Evaluation and Treatment of Myofunctional Disorders

Oral myofunctional therapy is a specialized treatment that targets the muscles of the mouth and face for both children and adults. Its focus is to ensure that the muscles are functioning correctly for sleeping, eating, and speaking, as well as airway improvement and appropriate facial development. Four main goals:

1. Establish proper nasal breathing while awake and asleep

2. Achieve and maintain optimal tongue resting posture

3. Achieve an adequate lip seal while at rest

4. Establish and generalize correct chewing and swallowing patterns

Speech and Language

Wondering if your child’s speech and language skills are on track? Let’s take a look at expressive and receptive language and address any areas of concerns now, rather than later.

Sometimes “wait and see” is bad advice.

Nasal Breathing Education and Training

The Buteyko breathing method is key to educating our clients about the benefits of nasal breathing, and to positively impact wellness though this approach. Nasal breathing allows air to be filtered, humidified, and warmed before entering our lungs. The benefits also include inhalation of nitric oxide, produced in the nasal cavity, which helps with oxygenation and has anti-fungal, anti-microbial, and anti-bacterial properties.

Oral Habit Elimination

While thumb sucking or pacifier use can be a comfort to a child, it can also impact the child’s facial growth and development by contributing to a high, vaulted palate and encouraging an atypical oral resting posture.

Thumb or finger sucking, pacifier use, nail biting, lip or tongue sucking or chewing can all be eliminated through our specialized program.