All plans listed below are considered a comprehensive plan for up to 12 months of individualized therapy to address all myofunctional needs.
Therapy consists of an initial comprehensive evaluation, followed by bi-weekly therapy sessions that focus on oral and facial exercises, monitoring progress, and learning new functional habits.
Addressing the function, not just the symptom.
Whether it’s a tongue-tie, tongue thrust, or multiple issues, all treatment is comprehensive and individualized.
The Comprehensive Myofunctional Therapy includes up to 12 months of therapy. It begins with a comprehensive evaluation, and is followed by a 30 minutes session, either in-person or virtually, every 2 weeks to monitor progression and teach new functional exercises.
Orofacial myofunctional disorders can affect the way you breathe, rest, chew, swallow, speak, and maintain proper tongue and jaw posture.
My comprehensive approach looks at how the tongue, lips, jaw, cheeks, facial muscles, breathing, and swallowing patterns work together. I identify dysfunctional patterns through a comprehensive evaluation and develop an individualized therapy program designed to establish healthier, more efficient oral and facial function.
Lingual Frenum Release Support
Up to 12 months of individualized therapy beginning before the frenum release and continuing after the lingual frenum release to help prepare the oral-facial musculature, prevent re-attachment, establish functional patterns, support mobility, and reduce the likelihood of returning to previous compensatory patterns.
Up to 12 months of individualized therapy to correct oral and facial dysfunction that can affect multiple systems.
Breathing
Encouraging efficient nasal breathing and appropriate oral resting posture.
Tongue Posture & Function
Developing appropriate tongue position, strength, coordination, and mobility.
Lip & Facial Muscle Function
Improving lip competence, facial muscle balance, and oral rest posture.
Swallowing
Establishing a more coordinated and functional swallow pattern.
Chewing & Feeding
Improving chewing efficiency, bolus control, and oral-motor coordination.
Speech-Related Patterns
Supporting appropriate oral placement for sounds when dysfunctional tongue or lip patterns are contributing factors.
Orthodontic Support
Helping establish functional tongue and oral resting patterns that can complement orthodontic treatment and support long-term stability.
Individualized, comprehensive therapy for oral and facial dysfunctions that can be contributing to airway and breathing issues.
Mouth Breathing — Helps retrain the muscles and breathing pattern to encourage nasal breathing and improve the ability to maintain a comfortable, closed-mouth resting posture.
Chronic Open-Mouth Posture — Strengthens and coordinates the lips, tongue, and facial muscles to support a natural lip seal at rest.
Low Tongue Resting Posture — Teaches proper tongue positioning against the palate rather than allowing the tongue to rest low or forward in the mouth.
Forward or Incorrect Tongue Posture — Helps retrain the tongue to rest and function in a more appropriate position, which can support better oral and airway function.
Tongue Thrust — Addresses an abnormal swallowing pattern in which the tongue pushes forward or against the teeth during swallowing.
Inefficient Swallowing Pattern — Improves coordination and function of the tongue, lips, jaw, and facial muscles during swallowing.
Nasal Breathing Dysfunction — Encourages consistent nasal breathing when adequate nasal airflow is available, while identifying patients who may need evaluation for an underlying nasal obstruction.
Snoring — Can improve muscle tone, coordination, and resting posture of the tongue and oropharyngeal structures that contribute to airway narrowing during sleep.
Sleep-Disordered Breathing — May improve aspects of sleep-related breathing by improving oral and oropharyngeal muscle function and supporting more appropriate airway posture.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) — May be used as an adjunctive therapy to improve upper-airway muscle function and certain sleep-breathing outcomes. It should not replace appropriate medical evaluation or prescribed OSA treatment.
Poor Tongue Muscle Tone or Endurance — Exercises can improve the strength, endurance, and coordination of the tongue and surrounding muscles.
Poor Lip Strength or Lip Seal — Helps improve the ability of the lips to remain comfortably closed at rest, which can support nasal breathing.
Abnormal Jaw and Tongue Muscle Coordination — Helps coordinate the muscles involved in breathing, chewing, swallowing, speech, and resting posture.
Airway-Related Oral Habits — Addresses habits such as chronic mouth opening, low tongue posture, and inappropriate oral muscle patterns that can contribute to inefficient breathing.
Post-Treatment Airway and Oral Function — Can help patients maintain improved tongue, lip, and breathing patterns following orthodontic, dental, ENT, or other airway-related treatment.
Important distinction: OMT is generally addressing muscle function, posture, coordination, and breathing patterns rather than physically removing an obstruction. Patients with enlarged tonsils/adenoids, significant nasal obstruction, a deviated septum, allergies, craniofacial abnormalities, or suspected sleep apnea may need evaluation by an appropriate medical or dental specialist in addition to OMT
Not every person with concerns needs myofunctional therapy—and that's exactly why an assessment is valuable.
During your complimentary 30-minute assessment, we take a closer look at your oral and facial function and discuss the concerns that brought you in.
We'll look at factors such as:
Tongue posture • Lip function • Breathing patterns • Swallowing • Oral habits • Jaw function • Facial muscle coordination
We'll then explain what we're seeing and whether a more comprehensive evaluation or myofunctional therapy may be appropriate.
You may be surprised by how many everyday concerns can be connected to the way your tongue, lips, jaw, and facial muscles function.
Do you or your child:
Breathe through your mouth or frequently have an open-mouth posture?
Have difficulty keeping your lips comfortably closed at rest?
Have a tongue thrust or unusual swallowing pattern?
Have a low, forward, or otherwise unusual tongue resting posture?
Snore or have concerns related to sleep and breathing?
Experience difficulty chewing or managing food?
Have speech sounds that may be affected by tongue placement?
Have a history of thumb sucking, pacifier use, or other oral habits?
Have a tongue-tie or restricted lingual frenum?
Have orthodontic concerns such as an open bite or concerns about orthodontic relapse?
Are preparing for or recovering from a lingual frenum release?
Experience jaw or facial muscle tension or difficulty with oral-facial coordination?
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