National Tongue Tie Centre

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Two weeks ago we worked through the adult presentation and assessment process.This week we’re picking up from there.We’r...
28/04/2026

Two weeks ago we worked through the adult presentation and assessment process.
This week we’re picking up from there.
We’re getting into prehab, surgery, and rehab.
What needs to happen before a frenuloplasty, what the procedure involves, and why the work after release is where the real gains are made.
If you missed Part 1, the recording is in the community.
Questions welcome below or by DM.
Prehab

15/04/2026

Adult tongue tie is one of the most underrecognised presentations in clinical practice. This week in Tie Talk we started the conversation.
Part one covered what makes the adult patient fundamentally different from the infant and child population, and the assessment considerations that follow from that. We went deep on the compensation piece, not just fascial, but the full functional and adaptive picture that builds up over years of living with an unaddressed restriction.
The recording is available now within the Tie Talk community.
Part two is in two weeks. We will be covering pre-release preparation, surgical considerations, and what a structured rehabilitation programme looks like for an adult patient.
If this is a gap in your clinical training, this is where to start.
Join via the link in bio.

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Most tongue tie training stops at infants.But tongue tie does not stop at infancy. Adults struggle with tongue tie too...
13/04/2026

Most tongue tie training stops at infants.

But tongue tie does not stop at infancy.
Adults struggle with tongue tie too.
With years of fascial compensation, layered symptom patterns, and a very different rehabilitation demand than anything you see in newborns.

This week we start the conversation about adult assessment, pre and post release rehabilitation, and the whole-body approach, including considerations specific to adult patients.

Fortnightly sessions. Free to join as an Alliance member.

Link in bio.

That unsettled, arching, never-quite-right baby. The one who’s been labelled colicky, or reflux, or just “a difficult fe...
30/03/2026

That unsettled, arching, never-quite-right baby. The one who’s been labelled colicky, or reflux, or just “a difficult feeder.”
What if the root cause starts in the mouth?
This Wednesday we’re diving into one of the most clinically relevant topics we’ve covered on Tie Talk: the relationship between oral restriction, aerophagia, and the colic-reflux cascade.
If you work with infants and feeding, this one is for you.
📅 Wednesday 1st April, 2026
🕐 09:00 GMT - and yes, we’ve changed the time, so save this post
🔗 Link in bio to register
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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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11/03/2026

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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17/02/2026

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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.

Address

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

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8am - 5:30pm
Friday 8am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+353852022244

Website

http://tonguetietoolbox.com/

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