re talking about the school-aged children who are still struggling - the ones who are made fun of due to speech difficulties, sit hunched over their desks, complain of headaches, or avoid certain foods at lunch.
The ones whose teachers mention they’re “not focusing” or “always tired.”
The connection to unresolved oral restrictions often gets missed at this age, but the impact on breathing, posture, sleep, and development doesn’t disappear just because they’re older.
Join us this Wednesday as we discuss:
∙ Why symptoms can persist or emerge in school-aged children
∙ The link between tongue tie and concentration, fatigue, and physical performance
∙ When intervention is still appropriate - and what that looks like
∙ How to support older children through assessment and treatment
If you’re parenting a school-aged child and something just doesn’t feel right, this one’s for you.
Drop your questions below 👇

Fascinating Fascia: Part 1Fresh from our Tongue Time presentation on ‘Fascia, Freedom, Function’ at Tongue Time 2026 in ...
03/02/2026

Fascinating Fascia: Part 1

Fresh from our Tongue Time presentation on ‘Fascia, Freedom, Function’ at Tongue Time 2026 in Switzerland, we’re exploring what understanding fascia means for oral restriction work.

Fascia forms continuous lines of tension throughout the body, from the oral cavity through the neck, thorax, and beyond.
A restricted frenulum isn’t isolated; it’s part of an integrated system affecting posture, breathing, and movement.

This reinforces why our “Release Restrictions, Retrain Function, Relieve Tension” approach works.
You can’t just release a tongue tie and expect optimal function if the surrounding fascial system remains restricted.

Clinically, this means assessing beyond the oral cavity, understanding compensatory patterns, and recognising why some patients need more support than others.

More to come in this series.

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Preschoolers are at a pivotal developmental stage, and treating tongue tie during these years can make a lasting differe...
27/01/2026

Preschoolers are at a pivotal developmental stage, and treating tongue tie during these years can make a lasting difference.

This age group is actively establishing patterns for sleep, breathing, feeding, and speech that will carry them through primary school and beyond. We’re also working during a critical window for craniofacial growth, when intervention can support optimal jaw development and airway function.

Our conscious sedation protocol makes treatment safe and comfortable for all ages, and preschoolers are particularly fun to work with through our functional therapy approach. We’re not just releasing restrictions, we’re retraining movement patterns and supporting long-term outcomes in an age group that’s engaged, responsive, and developing rapidly.

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday 28th January at 1pm Irish time as we discuss why preschool age is such an important time to address tongue tie, what parents should watch for, and how treatment sets children up for success as they launch into the world of school and social development.

This week’s Tie Talk: Preschoolers & Tongue Tie
📅 Tomorrow, Wednesday 28th January, 1pm Irish time

Just back from 2026 in St. Gallen and still buzzing from it all. Thank you so much to Ralf and Meike for pulling toget...
23/01/2026

Just back from 2026 in St. Gallen and still buzzing from it all. Thank you so much to Ralf and Meike for pulling together such an amazing congress, over 500 delegates from more than 40 countries – the energy was incredible.

The depth of clinical discussion, the insights shared, the genuine collaboration, every session gave us something to think about and bring back to our work here in Ireland.

Having family there to experience it too made it even more special. Watching them engage with the field and connect with this community added something extra special too.

To everyone we met and talked with – thank you. These conversations matter. This is how we keep pushing forward.

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The National Tongue Tie Centre, Amber Hill, Park, Knocklofty
Clonmel
E91F8X8

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Monday 8am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
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http://tonguetietoolbox.com/

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