12 Session Myofunctional Therapy Treatment Program

Your tongue provides a support structure for your jaw. The tongue should rest in the top of your mouth all the way from the tip to the very back. When it doesn’t, and instead is low on the floor of the mouth, this is called a low resting tongue or low resting tongue posture. This is a sign that myofunctional therapists pay close attention to.

Yes. Mouth breathing and snoring go hand in hand. If you can learn to breathe through your nose during the night, and strengthen the muscles in your throat, then you will snore less. Myofunctional therapy exercises have been shown to be helpful with other types of sleep disordered breathing (like sleep apnea and UARS) as well.

Yes, TMJ pain is a main reason why patients seek out myofunctional therapy. The TMJ joint or, jaw joint, is very complex and meant to last us a lifetime. Unfortunately, if our facial muscles aren’t working in correct function we can experience pain and deterioration of the jaw joint over time. Here are some of the causes of TMJ issues. 

• Genetics
• Epigenetic changes
• Trauma
• Age-related degeneration
• Autoimmune conditions such as arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
• Nutritional and dietary issues
• Chronic stress
• Postural and structural issues
• Tongue-tie
• Teeth clenching and grinding
• Improper chewing or swallowing patterns
• Incorrect tongue resting posture and mouth breathing
• Malocclusion
• Persistently sleeping on one side

Myofunctional therapy will help to get the muscles of the face and jaw back in correct function so that pain can decrease.

I will work closely with my team of other specialist so that you can get the best treatment to lead you out of pain. Often times treating TMJ disorders requires a multidisciplinary treatment plan and I look forward to guiding you in the right direction with those providers as well as working on strengthening muscles of the face and jaw so that dysfunction and pain can decrease.  

Absolutely! Most of the patients I treat are adults.

When I treat children, I’m preventing problems later in life, but I’m helping my adult patients work through and correct the symptoms of their myofunctional disorders. Adults can get amazing results and can make life-changing progress. My goal is to help my adult patients live healthier and happier lives free from dysfunctions that cause serious health issues. 

Not at all! I strive to make therapy attainable for even the busiest of patients. If patients can practice their exercises for five minutes, twice a day, they will get excellent results. The exercises are simple and fun to do!