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Myofunctional therapy helps improve sleep by targeting the muscles of the face, mouth, and throat. By strengthening these muscles and correcting improper oral habits like mouth breathing or tongue thrusting, it can reduce issues like snoring, sleep apnea, and restless sleep.

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I can’t stress this enough. It’s not cute when they snore.

Low tongue posture may have many impacts on your health.

If you clench your teeth, it's likely you're not posturing your tongue in the right place. When the tongue muscles are untrained, the chewing or TMJ muscles turn on in general posture.

There are lesser known roles of the tongue in both widening the upper jaw and positioning the lower jaw in line with the nose are two ways that it may improve facial structure.

Issues with low tongue posture may include:
1 speech disorders (certain sounds)
2 sleep apnea (tongue falls back into throat associated with throat snoring)
3 breathing problems (low tongue posture increases risk of mouthbreathing)
4 swallowing problems (a tongue thrust swallow may distort the shape of the jaw and affect posture
5 sinus inflammation (lack of nasal breathing can associate with an immune response in the nose)

If you suffer from any of the issues above, it may be prudent to start to work on tongue posture.

Here's a start:

1) keep your mouth closed and your teeth gently apart.
2) move your tongue to the roof of your mouth and lightly press upwards
3) you should feel a little pressure throughout your palate
4) Position so as not block your airway as you breathe
5) Maintain this whenever you can.

The goal is this to become habit for you and the tongue to become stronger. It should also turn off the jaw muscles of the cheek and side of the head that can become sore due to constantly clenching teeth together.

Another consideration is your swallowing

During swallowing the tongue should press up to the palate but also a second movement to the side (into the back teeth).

So when you swallow you should first feel connection with the palate, and then a send wave of pressure up and a third wave outwards

Do you struggle with forward head and open mouth posture?

While tongue-tie is a well-known factor, it’s not the only one at play. Other culprits like limited tongue space, mouth breathing, myofunctional issues, fascia restrictions and more influence tongue posture.

Understanding these diverse factors is key to addressing and improving oral health.

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