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Airway and Breathing Comprehensive Therapy
Individualized, comprehensive therapy for oral and facial dysfunctions that can be contributing to airway and breathing issues.
Airway & Breathing Issues Myofunctional Therapy May Help
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
Individualized, comprehensive therapy for oral and facial dysfunctions that can be contributing to airway and breathing issues.
Airway & Breathing Issues Myofunctional Therapy May Help
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