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Myofunctional Spot, Hollywood, FL (2025)

10/09/2025

✨ Now Booking! ✨
Don’t ignore the signs—airway, sleep, feeding, tongue tie, speech, and more can all be connected! Join us for our Myofunctional Screening Clinic on Oct. 18th 🗓️

👶 All ages welcome (telehealth available)
💲 $75 (applied toward future therapy/assessment)
📍 Thrive Airway & Tongue Tie Center

👉 Spots are limited! Reserve yours today by scanning the QR code OR click link in Bio

10/01/2025

🚨 Does My Child Need a Myofunctional Screening? 🚨

Many “common” habits and symptoms in children, teens, and even adults get brushed off as “normal” — but they can actually point to airway, sleep, and oral development concerns. If you notice any of these, it may be time for a screening with a specialized and experienced Speech Pathologist:

✅ Thumb/finger sucking or extended pacifier use
✅ Open mouth posture or mouth breathing (day or night)
✅ Snoring or restless sleep
✅ Bed wetting beyond the expected age
✅ Tongue thrust, messy eating, or difficulty chewing/swallowing
✅ Speech concerns or lisping
✅ Persistent congestion or “seasonal allergies”
✅ Enlarged adenoids or tonsils
✅ High, narrow palate
✅ Crowded teeth, open bite, or other orthodontic concerns
✅ Orthodontic relapse in teens or adults
✅ Excessive cavities despite good hygiene
✅ Headaches, TMJ issues, or head/neck pain
✅ Picky eating or limited food repertoire
✅ Excessive drooling or difficulty keeping lips closed
✅ Attention, focus, or behavioral issues (sometimes labeled as ADHD)
✅ Negative oral habits (cheek/lip biting, nail biting, clenching, grinding)

✨ Join us for our Myofunctional Screening Clinic
📅 Saturday, October 18th
📍 Myofunctional Spot – In Person & Telehealth

🔗 Spots are limited! Reserve yours today and take the first step toward helping your child breathe, sleep, and thrive.

👉 DM us or visit www.myofunctionalspot.com to book (in the tab Upcoming Events) - also link to book in Bio.

Come meet our team and see how we can help. We hope to see you there🩵

09/26/2025

Clenching and grinding is never just a bad habit.
These signs often point to underlying airway, tongue, or muscle dysfunction that deserves attention—not just a night guard. Left untreated, they can contribute to headaches, jaw pain, poor sleep, and more.

✨ We’re here to help you get to the root cause. Join us for our Myofunctional Screening Clinic on October 18th—open to all ages. Early detection can make all the difference in long-term health and function.

🔗 Sign up today through the link in bio to reserve your spot.

09/22/2025

Mouth breathing is more than an oral habit. It is a clinical sign of compromised airway function with consequences that extend far beyond the mouth.

👶🏼 Infants: Early mouth breathing disrupts feeding, weakens oral motor patterns, and interferes with airway and craniofacial growth.

👦🏽 Children: Chronic mouth breathing alters jaw development, narrows the airway, and reshapes facial structure—impacting sleep, behavior, and overall health.

🧔🏻‍♂️ Teens & Adults: Long-standing mouth breathing contributes to sleep-disordered breathing, TMJ dysfunction, postural changes, and systemic health challenges.

Airway health is not optional—it is foundational. When nasal breathing is impaired, the body adapts in ways that can have lifelong consequences. The earlier these patterns are identified and addressed, the greater the opportunity to restore function and support optimal health.

At Myofunctional Spot, we emphasize airway-centered care across the lifespan. Evidence-based myofunctional therapy empowers patients and families to reclaim healthy breathing, growth, and function.

🚩🚩If you or your child present with signs of mouth breathing, it deserves attention. Come meet with us and see how we can help.

Book your screening today - Saturday October 18th (in person or Telehealth) - link to sign up in bio.

👍🏼👍🏼Our team is here to guide you toward solutions that address the root cause, not just the symptoms.

09/16/2025

Join us for our Fall Myofunctional Screening Clinic on October 18th at Thrive Airway & Tongue Tie Center.

🍂 Sleep, feeding, swallowing, speech, and overall health are all impacted by the way the tongue and airway function - at every age. From infants to adults, myofunctional issues can affect development, wellness, and quality of life.

Our team of experienced and specialized Speech Pathologists (SLPs) provide expert screenings for infants, children, teens, and adults to identify concerns early and guide you toward solutions.

Spots are limited—reserve yours today! 🦷👅 Telehealth options are available!

Link in bio or scan QR Code

09/05/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Rita Patel on a wonderful opening night ! It was such a pleasure meeting so many new faces. Our team at Myofunctional Spot looks forward to many more opportunities for continued connection and collaboration—teamwork makes the dream work! 🩵💫

08/20/2025

Mouth breathing is more than an oral habit. It is a clinical sign of compromised airway function with consequences that extend far beyond the mouth.

👶🏼 Infants: Early mouth breathing disrupts feeding, weakens oral motor patterns, and interferes with airway and craniofacial growth.

👦🏽 Children: Chronic mouth breathing alters jaw development, narrows the airway, and reshapes facial structure—impacting sleep, behavior, and overall health.

🧔🏻‍♂️ Teens & Adults: Long-standing mouth breathing contributes to sleep-disordered breathing, TMJ dysfunction, postural changes, and systemic health challenges.

Airway health is not optional—it is foundational. When nasal breathing is impaired, the body adapts in ways that can have lifelong consequences. The earlier these patterns are identified and addressed, the greater the opportunity to restore function and support optimal health.

At Myofunctional Spot, we emphasize airway-centered care across the lifespan. Evidence-based myofunctional therapy empowers patients and families to reclaim healthy breathing, growth, and function.

