KenmoreMyo

10/03/2025

Did you know that mouth breathing increases your risk for cavities and gum disease? In myofunctional therapy we seek to treat the root cause of mouth breathing.

08/11/2025

Big News!
Dave Henrichsen has completed Patrick McKeown’s internationally recognized Buteyko Breathing Instructor Certification!
This achievement reflects Dave’s commitment to lifelong learning and excellence in patient care. By combining this advanced training with his expertise as a myofunctional therapist, Dave can now help patients achieve healthier breathing, better sleep, improved asthma control, enhanced athletic performance, and overall wellbeing on a deeper level.

07/06/2025

A great article and description of orofacial myofunctional therapy:

https://sleepworldmagazine.com/2024/08/16/how-orofacial-myofunctional-therapy-can-aid-in-the-treatment-of-sleep-disordered-breathing/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLWxcxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHp7BZfEU_D3sEoXYMNJ0jK_CDVomihA9338aB7S7sgLwYov6MMgOe5kKIQAb_aem_TQ6obh_ccUPNZemDLTvQmg

There has been an increasing number of studies looking at orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) as a promising adjunctive treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).1 OMT essentially helps the patient to retrain the muscles around the face, mouth, and tongue to establish correct oral rest posture a...

06/19/2025

06/11/2025

Let’s Redefine “Normal” — Together.

Does your child sleep with their mouth open, grind their teeth, or you wake up tired every day? These things may be common, but they’re not normal. They can be early signs of underlying airway and sleep issues that impact behavior, development, and long-term health.

🚨 Healthcare providers — want to sharpen your ability to identify these red flags and intervene early?

Join us this July in Los Angeles — or via livestream — for our Pediatric Airway course. Learn from experts at The Breathe Institute and deepen your clinical skills in airway-focused adult and pediatric care. www.breathecourses.com

And for parents — if you notice any of these signs in your child, don’t wait. Seek out an airway-focused provider to support your child’s health and development.

📞 310-579-9710
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05/14/2025

05/10/2025

Spent some time this week at the Pacific Northwest Dental Conference in Seattle learning about the importance of nose breathing from great teachers! Continued education and lifelong learning are core values in my life!

05/06/2025

05/05/2025

I’m excited to share that I’ve officially graduated from The Breathe Institute’s MyoMastermind program!

This experience pushed me to grow as a clinician, dive deeper into airway and sleep health, and connect with some of the most inspiring professionals in the field.

I’m more motivated than ever to help people breathe better, sleep deeper, and live healthier lives—starting with the muscles of the mouth, face, and airway.

Grateful for the journey, the mentors, and the mission.

05/03/2025

Spending this weekend at The Breathe Institute in Calabasas California to complete a 9 month MyoMastermind course. A huge leap forward for my patients in our pursuit to find health!

04/30/2025

One of my core values is life long learning. I was raised by two educational giants who instilled in me that education was less about books and tests and grades and more about kindling a fire. This week marks the culmination of educational effort as I am completing The Breathe Institute Myomastermind program. The first part of 2024 was spent gathering case studies and letters of recommendation, declarations of why I believed I was qualified to enter the program and preparation for acceptance.

The nine month journey through MyoMasterminds began in August 2024. Week after week of in-depth lectures, discussions, case presentations, deep soul-searching questions about how the human body works, how it fits together, and how we find health, study groups seeking out how to incorporate all the information we learned, quizzes, and homework to help integrate the knowledge into my mind.

This week marks the end of that journey, we got on camera last night and talked about what we do, why we do it, and how it fits into the fabric of society. It is easy to get caught up in the day to day, in the tasks that must be done, in doing a job, in making a living.

Thank you, mom and dad for kindling the fire of learning, for teaching me that education does not end when you graduate, that learning and growing is a lifelong process. Thank you to Sandy & Alan Richardson & Dennis Marvel & Mary Fremont who taught me that making a living and making a difference do not have to be mutually exclusive. Thank you to Mike Conway & Dick Robinson & Teri Shacklford who provided a fertile environment for 15 years where it was safe to learn in the job. Thank you to Sarah Hornsby who built my foundation of myofunctional knowledge brick by brick and showing me a path forward. Thank you to Melissa Mugno who reminded me that the fire within me is contagious and should be shared with others. Thank you to Sanda, Leyli, Chad, Dr. Zaghi and all the gang at TBI for creating a platform for research, experience, learning and pushing the field forward.

I am grateful to Eve and Jonathan and Natalie who put up with hastily thrown together dinners, and Dad sitting in class late into the evening on Tuesday nights. I am looking forward to graduation in Calabasas this weekend!

04/24/2025

Spending the day refreshing my knowledge about sleep, breathing, and tongue function with the man who literally wrote the book on tongue tie - Dr. Richard Baxter.