Articles
Plain-language articles on breathing, sleep, orofacial function, and airway health, written to help you understand your care and feel confident about your next step.
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What Causes Snoring Besides Sleep Apnea?
If you’ve ever been told you snore, you’ve probably wondered what it means. For many people, the first thought is, “Do I have sleep apnea?” It’s a rea…
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What Is the Buteyko Breathing Method?
Long before I became certified in the Buteyko Breathing Method, I watched my father practice it at our kitchen table. He was a young weightlifting ent…
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Can Adults Really Change? What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Learning Later in Life.
We are never finished becoming who we can be When people think about learning, they often think about children. Children learn languages quickly. They…
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Before Retainers, There Were Muscles
How Function, Breathing, and Oral Muscles Shaped Orthodontics Long Before Social Media Myofunctional therapy is often presented as a new and trending…
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Sleep Mystified: From Ancient Beliefs to Modern Science.
Long before science could measure brain waves or define REM cycles, sleep was wrapped in mystery, symbolism, and reverence. In ancient Hypnos, sleep w…
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A Simple Question at a Baby Shower…
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending a baby shower. Like many baby showers, it was filled with laughter, games, and the joyful energy that com…
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What Should I Do Before and After Double Jaw Surgery to Ensure the Best Outcome?
Why breathing, tongue posture, and neuromuscular adaptation play a critical role in recovery and long-term stability after orthognathic surgery. Patie…
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What Happens If I Don’t Do Myofunctional Therapy?
Most people who walk into my office are not there by accident. They arrive with a quiet awareness. Sometimes it’s subtle: fatigue they can’t explain,…
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Before Setting Goals for 2026 …
(Why your nervous system matters more than willpower) As 2025 ended and we stepped into 2026, many people began reflecting on familiar intentions: los…
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Can Gratitude Carry Us Through This Season?
This is the season to be grateful, to be thankful, and to wrap warm wishes around one another like a soft blanket. I’m sending mine to you with a big,…
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Research Papers on OMT
A curated list of peer-reviewed research papers on orofacial myofunctional therapy, gathered for patients, clinicians and referring providers.
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Tongue-Tie Unraveled: Navigating Its Impact on Health and Development
Understand tongue-tie (ankyloglossia): how it can affect breathing, feeding, speech and development, and what can help.
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Overcoming Menopausal Challenges: The Power of Breathing and Sleep Techniques
How Buteyko breathing and sleep coaching techniques can ease menopausal symptoms like anxiety, hot flashes and poor sleep, without drugs or devices.
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How Breastfeeding Shapes Your Child’s Facial and Cranial Growth: A Myofunctional Therapy Perspective
How breastfeeding influences an infant's facial and cranial development: a myofunctional therapy perspective on early growth, airway and function.
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Recognizing Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders: A Guide to Symptoms and Signs
A guide to the symptoms and signs of orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs), and how to recognize when myofunctional therapy may help.
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Mouth Breathing: Mechanics and More
The mechanics of mouth breathing, why it affects sleep, oral and facial health, and how myofunctional therapy helps restore healthy nasal breathing.
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Teens and Sleep
Why sleep is uniquely challenging for teenagers, how it affects mood and health, and practical ways parents can support healthier, more restful nights.
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Primer
An introduction to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): what it is, why it happens, how it connects to airway health, and where myofunctional therapy fits.
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Myofunctional Therapy: An Addendum
A closer, more granular look at how orofacial myofunctional therapy works, its core principles, and what to expect from a treatment program.
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The Eyes Are the Communicator of More than the Soul
What the eyes and face can reveal about airway health, breathing patterns and orofacial myofunctional development, and why these signs matter.
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Thumb Sucking: A Common Bad Habit
Why prolonged thumb and finger sucking becomes a problem for growing mouths, and how habit elimination and myofunctional therapy can help correct it.
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