🚩🚩If you or your child present with signs of mouth breathing, it deserves attention.

👍🏼👍🏼Our team is here to guide you toward solutions that address the root cause, not just the symptoms.

08/18/2025

We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Dr. Rita Patel at the Thrive Airway & Tongue Tie Center! 👅

Two special Meet & Greet events are coming up: Sept 4th for professionals and Sept 18th for parents.

This new center brings together experts in pediatric dentistry, airway health, and myofunctional/lactation therapy to support families from infancy through adulthood. 🌿

We’re honored to be part of this collaboration and can’t wait to share more with our community!

If you’ve ever wondered how Airway Health impacts Sleep, Feeding, Speech, or overall wellness, this is for you!

There is a Self Assessment linked in comments - if you check more than 3 symptoms for you or your child, come and meet us and see how we can help.

Come meet us and learn more 🩵

08/07/2025

The short answer is YES - in some cases it can!

Dysfunctional breathing and poor orofacial muscle patterns can contribute to severe reflux symptoms — and digestion actually begins in the mouth?

Proper chewing and tongue function are essential for initiating healthy digestion. When we chew effectively, we mechanically break down food while stimulating the release of salivary enzymes like amylase and lipase. These enzymes begin the chemical digestion of carbohydrates and fats and also trigger early peristaltic signaling to the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract, helping coordinate smooth movement of food downward.

When tongue posture is low, chewing is inefficient, and breathing occurs through the mouth, this delicate process is disrupted. Food may not be adequately broken down, salivary enzyme release is diminished, and poor breathing mechanics can increase intra-abdominal pressure — all of which strain the esophagus and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), increasing the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR).

Orofacial myofunctional therapy addresses these underlying dysfunctions by:

• Restoring optimal tongue posture (tongue resting fully against the palate)

• Encouraging nasal breathing instead of mouth breathing

• Training efficient chewing and coordinated swallowing

• Reinforcing diaphragmatic breathing to regulate intra-abdominal pressure

• Strengthening muscles in the upper airway and pharyngeal area

By improving oral function at the start of the digestive process and retraining the breathing and swallowing mechanisms, myofunctional therapy can help reduce reflux symptoms naturally — supporting not just airway health, but also digestive efficiency.

If you’re struggling with stubborn reflux, the root cause may start in the mouth.

Contact us today to schedule a non-invasive functional assessment to support both your airway and digestive health.

08/07/2025

😴 What if your child’s “ADHD” or “behavioral issues” aren’t behavioral at all… but actually rooted in sleep-disordered breathing and exhaustion?

Many parents are told their child is “just hyper,” “difficult,” or “likely has ADHD.” But before we rush to label or medicate, it’s critical to look deeper and ask WHY those symptoms are showing up.

Here’s what the research shows:
Children with restricted airways and poor sleep may experience:
• Chronic mouth breathing
• Restlessness or frequent night wakings
• Mood swings, irritability, or anxiety
• Difficulty focusing or learning
• Poor growth and immune challenges

And yes—these symptoms often mirror what looks like ADHD. But the real issue? A compromised airway that’s silently disrupting restorative sleep. 😮‍💨

At Myofunctional Spot we specialize in identifying the underlying anatomical and functional causes of sleep-disordered breathing—like narrow palates, mouth breathing, enlarged tonsils/adenoids, chronic nasal congestion, tethered oral tissues (tongue ties), and poor tongue posture.

🧠 When children breathe better, they sleep better.
When they sleep better, they behave, learn, and feel better.

It’s not about discipline. It’s about the airway.

If your child snores, mouth breathes, grinds teeth, tosses and turns, wets the bed, or wakes up tired—even after a full night’s sleep—don’t wait.

A proper Myofunctional airway evaluation can change everything. 🙌

📞 Call or text us at 954-261-9864 or click the link in bio to schedule. Early intervention matters more than ever.

07/29/2025

✨ The Power of FUNCTION ✨

Look at this incredible natural palate expansion — all from restoring the tongue’s proper resting position through myofunctional therapy.

✅ Snoring decreased
✅ Mouth breathing reduced
✅ Thumb sucking stopped on its own — once we replaced it with the correct tongue posture

This transformation didn’t come from appliances or force. It came from consistent therapy, 25 sessions, and the body’s own ability to adapt when given the right tools and guidance.

🩵Form follows Function.
🩵Treat Function First.

At Myofunctional Spot, we focus on the WHY behind habits and symptoms. By correcting the root cause — tongue position, oral posture, and muscle function — we see results that don’t just change a smile… they change breathing, sleep, and overall health.

💡 Collaboration is key: We work alongside Dr. Rita Patel at Thrive Airway & Tongue Tie Center and a network of incredible providers to ensure every child’s treatment plan is comprehensive, functional, and lasting.

📸 This child’s journey is proof — when function improves, everything improves.

07/26/2025

✨ Grateful doesn’t even begin to cover it. ✨

Our team at Myofunctional Spot & Lactation Spot truly feels like a family — dedicated, passionate, and united by the shared mission of helping every child and adult we see reach their fullest potential.

We’re proud to collaborate so closely with Thrive Airway & Tongue Tie Center, led by the amazing Dr. Rita Patel, and with an entire community of brilliant healthcare providers — dentists, lactation consultants, SLPs, bodyworkers, physicians and more — all working together for the families who trust us to guide them through care.

A huge thank you to my incredibly talented daughter, Alexa, for capturing us so beautifully in these photos. She managed to show not just our faces, but the heart behind what we do. 💛

Here’s to teamwork, compassion, and the families who make our work so meaningful. 🫶 We don’t only work together, we have a mutual respect and learn from each other every day.

— Dena & the Myofunctional Spot Team (Gabby, Michelle, Jose & Ashli) 🩵💫

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