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Try closing your mouth and breathing through your nose. Can you breathe comfortably for an extended amount of time?
If your answer is “No”
You may not realize that you’re breathing through your mouth, especially if you do it while you’re sleeping. Some of the symptoms of mouth breathing include:
Resting your tongue on the bottom of your mouth potentially blocks your airway. Instead, your tongue should touch the roof of your mouth, just behind your front teeth.
Myofunctional Therapy is physical therapy for the tongue and face. This helps improve speech, swallowing, chewing, and jaw function by strengthening the lips and tongue to promote nasal breathing.
Did you know your body and brain receive 18% more oxygen from nose breathing compared to mouth breathing?
Nasal breathing is antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory. It benefits the whole body. Your nose is designed to help you breathe effectively and safely. Importantly, it has the ability to filter air, which contains bacteria, allergens, and viruses. When you breathe through your mouth, instead unfiltered air goes straight to your lungs and can lead to health problems.
01. Nasal Breathing: Breathing through our nose is the way we were designed to breathe.
02. Proper Lip Seal: Our lips should close naturally and comfortably.
03. High Tongue Posture: The tongue should rest gently against the roof of the mouth.
04. Correct Swallowing Pattern: The tongue should press up and back to move liquids and solids to the back of the throat in a wave like motion.
Luckily we can retrain our breathing habits! We’ll create a treatment plan with exercises tailored to your needs. These exercises are only 10 minutes a day and will treat muscle imbalances and other issues.
