Therapy Can Help!
Therapy can help with problems related to disorders of the muscles and functions of the face and mouth, also known as OMDs (Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders):
A tongue-thrust is the most common Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder (OMD). It occurs when the tongue thrusts forward during the oral swallow.
Tongue-tie issues are the most under-diagnosed OMDs and can affect oral tongue placement and oral swallow.
Mild to moderate sleep apnea can affect long term health in adults and lead to other serious health problems. Therapy helps the tongue rest properly in your mouth.
Eliminating oral habits such as thumb sucking, cheek, nail, or cuticle biting, and more teaches you how to stop.
Treatment of temperomandibular joint dysfunction, TMJ, related to orofacial myofunctional disorders.
Therapy can help oral tongue function so food can taste, feel and be manipulated better.
Prevent trips to the orthodontist in the future by preventing prolonged pacifier use now.
Orthodontists call the inability to bring one’s lips together “lip incompetence”. Lip incompetence doesn’t only have negative cosmetic consequences. It can also lead to excessive drooling.
Enlarged Tonsils can be another cause of improper oral swallowing and mouth breathing.
Snoring can affect long term health in adults and lead to other serious health problems. Therapy helps the tongue rest properly in your mouth.