Myofunctional Spot

12/23/2025

WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY
SEASON AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
WITH LOVE FROM ALL OF US AT LACTATION
SPOT & MYOFUNCTIONAL SPOT ❄️🤍💫🩵

12/16/2025

Clinical Progress Update After 3 Weeks of Myofunctional Therapy

In just three weeks of targeted myofunctional therapy, this adult client has demonstrated measurable functional improvements. Based on objective data from a sleep tracking ring, the client reported a 30 percent increase in REM sleep and a 50 percent increase in deep sleep compared to baseline.

Clinically, there are clear gains in oral strength, coordination, and mobility, with improved tongue range of motion and overall functional control observed.

One consistent clinical observation that we see is that patients who are highly compliant and dedicated with their home program show faster, more measurable functional changes, both subjectively and objectively. They also experience improved healing post frenectomy and overall better long term functional outcomes.

The client is now preparing for a functional frenectomy , with therapy focused on optimizing strength, mobility, and postural readiness to support improved outcomes and long term stability.

This case highlights how addressing function first can lead to rapid, measurable improvements even in adult patients.

12/14/2025

Therapy should feel like play but every activity has a purpose.
Blowing up a balloon requires coordinated breath support, lip closure, and tongue strength. For toddlers, these play-based activities help build the oral motor foundation needed for feeding, speech clarity, and proper oral rest posture, all while keeping sessions fun and engaging.

12/14/2025

Therapy should feel like play but every activity has a purpose.

Blowing up a balloon requires coordinated breath support, lip closure, and tongue strength. For toddlers, these play-based activities help build the oral motor foundation needed for feeding, speech clarity, and proper oral rest posture, all while keeping sessions fun and engaging.

This cutie is doing amazing!

12/14/2025

12/12/2025

Our team communicates around the clock to provide the concierge level care for the wonderful families that we serve.

Tonight we finally had a moment to connect all together without charts, texts, or treatment plans - just our small Myofunctional Spot family - to show my deep appreciation and celebrate another wonderful year together!! 💫🍾🍸 LOVE this team!! 🩵

I’m endlessly grateful for the dedication and loyalty that Gabby, Michelle, and Jose bring to Myofunctional Spot every single day. Their commitment and passion are truly the heart of this practice.

Beyond grateful for an amazing 2025, wishing Gabby a wonderful maternity leave and looking forward to an incredible 2026 together as we continue to serve the families and providers who put their trust in us every day. Also a huge thank you for the beautiful flowers 💐

12/11/2025

Tongue Thrust is not a habit. It is a disordered swallow pattern.

There is no such thing as a “mild” tongue thrust.

You either have:
✅ a mature, functional swallow
or
❌ an immature, compensatory swallow

Anything else is a myth.

A true tongue thrust is a neuromuscular pattern where the tongue is unable to elevate, stabilize, and seal against the palate during swallow. That failure of function is what drives force into the teeth, destabilizes orthodontic work, alters facial growth, and disrupts airway support.

🛑 Treating the teeth alone never fixes the pattern.
🛑 Passive Oral Appliances are bandaids

🔎 We routinely identify:

• Tongue tie and lip tie restrictions
• Low resting tongue posture
• Chronic oral breathing
• Upper airway obstruction
• Inability to generate adequate intraoral pressure

If the tongue cannot elevate and seal, the body will compensate forward every single time. That is physiology, not willpower.

✨ Speech Pathologists (SLPs) trained in orofacial myofunctional therapy are essential in treating and resolving tongue thrust.
We are retraining a motor pattern, not coaching a “habit.”

Therapy targets:
• Resting tongue posture
• Oral Pharyngeal Swallow mechanics
• Functional lingual strength and endurance
• Lip and jaw stabilization
• Airway driven compensations

Until the neuromuscular system is retrained, orthodontic relapse, TMJ loading, speech distortions, and airway strain will persist.

Tongue thrust is not cosmetic.
It is functional, neurological, and structural. It requires more than just a traditional speech therapy approach.

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12/09/2025

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12/08/2025