Bloom speech, language and myofunctional therapy

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If you are interested in learning more, please contact Nichole Wiltshire-Scala, speech-language pathologist and owner of Bloom Speech, Language, and Myofunctional therapy. Please text/call 406.581.9649 or
Email nichole.wiltshirescala@rm.edu.

14/02/2023

Hi everyone, I am in search of one more child to participate in my study for kids aged 3-6 years old with speech difficulties. Please see my flyer below.

05/02/2023

What is a 🤔👅

“The tongue is one of the most critical organs in our bodies with the ability to regulate and shape orofacial structure and musculature. Our functional frenuloplasty approach honors the changes that occur during a tongue-tie release and prepares the body for acceptance and optimal healing post-treatment.” ZaghiMD.com

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28/01/2023

If you had a quick-fire hack to access your own capabilities to optimize your health, would you do it?

Your body can heal, or harm itself.

It is the job of the autonomic nervous system that has two ‘gears’, heal or survive. When you’re in the right gear, your body is working with you.

Most people don’t know it, but tongue posture is one of the most effective ways to click that gear stick into ‘heal’.

The roof of the mouth is innervated with cranial nerves that trigger the brain to stay in this calm and healing state.

Learning to seal the tongue to the roof of the mouth when not eating or speaking, keeps your body in this mode.

It’s a complex muscle action, and the biggest benefit comes from the awareness to train the tongue right to the back of the soft palate.

You can feel this spot with your finger as the roof of the mouth goes from hard to soft. These areas of the throat are innervated by the vagus nerve.

‘Vagal tone’ is the amount of nerve action your body is sending down this cranial nerve.

The vagus nerve is the only cranial nerve that runs right throughout the body to many organs.

It sends these calming, healing messages to your gut, where 80% of the body’s immune system is stored.

Starting the vagus nerve helps the body deal with any gut or immune issues.

Tongue posture keeps the muscles of the neck strong and open supporting the upper airway for good nasal breathing.

That includes learning to seal it up there in the unconscious state of sleep, to keep breathing (autonomic tone) calm, and to prevent mouth breathing and snoring.

Want to get started? Do this quick exercise.

1) In a closed mouth state, feel the tongue seal upwards to the roof of the mouth
2) The tip should be on the gum behind the upper front teeth
3) The BACK should be touching the soft palate (you may need to work on it)
4) The sides of the tongue should also have pressure to the palate (not splaying through the teeth).
5) Now, ACTIVATE the tongue and feel all of these three points at once, front, sides, and back of the tongue.

Feel the activity in your neck and throat area.

These are the muscles you need to train for tongue seal.

How did it feel for you?

19/07/2022

🗣🎙 Nasal breathing requires a patent nasal passage AND the back of the tongue needs to be up making contact with the soft palate to direct the airflow in and out of the nose 👃

👅 tie ➡️ tongue down
Low 👅 tone ➡️ tongue down
Long facial growth also facilitates mouth breathing 😮‍💨